https://simplecast.com CalArts Center for New Performance CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP) is a place where seminal artists from around the world realize projects that expand the language, discourse and boundaries of contemporary theater and performance. Our podcast invites you to listen in, as visionary artists lead us into creative dialogue and discuss generous acts of world-making. 2021 CalArts Center for New Performance en Thu, 14 Dec 2023 16:00:00 +0000 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 16:00:10 +0000 https://calarts-center-for-new-performance.simplecast.com CalArts Center for New Performance https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5a1a18da-c68b-40d4-bcd7-890dbedd2275/4b7668c4-361f-423d-b6ec-0ef8741a0781/3000x3000/podcast.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://calarts-center-for-new-performance.simplecast.com episodic CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP) is a place where seminal artists from around the world realize projects that expand the language, discourse and boundaries of contemporary theater and performance. Our podcast invites you to listen in, as visionary artists lead us into creative dialogue and discuss generous acts of world-making. CalArts Center for New Performance no https://feeds.simplecast.com/3mqMeeHB calarts, performance, theater, theatre CalArts Center for New Performance cnp@calarts.edu 951ad9c0-8410-456c-b1cc-059483bb97a4 Monty Cole with Daniel Alexander Jones CNP Producing Artist Daniel Alexander Jones hosts a conversation with Monty Cole, director of the CNP world premiere of Adrienne Kennedy’s Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side, which premiered at REDCAT in Downtown Los Angeles in February 2023. Over the project’s three year incubation at CalArts, Cole and his collaborators dug deep into Kennedy’s trademark embrace of symbolism, lyricism, and mythic figures to capture the Black experience in 20th century New York.

Hosted by Marissa Chibás, this podcast was produced by CalArts Center for New Performance, the professional producing arm of California Institute of the Arts, Travis Preston Executive Artistic Director and Dean of CalArts School of Theater. Produced by Rory James Leech. Editing and Sound Engineering by Clare Marie Neminich. Associate Producers Rachel Scandling and George Lugg. Associate Sound Design by Duncan Woodbury. Podcast theme music by Christian Amigo. Special thanks to Ravi Rajan, President of CalArts.

For more information on these artists and their work, as well as other CNP projects visit centerfornewperformance.org.

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]]> Thu, 14 Dec 2023 16:00:00 +0000 cnp@calarts.edu (Monty Cole, Daniel Alexander Jones, Marissa Chibás) https://calarts-center-for-new-performance.simplecast.com/episodes/monty-cole-with-daniel-alexander-jones-UlAHM5l_ CNP Producing Artist Daniel Alexander Jones hosts a conversation with Monty Cole, director of the CNP world premiere of Adrienne Kennedy’s Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side, which premiered at REDCAT in Downtown Los Angeles in February 2023. Over the project’s three year incubation at CalArts, Cole and his collaborators dug deep into Kennedy’s trademark embrace of symbolism, lyricism, and mythic figures to capture the Black experience in 20th century New York.

Hosted by Marissa Chibás, this podcast was produced by CalArts Center for New Performance, the professional producing arm of California Institute of the Arts, Travis Preston Executive Artistic Director and Dean of CalArts School of Theater. Produced by Rory James Leech. Editing and Sound Engineering by Clare Marie Neminich. Associate Producers Rachel Scandling and George Lugg. Associate Sound Design by Duncan Woodbury. Podcast theme music by Christian Amigo. Special thanks to Ravi Rajan, President of CalArts.

For more information on these artists and their work, as well as other CNP projects visit centerfornewperformance.org.

Find more episodes and subscribe to upcoming ones at centerfornewperformance.org/podcast by clicking on the podcast name and hitting the subscribe button! 

