Eduoard Dubourdeaux

As schools across the nation announced transitions to online class formats and students were told not to return to campuses, the USC School of Dramatic Arts student base held out some hope. At the moment, it seemed that USC was only doing one to two weeks of online classes. Arts students, especially dance and theatre ones, were utterly crushed by the abrupt change in format. … [Read more...] about The School of Dramatic Arts and the Zoom Transition

Kate Burton’s production of Othello with the MFA program at USC was a curious case of poor decisions. Given a set group of actors to produce a given play, it is unclear why the school chose Othello, a play wrought with racial tension and relying heavily on themes of otherness, to do with an incredibly diverse group of actors. The irony of the situation is obvious; USC has … [Read more...] about Othello Review

Andrei Belgrader’s production of Midsummer Night’s Dream created a strange atmosphere for the world of the show. A Theseus who was perpetually exhausted and an ending mired in pure absurdity, the play was filled with strange moments that left the audience questioning the intended message. Perhaps this came as a result of the small cast that forced liberal cuts in the text, but … [Read more...] about Midsummer Night’s Dream Review

Tennessee Williams’ Camino Real is likely one of his least produced plays ever. The reasons for this include an abstract confusion, difficult length of the play, and the obtuse speeches that put Shakespeare soliloquys to shame. However, the BFA junior class managed to find some semblance of success amidst the numerous difficulties associated with the script. With excellent … [Read more...] about Camino Real Review

The School of Dramatic Arts has quite an undertaking this semester in the form of three very different Shakespeare plays: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, and A Winter’s Tale. The first a comedy, the second a tragedy, and the third somewhere in between, these plays offer quite a range of the Poet’s work and life. Each play comes with its individual challenges and benefits, … [Read more...] about SDA Preview: The Shakespeares