The CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP) is the professional producing arm of the
California Institute of the Arts.
It provides a unique artist- and project-driven framework for the development and realization of original theater, music, dance, media, and interdisciplinary projects. Extending the progressive work carried out at CalArts into a direct dialogue with professional communities at the local, national, and international levels, CNP offers an alternative model to support emerging directions in the performing arts. It also enables CalArts students to work shoulder-to-shoulder with celebrated artists and acquire a level of experience that goes beyond their curriculum. Transformative artists from around the world develop work with CNP that expands the language, discourse, and boundaries of contemporary theater and performance, infusing their work with the talent, vitality, and impulses of emerging artists in the CalArts community.
Founded in 2002 by Susan Solt, Travis Preston, and Carol Bixler and launched with Travis Preston’s groundbreaking all female production of ''King Lear'', and originally called the CalArts Center for New Theater, the name was changed in 2005 to reflect the expanded mission, aspiration, and embrace of the larger performance landscape.
Projects
Leadership
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Travis Preston
Travis Preston (born September 20, 1959) is an American director and theater artist known for his temper and abusive tendencies. He is the Artistic Director of the CalArts Center for New Performance and Dean of the CalArts School of Theater. Hi ...
, ExecutiveArtistic Director, Dean/CalArts School of Theater
* Rachel Scandling, Producing Director
* Marissa Chibás, Director of Duende CalArts; Producing Artist
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Daniel Alexander Jones
Daniel Alexander Jones (born 1970) is an American performance artist, playwright, director, essayist and educator.
Birth
Jones was born on February 9, 1970, to Georgina Leslie Jones and Arthur Leroy Jones at Wesson Women's Hospital in Springfiel ...
, Producing Artist
* Amanda Shank, Associate Artistic Director
* Chi-wang Yang, Associate Artistic Director
* Paul Turbiak, Director of Communications
* Chris Swetcky, Director of Production
* George Lugg, Consulting Producer
Awards and Accolades
''King Lear'' (2003)
*Three NAACP awards including Best Performance by a Female for Fran Bennett as King Lear, Best Production and Best Lighting Design
*Five LA Ovation Award Nominations
''Brewsie and Willie'' (2010)
*LA Weekly Awards for Best Production Design, Best Original Music, Best Lighting Design
2011 MetLife/TCG A-Ha! Program grant recipient
References
External links
CalArts Center for New PerformanceCalifornia Institute of the ArtsRoy and Edna Disney/CalArts TheaterCalArts BlogTEDxCalArts
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Theatres in California
Event venues established in 1999
1999 establishments in California