]]> Monty Cole with Daniel Alexander Jones Monty Cole, Daniel Alexander Jones, Marissa Chibás 00:50:49 Monty Cole, director of the CNP world premiere of Adrienne Kennedy's "Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side", sits down with CNP Producing Artist Daniel Alexander Jones. Monty Cole, director of the CNP world premiere of Adrienne Kennedy's "Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side", sits down with CNP Producing Artist Daniel Alexander Jones. los angeles, adrienne kennedy, california institute of the arts, theater, experimental theater, bipoc theater, calarts, cnp, calarts center for new performance, redcat no full 7 f6063d1a-ff0b-4654-8e6b-60e70430472a Kaneza Schaal with Daniel Alexander Jones Kaneza Schaal, recipient of the 2021 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts for Theater, joins a conversation with CNP Producing Artist Daniel Alexander Jones. Schaal's performance works function as profound acts of invitation, presented in a wide range of contexts. The two artists, whose friendship has been furthered by their professional collaborations, discuss Schaal’s many fluencies—of language, history, form, cultures, and aesthetics—that have served to build her lexicon as a maker of theater. 

Hosted by Marissa Chibás, this podcast was produced by CalArts Center for New Performance, the professional producing arm of California Institute of the Arts, Travis Preston Artistic Director and Dean of CalArts School of Theater. Produced by George Lugg and Rory James Leech. Editing and sound engineering by Duncan Woodbury. Podcast theme music by Cristian Amigo. Special thanks to Ravi Rajan, President of CalArts. 

For more information on these artists and their work, as well as other CNP projects visit centerfornewperformance.org.

Subscribe to upcoming episodes by clicking on the podcast name and hitting the subscribe button! 

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:30:00 +0000 cnp@calarts.edu (Daniel Alexander Jones, Kaneza Schaal, Marissa Chibas) https://calarts-center-for-new-performance.simplecast.com/episodes/kaneza-schaal-with-daniel-alexander-jones-Nzie5_uI Kaneza Schaal, recipient of the 2021 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts for Theater, joins a conversation with CNP Producing Artist Daniel Alexander Jones. Schaal's performance works function as profound acts of invitation, presented in a wide range of contexts. The two artists, whose friendship has been furthered by their professional collaborations, discuss Schaal’s many fluencies—of language, history, form, cultures, and aesthetics—that have served to build her lexicon as a maker of theater. 

Hosted by Marissa Chibás, this podcast was produced by CalArts Center for New Performance, the professional producing arm of California Institute of the Arts, Travis Preston Artistic Director and Dean of CalArts School of Theater. Produced by George Lugg and Rory James Leech. Editing and sound engineering by Duncan Woodbury. Podcast theme music by Cristian Amigo. Special thanks to Ravi Rajan, President of CalArts. 

For more information on these artists and their work, as well as other CNP projects visit centerfornewperformance.org.

Subscribe to upcoming episodes by clicking on the podcast name and hitting the subscribe button! 

]]> Kaneza Schaal with Daniel Alexander Jones Daniel Alexander Jones, Kaneza Schaal, Marissa Chibas 01:02:00 Kaneza Schaal, 2021 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts for Theater recipient, sits down with CNP Producing Artist Daniel Alexander Jones. Kaneza Schaal, 2021 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts for Theater recipient, sits down with CNP Producing Artist Daniel Alexander Jones. los angeles, devising theater, wooster group, roy and edna disney calart theatre, afromysticism, theatre, experimental theatre, 2021, california institute of the arts, creating theatre, theater, los angeles theater, experimental theater, bipoc, center for new performance, cal arts, kaneza schaal, school of theater, daniel alexander jones, herb alpert award in the arts, bipoc theatre, queer theatre, calarts, producing, travis preston, cnp, redcat, herb alpert no full 6 d4c746a0-ad75-46ff-ac81-0a57b81663c1 Pat Cruz and Juli Crockett We join a conversation between Pat Cruz and Juli Crockett as they discuss the creation of CNP's The George Project: A Liberation Through Hearing, a new seven-part audio play inspired by and adapted from When This War is Over, You’re Going to Get it George, a 1975 meditation on the brutal logics of war by artist Emilio Cruz. Cruz and Crockett share a lively discussion about the inquiries that forged Emilio’s work, and the power of creativity to connect us to multiple planes of the human experience. 

Hosted by Marissa Chibás, this podcast was produced by CalArts Center for New Performance, the professional producing arm of California Institute of the Arts, Travis Preston Artistic Director and Dean of CalArts School of Theater. Produced by George Lugg and Rory James Leech. Editing and sound engineering by Duncan Woodbury. Podcast theme music by Cristian Amigo. Special thanks to Ravi Rajan, President of CalArts. 

