Now in its 25th year, the Occidental New Works Festival has paired student playwrights and actors with professional guest directors and performers. Focused on writer-centric rehearsal and performance, the festival provides a real-world experience of new play development as it is practiced in major theaters around the country.
This year we are pleased to present five talented writers!
Oxy Arts, 4757 York Blvd.
Community Hall events are independently initiated by artists, organizers, and community members, with OXY ARTS providing space and support to amplify their work. Learn more here.
Join Lisa Gonsalves for an intimate sound bath, dedicated to the wellness of our Highland Park community - especially those impacted by the January wildfires. This offering is a gentle invitation to pause, breathe, and reconnect with your inner healer.
Oxy Arts, 4757 York Blvd. LA CA 90042
Community Hall events are independently initiated by artists, organizers, and community members, with OXY ARTS providing space and support to amplify their work. Learn more here.
This year’s show features a selection of the best of the best from the first 16 years of the festival, including a brand new 4K digital restoration (from the original film negatives) of Hasta Los Huesos by Rene Castillo, Michaël Dudok de Wit’s poignant Oscar-winning Father and Daughter, Wendy Tilby & Amanda Forbis’s Cannes Palme d’Or winning film, When the Day Breaks, and Steven Woloshen’s direct-painting-on film, among others.
Jamila Woods is an award-winning poet, musician, and interdisciplinary artist from Chicago. Her writing has been published in POETRY, Poets.org, The Offing, and several anthologies. She has received fellowships from Hedgebrook, The Poetry Foundation, and Civitella Ranieri. Her three solo albums, HEAVN (2017), LEGACY! LEGACY! (2019), and Water Made Us (2023) were released by JagJaguwar Records to critical acclaim.
Free and open to the public. Ticket reservations required - get yours now on Eventbrite!
MAC seniors in Critical Media and Media Production will present their senior comprehensive projects. The presentations will begin at 7pm. There will be a cocktail party on the Thorne Patio prior to the presentations beginning at 6pm. The presentations will take place over 3 nights, April 7, 8 and 9
Presenting night #1: Madelyn Hesse, Lila Dworsky-Hickey, Emma Tiedemann, Gabriela Pinto, Lily Jones, Anamaria Tafur, Lillian Calvert, Mia Miller, Oliver Jackson, Reese Cuevas and Alexnder Treskin
MAC seniors in Critical Media and Media Production will present their senior comprehensive projects. The presentations will begin at 7pm. There will be a cocktail party on the Thorne Patio prior to the presentations beginning at 6pm. The presentations will take place over 3 nights, April 7, 8 and 9
Presenting Night #3: James Grayson, Kasio Dalton, Julia Carrigan, Truman Urness, Zane Ndonye, Ella Espiritu, Abigail Sajdak, Sean Kiely, Zelie Goldberg Little and Tate Miller