CalArts Center for New Performance explained

The CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP) is the professional producing arm of the California Institute of the Arts.[1]

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.

Projects

Title Year Creative team Venue Other performances
Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side 2023 By Adrienne Kennedy, Directed by Monty ColeREDCAT, Los Angeles, CA
Scene with Cranes 2022 By Octavio Solis, Directed by Chi-wang YangREDCAT, Los Angeles, CA
rasgos asiáticos 2020 By Virginia Grise, Directed by Alexis Macnab, Installations Designed by Tanya Orellana Automata, Los Angeles, CA
El Camino Donde Nosotros Lloramos (The Road Where We Weep) 2020 Created by Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA Festival Internacional de Teatro Universitario (FITU), Mexico City, MX
Finding Shelter 2019 Directed by Marissa ChibasSegal Film Festival on Theatre and Performance, New York Sotomayor High School for Science and Art, San Diego Latino Film Festival, Nevertheless, Film Festival, NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) Film Festival
HA-M-LET 2019 Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, CA Gdansk Shakespeare Festival, Poland; Sibiu International Theater Festival, Romania
WITKACY / Two-Headed Calf 2018/19 Directed by Natalia Korczakowska, A collaboration with STUDIO teatrgaleria Divine Comedy International Theatre Festival, Krakow, Poland REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA
Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden 2018 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, Los Angeles, CA
The Carolyn Bryant Project 2018 Created by Nataki Garrett & Andrea LeBlanc, Directed by Nataki Garrett REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA
El Acercamiento / The Approach 2016-2018 Conceived by Evelyn Serrano with Yamile Pardo Ludwig Foundation, La Habana, Cuba Fabrica de Arte Cubano (F.A.C.), La Habana; Centro Cultural Español, Miami; Plaza de la Raza, Los Angeles
Fore! 2018 Written by Aleshea Harris, Directed by Arnaud Meunier La Comédie de Saint-Étienne, National Drama Center Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; Théâtre National de Nice; Théâtre National de Bruxelles
The Hendrix Project 2018 Conceived and Directed by Roger Guenveur Smith, Developed in cooperation with Experience Hendrix, LLC Under the Radar Festival, NYC Segerstrom Center for the Arts, CA
Fantômas: Revenge of the Image 2017 Directed by Travis Preston, Developed in collaboration with Tom Gunning Wuzhen Theatre Festival, China
Shelter 2016 Directed by Martín Acosta, Written by Marissa Chibas Plaza de la Raza, Los Angeles John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C
The Institute of Memory (TIME) 2015 Created by Lars Jan/Early Morning Opera REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA
Prometheus Bound 2013 Getty Villa, Malibu, CA
TEDxCalArts 2013 Speakers and Presenters included Guillermo Gómez-Peña, The Yes Men, Nora Chipaumire, Sardano W. Kusumo, Ricardo Dominguez, Ashley Hunt, Brian Massumi and Erin Manning, Mirjana Jokovic, Killsonic, Peggy Deamer, Chris Kallmyer, Douglas Kearney, Franco Beradi Bifo, Ajay Kapur, Jeepneys, Aleshea Harris[2] REDCAT, Los Angeles
Timboctou 2012 Directed by Martín Acosta, Written by Alejandro Ricaño, In association with Duende CalArts REDCAT, Los Angeles •UDG Cultura Teatro Esperimental de Jalisco, Guadalajara, México
Brewsie and Willie 2010 Directed by Travis Preston, Written by Gertrude Stein, Adapted by Marissa Chibas, Erik Ehn and Travis Preston, Produced in association with Poor Dog Group Los Angeles •2011 RADAR LA Festival
Ah! 2009 Directed by Travis Preston in collaboration with Composer/Performer David Rosenboom and Poet Martine Bellen REDCAT, Los Angeles
Power Play and Willful Blindness 2009 Aired June 2009, United Kingdom
Smoke, Lilies and Jade 2008/09 Directed by Nataki Garrett, Written by Carl Hancock Rux, Choreographed by Colin Connor[3] California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
Vineland Stalae 2007/08 REDCAT, Los Angeles
Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary 2006/07 Directed by Mira Kingsley, Written by Marissa Chibas REDCAT, Los Angeles •INTAR, New York•2008 William and Joan Lehman Theater, Miami (presented in Spanish and English)
What To Wear 2006/07 REDCAT, Los Angeles
Invisible Glass 2004/05 Directed by Janie Geiser, Written by Erik Ehn, Composed by Tom Recchion REDCAT, Los Angeles
Bell Solaris: Twelve Metamorphoses in Piano Theater 2004/05 Composed by David Rosenboom, Directed by Travis Preston REDCAT, Los Angeles
11 September 2001 2004/05 REDCAT, Los Angeles •2006 Théâtre de Colline, Paris•2006 Frictions Festival of Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne, France
•Center Dramatique National de Montpellier, France
Macbeth (A Modern Ecstasy) 2004/05REDCAT, Los Angeles •2005 Almeida Theatre, London•2006 Adelaide Festival, Australia
•2006 Sydney Theatre, Australia[4]
Peach Blossom Fan 2003/04 REDCAT, Los Angeles
King Lear 2002/03 The Brewery, Los Angeles •2003 Frictions Festival of Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne, France
Listen To Me 2000 Created by visual artist Michael Counts and choreographer Ken Roht
Bad Behavior 1999 Richard Foreman and Sophie Havilad California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
Theater of the Ears 1999 Zaven Paré, Gregory Whitehead, Valère Novarina and Allen S. Weiss 2000 Henson International Festival of Puppet Theatre, New York •Biennale Internationale des Arts de la Marionnette, Paris
•2001 Festival d’Avignon, Paris

Leadership

Awards

King Lear (2003)

2011 MetLife/TCG A-Ha! Program grant recipient[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About CNP . CalArts Center for New Performance . 8 August 2020.
  2. Web site: TEDxCalArts . tedxcalarts.theatercalarts.com . 14 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130307211801/http://tedxcalarts.theatercalarts.com/ . 7 March 2013 . dead.
  3. Web site: Center for New Performance at CalArts: History . 2013-10-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120512225856/http://theater.calarts.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/2010/08/18/cnp-history-091.pdf . 2012-05-12 . dead .
  4. Web site: Stephen Dillane & Travis Preston. November 24, 2004. www.backstage.com.
  5. Web site: Vereen lauded at NAACP awards. January 29, 2003. Los Angeles Times.
  6. Web site: Just 'Do It': CalArts' Center for New Performance Awarded MetLife/TCG A-ha! Grant. 24700.