For Teren Shaffer ’08, the conductor’s baton is the quintessential symbol of leadership. But not for the reasons you might expect. As a former award-winning conductor, Shaffer knows that even the most subtle stroke of a...
Film industry magazine MovieMaker released its annual list of the Best 40 Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada, and Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts has once again joined the ranks. “We’re...
Sandi Simon Center for Dance will help usher in a new level of excellence for Chapman's award-winning program.
On a recent Friday, cameras rolled across a vast stretch of treeless tundra. By Saturday, the setting had shifted to an elegant ballroom, and then on Sunday, to the far reaches of space. All without filmmakers ever...
For actor Dusan Brown ‘24, the recently released Netflix film “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” was both a breakthrough opportunity and a bittersweet experience. Playing Sylvester in the adaptation of August Wilson’s revered...
Recently a colleague extended a traditional Masai greeting to me that gave me great pause before responding: “Kasserian Ingera?” or “And how are the children?” Deceptively simple, this greeting is, yes, an interrogative...
“Incredible” and “surreal” are two words Dime Davis (Class of ’08) uses to describe her Emmy Award nomination. But beyond the excitement, the Chapman University alumna is also aware of the opportunity to make...
Broadway’s popular brand of musical theatre has long regaled its audiences with stories central to the American experience, whether it’s those rumbles between the Sharks and Jets of “West Side Story” or Tevye’s hopeful...
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