For more information on these artists and their work, as well as other CNP projects visit centerfornewperformance.org.

Subscribe to upcoming episodes by clicking on the podcast name and hitting the subscribe button! 

]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2022 22:45:00 +0000 cnp@calarts.edu (Pat Cruz, Juli Crockett, Marissa Chibás) https://calarts-center-for-new-performance.simplecast.com/episodes/pat-cruz-and-juli-crockett-SqZFUR2W We join a conversation between Pat Cruz and Juli Crockett as they discuss the creation of CNP's The George Project: A Liberation Through Hearing, a new seven-part audio play inspired by and adapted from When This War is Over, You’re Going to Get it George, a 1975 meditation on the brutal logics of war by artist Emilio Cruz. Cruz and Crockett share a lively discussion about the inquiries that forged Emilio’s work, and the power of creativity to connect us to multiple planes of the human experience. 

Hosted by Marissa Chibás, this podcast was produced by CalArts Center for New Performance, the professional producing arm of California Institute of the Arts, Travis Preston Artistic Director and Dean of CalArts School of Theater. Produced by George Lugg and Rory James Leech. Editing and sound engineering by Duncan Woodbury. Podcast theme music by Cristian Amigo. Special thanks to Ravi Rajan, President of CalArts. 

For more information on these artists and their work, as well as other CNP projects visit centerfornewperformance.org.

Subscribe to upcoming episodes by clicking on the podcast name and hitting the subscribe button! 

]]> Pat Cruz and Juli Crockett Pat Cruz, Juli Crockett, Marissa Chibás 00:57:26 Pat Cruz and Juli Crockett discuss the creation of CNP's new audio play, "The George Project: A Liberation Through Hearing", inspired by and adapted from the work of celebrated artist Emilio Cruz. Pat Cruz and Juli Crockett discuss the creation of CNP's new audio play, "The George Project: A Liberation Through Hearing", inspired by and adapted from the work of celebrated artist Emilio Cruz. los angeles, cuban artists, audio theater, pat cruz, when this war is over, 1970’s art, director, mfa acting, theatre, theater education, california, cuba, california institute of the arts, playwriting, the george project, 1970’s new york, experimental theater, new plays, theatre education, a liberation through hearing, audio theatre, center for new performance, emilio cruz, harlem stage, experimental work, bfa acting, school of theater, latinx theater, bipoc theater, calarts, visual art, you’re going to get it george, travis preston, juli crockett, cnp, new work, redcat, adaptation no full 5 0ce6dedd-4644-45c3-bc67-71038b736980 Octavio Solis with Chi-wang Yang Playwright Octavio Solis and CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP) Associate Artistic Director Chi-wang Yang sit down together during rehearsals for their latest project, Scene with Cranes, a new play commissioned and produced by CNP. Their conversation recounts Solis’s early days in writing workshops with María Irene Fornés and staging plays in bars in the late 80s, and explores their creative process, touching upon the music of Jean Sibelius and the unarticulated grief of our nation.

Hosted by Marissa Chibás, this podcast was produced by CalArts Center for New Performance, the professional producing arm of California Institute of the Arts, Travis Preston Artistic Director and Dean of CalArts School of Theater. Produced by George Lugg and Rory James Leech. Editing and sound engineering by Duncan Woodbury. Podcast theme music by Cristian Amigo. Special thanks to Ravi Rajan, President of CalArts. 

For more information on these artists and their work, as well as other CNP projects visit centerfornewperformance.org.

Subscribe to upcoming episodes by clicking on the podcast name and hitting the subscribe button!

]]> Thu, 3 Feb 2022 00:33:44 +0000 cnp@calarts.edu (Octavio Solis, Chi-wang Yang, Marissa Chibas) https://calarts-center-for-new-performance.simplecast.com/episodes/octavio-solis-with-chi-wang-yang-zOXJD9US Playwright Octavio Solis and CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP) Associate Artistic Director Chi-wang Yang sit down together during rehearsals for their latest project, Scene with Cranes, a new play commissioned and produced by CNP. Their conversation recounts Solis’s early days in writing workshops with María Irene Fornés and staging plays in bars in the late 80s, and explores their creative process, touching upon the music of Jean Sibelius and the unarticulated grief of our nation.

