CALARTS PLAY TACKLES DEATH OF DIANA; PRODUCTION CREATED BY STUDENTS FROM SCOTLAND.Byline: Tere Marshall Daily News Staff Writer ``Diana,'' a play about the life and death of the princess of Wales Noun 1. Princess of Wales - English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997) Diana, Lady Diana Frances Spencer, Princess Diana , created and performed by a visiting group of Scottish students, will be staged this week at CalArts. Part of an exchange program between California Institute of the Arts California Institute of the Arts known as CalArts U.S. private institution of higher learning in Valencia. Created in 1961 through the merger of two other art institutes, it was the first in the U.S. and the Royal Scottish Academy The Royal Scottish Academy is Scotland’s premier organisation promoting contemporary Scottish art. Founded in 1826, the RSA maintains a unique position in Scotland as an independently funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote and of Music Reaction, the piece presents the reactions of the people in Scotland toward the death of the former Diana Spencer. ``Diana'' will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday in CalArts' Ensemble Theatre This article is about the theatre company in Australia. For other uses, see Ensemble Theatre (disambiguation). The Ensemble Theatre is located at 78 McDougall Street, Kirribilli, New South Wales, in an old boatshed at Careening Cove. I. The play will be one of 15 dramatic presentations of varied lengths that make up the ninth annual New Plays Festival at CalArts from May 8-12. ``Diana'' is the only play performed by the visiting drama students. ``In many ways, the New Plays Festival represents CalArts at its best,'' university President Steven Lavine said. ``Original work, produced by a collaboration across the institute - that's what CalArts is about.'' Following is a list of the 14 performances that comprise the rest of this year's festival. ``Act Two Scene One'' - Two playwrights, one homosexual, one heterosexual - both at an artistic standstill standstill /stand·still/ (stand´stil?) cessation of activity, as of the heart (cardiac s.) or chest (respiratory s.) . stand·still n. Complete cessation of activity or progress. , do battle with themselves and each other as they struggle to return to their art. ``Cascara'' - Paloma is a woman who contains herself in a shell . . . and eventually goes beyond her boundaries. ``City of Space'' - A collaborative project transforming various spaces throughout the building into ``Invisible Cities'' some by performance and others by sets. The audience will travel through by map or by guide. ``The Dark Nile Night'' - Set in magical ancient Africa, ``Dark Nile'' is a myth of love, war, and magic. ``Dear Charlotte'' - A chronicle of the life of author Charlotte Bronte. ``Drinkin' With Lincoln'' - A historical pageant pageant, modern dramatic spectacle or procession celebrating a special occasion or an event in the history of a locality. In medieval times the word pageant had meant the wagon or the movable stage on which one scene of a mystery or miracle play was performed. enriched by alien abductions and musical interludes. ``Fermin Y Manolin'' - A one-act psychodrama psychodrama /psy·cho·dra·ma/ (-drah´mah) a form of group psychotherapy in which patients dramatize emotional problems and life situations in order to achieve insight and to alter faulty behavior patterns. set in modern America depicting the dreams we lose, and the dreams we forget. ``Fourteen'' - A play with words and movement that looks at relationships between women and men. ``King of Hearts'' - Explores the absurdity of war. ``Missing Tonto'' - A two-act romantic comedy about a lonely gay man who goes to Paris and finds something unexpected. ``Red Roses For My Lady'' - A banjo banjo, stringed musical instrument, with a body resembling a tambourine. The banjo consists of a hoop over which a skin membrane is stretched; it has a long, often fretted neck and four to nine strings, which are plucked with a pick or the fingers. player and his alcoholic wife have to make a life-or-death decision. ``A Story About a Story'' - A storyteller's attempt to find the story that he should have told his father before his death. ``Tar and Feathers'' - a tragi-comedy of a Scottish mother and her six children in Texas. For information on specific show times, call (805) 253-7832. |
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