CalArts Center For New Performance: Scene With Cranes

In celebration of its 20th anniversary season, we'll look at the ways CalArts Center for New Performance - or CNP - has been an incubator for testing, developing and producing artistic projects, and what Travis calls a truly different paradigm for creating professional work. And We'll speak with Octavio about Scene With Cranes and his process in writing it, including  the varied symbols that cranes represent and even an unexpected master class from one of the leads in this production.CalArts is one of the preeminent theater training grounds in the country, designed to educate the whole person and to prepare fully equipped theater artists to transform the field. Scene With Cranes is part of a project of Duende CalArts, an initiative of the Center for New Performance - or CNP - dedicated to developing and producing innovative work emerging from Latinx and Latin American communities and sources. Established in 2009 by Marissa Chibás, Duende CalArts develops adventurous projects at CNP that aim to expand aesthetic boundaries and performance discourse, and advance multilingual works.The play will have a short run from September 29 to October 1, at REDCAT in downtown Los Angeles. And the program will include a pre-show talk with playwright Octavio Solis in conversation with director Chi-wang Ya(a)ng on Saturday, October 1st at 7:30 PM.Creative TeamDirector: Chi-wang YangPlaywright: Octavio SolisScenic Designer: Efren Delgadillo Jr.Lighting Designer: Christopher AkerlindCostume Designer: Edurne FernandezSound Designer: Cristian AmigoMarissa Chibás, LourdesEmilio Garcia-Sanchez, AngelStacia Marcum, RubyIsaias Alexander Miranda, NicoAngela Rosado, LettyHilario Saavedra, RamiroTony Sancho, Lieutenant David LeyvaHannah Trujillo, YoliePERFORMANCESSeptember 29 at 8:30pmSeptember 30 at 8:30pmOctober 1 at 8:30pmREDCAT, Los AngelesARTIST TALKJoin us October 1 at 7:30pm for a pre-show conversation with playwright Octavio Solis and director Chi-wang Yang.TICKETS for "Scene With Cranes" are now on sale here.https://centerfornewperformance.org/projects/scene-with-cranes/