Hosted by Marissa Chibás, this podcast was produced by CalArts Center for New Performance, the professional producing arm of California Institute of the Arts, Travis Preston Artistic Director and Dean of CalArts School of Theater. Produced by George Lugg and Rory James Leech. Editing and sound engineering by Duncan Woodbury. Podcast theme music by Cristian Amigo. Special thanks to Ravi Rajan, President of CalArts. 

For more information on these artists and their work, as well as other CNP projects visit centerfornewperformance.org.

Subscribe to upcoming episodes by clicking on the podcast name and hitting the subscribe button!

]]> Octavio Solis with Chi-wang Yang Octavio Solis, Chi-wang Yang, Marissa Chibas 00:54:43 Award-winning playwright Octavio Solis and director Chi-wang Yang discuss their new collaboration, and Solis’s celebrated body of work rooted in Mexican American culture and community. Award-winning playwright Octavio Solis and director Chi-wang Yang discuss their new collaboration, and Solis’s celebrated body of work rooted in Mexican American culture and community. scene with cranes, chi-wang yang, maría irene fornés, jean sibelius, octavio solis no full 4 539b1cb5-a906-4b71-8f09-34d1bc42da5f Nataki Garrett and Andrea LeBlanc Originally recorded via Zoom for Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s digital platform O!, this special edition of our podcast brings that conversation to you, imbued with excerpts from the CNP world premiere production of The Carolyn Bryant Project. 

For a full list of creative credits, visit https://centerfornewperformance.org/projects/carolyn-bryant/.

]]> Tue, 4 May 2021 21:25:22 +0000 cnp@calarts.edu (Nataki Garrett, Awele Makeba, Andrea LeBlanc) https://calarts-center-for-new-performance.simplecast.com/episodes/carolyn-bryant-nFJU__nk Originally recorded via Zoom for Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s digital platform O!, this special edition of our podcast brings that conversation to you, imbued with excerpts from the CNP world premiere production of The Carolyn Bryant Project. 

For a full list of creative credits, visit https://centerfornewperformance.org/projects/carolyn-bryant/.

]]> Nataki Garrett and Andrea LeBlanc Nataki Garrett, Awele Makeba, Andrea LeBlanc 00:56:26 In the fall of 2020, not long after Nataki Garrett began her tenure as artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), she and Andrea LeBlanc joined Awele Makeba to discuss "The Carolyn Bryant Project" in conjunction with the work's digital release. Directed by Garrett and co-created with LeBlanc—who also performs the role of Carolyn Bryant—the work conjures the specter of Emmett Till's murder to create a nightmarish reverie on white violence and silence in America. As they discuss the project's creation, they share critical and personal reflections on a creative process that took shape in the Obama era, through its most recent presentation following a summer of surgent Black Lives Matter protests. In the fall of 2020, not long after Nataki Garrett began her tenure as artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), she and Andrea LeBlanc joined Awele Makeba to discuss "The Carolyn Bryant Project" in conjunction with the work's digital release. Directed by Garrett and co-created with LeBlanc—who also performs the role of Carolyn Bryant—the work conjures the specter of Emmett Till's murder to create a nightmarish reverie on white violence and silence in America. As they discuss the project's creation, they share critical and personal reflections on a creative process that took shape in the Obama era, through its most recent presentation following a summer of surgent Black Lives Matter protests. breonna taylor, “song of myself”, jacob romero gibson, osf art talk, ahmaud arbery, amy cooper, the untold story of emmett till, black men, jacob blake, anti-racism, george floyd, police brutality, ibram x. kendi, kenosha, american theater, white supremacy, race, systemic racism, scottsboro, sandra bland, systematic denial, manifest destiny, enid lee, white womanhood, identity, keith beauchamp, nataki garrett, contemporary theater, bbq becky, milam bryant, progressivism, justice, contemporary performance, calarts, awele makeba, roy bryant, racial healing, emmett till, carolyn bryant, black woman, andrea leblanc, walt whitman, oregon shakespeare festival, calarts school of theater, gender, mamie till no full 3 30a59cd4-e1e2-4e52-98ef-241c20ab184e Ron Cephas Jones Ron Cephas Jones reveals his rigorous process of script analysis and answers questions that speak to an actor’s life and practice. As he address questions from the CalArts community — both pre- and mid-pandemic — Ron offers insight into the self-care, self-determination, and commitment of an artist whose accolades have never deterred him from continuing to seek, learn, and grow.

