Month: April 2016

IMA student Wendell Cooper’s thesis performance

Photo of one of the actors in the performanceWendell Cooper presented his thesis performance 8pm at 165 West 86th Street @ Amsterdam Avenue.

Here is an audience participation guided meditation you are invited to listen to before the show. It draws on the futuristic world of the piece, and weaves together threads of yoga, speculative fiction, and the consciousness of Nature.

 

F&M alumna Veralyn Williams honored at Miscast Gala

Veralyn Williams

Film & Media alumna Veralyn Williams received an award at the MCC Theater’s annual Miscast Gala on Monday, April 4th. Williams, along with Dominique Thorne, were honored with the 2016 Youth Company Alumni Awards. Williams is an alumna of the Youth Company, a program for high school students that teaches writing and acting that is held in the MCC Theater. The award highlights Youth Company alumni that have sprouted successful careers after learning at the program.

The Miscast Gala, which hosted the ceremony, is a night of ceremony and performance featuring Broadway actors performing portions of theatrical productions that they wouldn’t normally perform. The event took place at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
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Eyespeak and IMA’s first visiting artist of the year: Signe Baumane

signe_baumane_animationEyespeak and IMA’s first visiting artist of the year!
Signe Baumane is screening her feature animation documentary. Following the screening, there will be a critique of a few works-in-progress animation shorts by IMA students.

Friday, April 15th at 7PM
TV Studio – 436 Hunter North
Free and open to the public!