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The Death of Kings is back this Summer! Don't miss this Shakespearean epic before we take it to Verona, Italy! RSVP below.

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The lighting design appreciation post is here so ✨focus✨ up!💡 Mood, intensity, color, movement, and shape — just a few of the core elements lighting designers consider when developing looks for stage.

Did this shot brighten your day?

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When the scenic design vector-✨WORKS✨ just perfectly 🛠️ From creating miniature set models to selecting color palettes to coordinating with our scene shop carpenters and welders, scenic designers craft a whole world on stage.

Check out this scenic details from last year!

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Our X is really just a Jeff Liang fan account at this point and we’re not mad about it :) Special shoutout to one of our favorite photographers for always capturing such stunning moments! @jeffliang.photography 🫶

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Waiting for your pass time and watching that one class fill up...then getting ready to make your case for an add code 🫡 Good luck on class selection everyone!

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"Everybody's Favorite Mothers" by James Still, directed by Risa Brainin

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“And love is a kaleidoscope / How it works, I'll never know / And even all the change / It's somehow all the same” - Chappell Roan

Thinking back to our favorite couple’s favorite couple from UCSB’s spring production of “Indecent” 🩷🤍🧡

Photo credit: Jeff Liang

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“2024 Spring Dance Concert: Transcend,” choreographed by Alexis Del Valle, Riley Haley, Tiersha Lin, Gabi Smith, Chloe Swoiskin, and Skylar Yeung, mentorship direction by Christina McCarthy

Congratulations to our brilliant choreographers, performers, crew, and designers!

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Props to our props department! 📚🧺💐🎙️UCSB’s student and faculty prop designers help build a cohesive, interactive world for each play! Can you match the prop to the production from our 2023/2024 season? 👀

Photo credit: Jeff Liang

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Live footage of us about to let go of our last responsibility and dance off into the weekend 🖤

2024 Spring Concert: Transcend - Concert Direction by Christina McCarthy, Student Direction by Alexis Del Valle, Riley Haley, Tiersha Lin, Gabi Smith, Chloe Swoiskin, and Skylar Yeung

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“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, directed by Lisa Benavides.

A Puritan community. An accusation of witchcraft. A downward spiral into paranoia, panic, and political corruption. Congratulations to our amazing cast, crew, designers, and production staff!

Photo credit: Jeff Liang

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That Session B syllabus review moment 💔 Good luck on your first week of classes!

Tag your summer study buddy and tell us about the class you're most excited for below!

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"Indecent" dir. Sarah Rademacher
Nick Enea as Asch
Netta Nakash as Madje

Photo credit: Jeff Liang

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We were thrilled to host the incomparable Patrick Page as our Michael Douglas Visiting Artist back in April!

Patrick joined us for a Q&A, hosted a Shakespeare workshop, and delighted us with his solo show "All the Devils are Here."

Thank you @pagepatrick!

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"Indecent" by Paula Vogel, directed by Sarah Rademacher.

Our spring production of "Indecent" featured rain on stage, dust pouring out of characters’ sleeves, and searing performances by our talented students. Huge congratulations to the whole team!

Photo credit: Jeff Liang

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Go check out the NYT review of our upcoming exhibition and performance series! https://t.co/W5n4XZzZnW

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Our Santa Barbara weather caught Hay Fever! ⛈️ Get out of the rain this week and catch our latest production, Noël Coward's, Hay Fever! Running for one week only, you won't want to miss it!

Tickets + More Info: https://t.co/OzCwAInjc7

Photo Credit: Jeff Liang

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After a sold out summer run, and a tour to Verona, Italy, Irwin Appel's The Death of Kings is BACK at UCSB's Hatlen Theater.

Catch one of the four performances:
Oct 6-7 | 7:30 PM
Oct 6 | 1:00 PM
Oct 7 | 2:00 PM

Tickets: https://t.co/598lvFMuGu

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.@ucsbTD students are taking on Italy! The Naked Shakes close out the prestigious Verona Shakespeare Fringe Festival tonight with #UCSB professor Irwin Appel's award-winning adaptation of "The Death of Kings." 🎭 Full story: https://t.co/rMwPDSmPTF

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UCSB Theater/Dance is proud to be the closing performance of the VSFF, and to be representing the power & impact of Shakespeare's writing.
Don't miss the production before we take it to Verona! Free Admission | RSVP: https://t.co/5tZ4BC4BWg
#ArtIsProtest #AdvocateForArt
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"Culture should never be restricted; it should be promoted and facilitated... For several years, our Festival has been committed to fostering dialogue and artistic experimentation"
- Carlo Mangolini, Artistic Director, Verona Shakespeare Fringe Festival

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We have heard the chimes at midnight🔔 🕛 You'll hear them ring August 22-24 for Irwin Apple’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s history plays, The Death of Kings👑
Visit the Hatlen Theater to witness the rise & fall of some of history's most notorious monarchs!
Free! RSVP link in bio

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We're going abroad! Catch this production before we perform in Verona, Italy at the Verona Shakespeare Fringe Festival on August 31!

Free Admission! RSVP link in bio. Scroll to learn more.
#TheaterAbroad #VSFF2023

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"Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown... For within the hollow crown resides Death." 👑

Experience 400 years of history, in 2 hours or less. Join us next week for The Death of Kings, written and directed by Irwin Appel.
#SBTheater #Shakespeare #SummerTheater