]]> Tue, 9 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0000 cnp@calarts.edu (Ron Cephas Jones, Travis Preston) https://calarts-center-for-new-performance.simplecast.com/episodes/ron-cephas-jones-MtK4d30M Ron Cephas Jones reveals his rigorous process of script analysis and answers questions that speak to an actor’s life and practice. As he address questions from the CalArts community — both pre- and mid-pandemic — Ron offers insight into the self-care, self-determination, and commitment of an artist whose accolades have never deterred him from continuing to seek, learn, and grow.

]]> Ron Cephas Jones Ron Cephas Jones, Travis Preston 00:54:53 The two-time Emmy Award-winner — and current CalArts faculty — Ron Cephas Jones speaks in-depth about his process as an actor. Jones shares his love of jazz, rhythm and language, and talks of nights at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, of the connections between Duke Ellington, William Shakespeare, August Wilson, and more. The two-time Emmy Award-winner — and current CalArts faculty — Ron Cephas Jones speaks in-depth about his process as an actor. Jones shares his love of jazz, rhythm and language, and talks of nights at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, of the connections between Duke Ellington, William Shakespeare, August Wilson, and more. eurocentric, sekou sundiata, actor, jasmine cephas jones, ron cephas jones, actioning, american theater, august wilson, jazz, j dilla, labyrinth theater company, prometheus bound, nuyorican poets cafe, this is us, contemporary theater, acting, contemporary performance, calarts, travis preston, philip seymour hoffman, emmys, calarts school of theater, afrocentric yes full 2 2209cdb5-257c-47c9-888a-97c9acd2bb6c Daniel Alexander Jones In January 2020, CalArts Center for New Performance's 2020-21 Resident Artist Daniel Alexander Jones met up with two next-generation artists and students at CalArts—performer/playwright Sarahjeen François and designer/performance artist Amy Chiao.

A critically acclaimed playwright, essayist, performer and musician, Jones goes deep into Black American and Queer Performance traditions, exploring the power of Afromysticism and demonstrating an unwavering commitment to healing, compassionate truth-telling, and collective critical engagement.

For more information on the artists in today's episode, please visit:

https://centerfornewperformance.org/podcast/

http://www.danielalexanderjones.com/

https://www.sarahjeenfrancois.com/

http://www.amychiao.com/

]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2021 22:00:14 +0000 cnp@calarts.edu (Sarahjeen François, Daniel Alexander Jones, Amy Chiao) https://calarts-center-for-new-performance.simplecast.com/episodes/daniel-alexander-jones-efb5c8xJ In January 2020, CalArts Center for New Performance's 2020-21 Resident Artist Daniel Alexander Jones met up with two next-generation artists and students at CalArts—performer/playwright Sarahjeen François and designer/performance artist Amy Chiao.

A critically acclaimed playwright, essayist, performer and musician, Jones goes deep into Black American and Queer Performance traditions, exploring the power of Afromysticism and demonstrating an unwavering commitment to healing, compassionate truth-telling, and collective critical engagement.

For more information on the artists in today's episode, please visit:

https://centerfornewperformance.org/podcast/

http://www.danielalexanderjones.com/

https://www.sarahjeenfrancois.com/

http://www.amychiao.com/

]]> Daniel Alexander Jones Sarahjeen François, Daniel Alexander Jones, Amy Chiao 00:57:56 For this special preview episode, we invited CNP’s 2020/21 Resident Artist Daniel Alexander Jones to meet up with two next-generation artists and students at CalArts. For this special preview episode, we invited CNP’s 2020/21 Resident Artist Daniel Alexander Jones to meet up with two next-generation artists and students at CalArts. afromysticism, cultural exchange, afrofuturism, cultural participation, theater, performance, cultural appropriation, daniel alexander jones, jomama jones, calarts, calarts center for new performance no full 1