Monty Navarro is a young, zealous heir who discovers he is ninth in line to inherit a large fortune. While concurrently manipulating his fiancee and mistress, Navarro is willing to do anything it takes to get himself first in line to the riches. Running from March 22 to May 1 at the Ahmanson Theatre, “A […]
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Backstage Bruins: Stage designer uses creativity to revive rural Oklahoma
The commotion of cast members running back and forth backstage was drowned out by the distant sound of a drill. Stage designer Amy Cummings, with the drill in her hand, was focused on attaching the missing legs of a wooden table. Along with several other HOOLIGAN Theatre Company members, the third-year gender studies student spent […]
Alumna Brette Tell faces mental health through art and self-expression
Brette Tell flipped through the glossy pages of magazines, eagerly searching for her favorite members of boy bands ‘N Sync and Backstreet Boys to add sketches of the perfect human face to her art repertoire. Though Tell sketched incessantly to create the perfect punk rock boyfriend in elementary school, art became something more as she […]
Backstage Bruins: Set designer balances two visions for “The Trojan Women”
It would be impossible to distinguish set designer Tatiana Kuilanoff from the rest of the stage crew if not for her sharp coat and clean pants. She is in charge of the black-shirted crew members bustling across the stage and has designed 14 sets in the past, but she runs about touching up the painted […]
After hardship, UCLA dancer provides haven for inner-city youth
Eight-year-old Khamari Bendolph set his stereo down in the crosswalk of Quincy Street in Boston, preparing for a dance battle with the neighbor’s kid. He synced the Harlem shake dance with the pulse of the music and shuffled his energetic feet to the heel toe, stopping only when cars needed to pass. But dance was […]
UCLA student actors make puppets from Daily Bruin newspapers for show
Mark Royston’s number one rule for “Devised Puppetry Project” was “Don’t read the newspaper.” The articles tended to distract the actors as they built their puppets out of leftover Daily Bruin newspapers. “Devised Puppetry Project” is a 45-minute original puppetry show featuring four UCLA student actors and will be performed eight times at the Pacific […]
Backstage Bruins: Student fuses Shakespeare play, ’30s aura with sound design
Katie Jost sits in the middle of the Little Theater in Macgowan Hall during a tech rehearsal, modifying sound effects, cutting music pieces and updating the cue sheet. The actors deliver the lines; her creations deliver the ambiance. The third-year theater student is the assistant sound designer for UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television […]