UCR Performing Arts

UCR Performing Arts Special events and performances by the departments of Dance, Music, Theatre, Film and Digital Production (TFDP), and Creative Writing at UC Riverside.

06/02/2026

This week at UCR Performing Arts, please join us for:

June 2
12 PM: Jazz at Noon
12 PM: Taiko Ensemble Recital
8 PM: UCR is Composing

June 3
12 PM: Annual Music Awards Ceremony
7 PM: UCR Wind Ensemble

June 3-4
7 PM: New Works Festival

June 4
7 PM: UCR Jazz Ensembles

June 5-7
Conference: Co-Creativity in Music, Sound, and AI: Improvisation, Interaction, Composition

June 5
1 PM: TFDP Culmination Celebration

All event details at: performingarts.ucr.edu/calendar

🎬 Discover Tomorrow’s Emerging Theater Makers TODAY! 🎭UCR’s Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production invites ...
05/30/2026

🎬 Discover Tomorrow’s Emerging Theater Makers TODAY! 🎭

UCR’s Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production invites you to the New Works Festival! Join us for a two-night event featuring developmental staged readings of brand-new plays written by graduating MFA Playwriting Candidates.

Best of all? It’s FREE and open to the public!

Here is what's hitting the stage:

🌲 June 3 @ 7:00 PM: BEASTHOOD by Emma Winiarski Four tween girls at a Catholic wilderness survival camp in rural Massachusetts must band together, face their coming-of-age, and save their kidnapped counselors.

🔥 June 5 @ 7:00 PM: COYOTE HAZING by Gabby Chavez Forced to survive a night on a secluded mountaintop, four fraternity pledges will sacrifice everything to prove they belong to the esteemed Zeta Kappa Phi.

📍 Where: ARTS Studio Theatre (ARTS 113)
🎟 Admission: FREE!

Can't make it in person? Click the link to access the livestream options and get all the details! 👇

🔗https://events.ucr.edu/event/new-works-festival-2026

Twilight Carillon RecitalMay 30 @ 6 p.m. Bell Tower The performers for this concert will be David Christensen and guest ...
05/29/2026

Twilight Carillon Recital
May 30 @ 6 p.m. Bell Tower

The performers for this concert will be David Christensen and guest carillonneur Makena James. The concert will include Chaconne by John Knox, Voluntary in F Major by John Stanley, Folksongs from the British Isles, and popular music by Jerome Kern, Barry Mann, and Paul Williams.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

https://events.ucr.edu/event/twilight-carillon-recital-2026

05/28/2026

Looking to check off your arts breadth requirement this summer while having fun, too? ☀️💃🕺

Join Cinthia Duran (PhD candidate in Critical Dance Studies) for Dance 05: Introduction to Dance! This isn't a typical lecture class. We’ll dive deep into how dance and performance shape politics, history, and society—while also getting up and moving to shake up your summer routine.

✨ Why take DNCE 005?
Fulfill your arts breadth requirement early.
Get moving: Seamlessly integrate physical activity into your weekly schedule.
Think critically: Learn to see dance as a powerful tool for social change.

💻 How to Sign Up:
Log into R'Web and head to the Registration tab
Browse the UCR Schedule of Classes or R'Web portal for DNCE 005.
Select "Register for Classes"

🗓️ Important Reminders:
Enrollment generally remains open right up until the start of the session, but don't wait too long!

Spaces are limited, so secure your spot for the summer session now! Let’s dance, think, and have fun together. 🎓💃🏽

🔗 Head to summer.ucr.edu/dates-deadlines for the full timeline!

🎬 Tomorrow at UCR! Join us for a special screening of the award-winning documentary Tripoli: A Tale of Three Cities, fol...
05/28/2026

🎬 Tomorrow at UCR! Join us for a special screening of the award-winning documentary Tripoli: A Tale of Three Cities, followed by an exclusive filmmaker Q&A.
Then, dive deeper into the creative documentary process and non-Western q***r cinema language in an interactive afternoon workshop with director & scholar Raed El Rafei.
✨ Screening & Q&A: 10:30 AM (Free & open to the public)
🧠 Student Workshop: 3:00 PM (Registration required)
📍 CHASS Interdisciplinary South, 1128
Don’t miss this incredible opportunity! Tap the links below to RSVP and save your spot. 🔗👇

https://events.ucr.edu/event/tripoli-raed-el-rafei

https://events.ucr.edu/event/workshop-with-raed-el-rafei

Big news from our TFDP Faculty! 🎉 Assistant Professor Megan Tabaque’s play, The Rink at the End of the World, is officia...
05/28/2026

Big news from our TFDP Faculty! 🎉
Assistant Professor Megan Tabaque’s play, The Rink at the End of the World, is officially a 2026 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference Finalist! 🙌

Making it even sweeter? Her husband Drew Paryzer is sharing the finalist list with his play, Offshoot! Talk about a powerhouse theater family. 🥂

Professor Tabaque’s play was also selected for the Great Plains Theater Conference this summer. Join us in celebrating this massive achievement in the comments! 👇

05/27/2026

Meet Stephanie Ortega, one of our Dance Makers!
Choreographer of: My Way, Your Memory

Join us for “Spring Forward: Stories Awakened,” an immersive performance experience where powerful dance meets the rich tradition of oral storytelling.

🗓️ When: May 28 & May 29, 2026 | 7 PM – 8:30 PM
📍 Where: ATHD 102

See you there! 👋

RSVP:
https://events.ucr.edu/event/spring-forward-2026-stories-awakened

05/27/2026

UCR Performing Arts events May 26-31, 2026:

May 26-27: THEATRE
7 PM: Playworks @ Studio Theatre

May 27: MUSIC
12 noon: Student Performance & Composition @ ARTS 157

May 28-29: DANCE
7 PM: Spring Forward: Stories Awakened @ ATHD 102

May 29: TFDP
10:30 AM: Screening & Conversation: Tripoli / A Tale of Three Cities with Filmmaker Raed El Rafei
3 PM: Student workshop with Filmmaker and Scholar Raed El Rafei

May 30: FILM
3 PM: Tripoli: A Tale of Three Cities @ UCR ARTS

May 30: MUSIC
6 PM: Twilight Carillon Recital @ UCR Bell Tower
8 PM: UCR Chamber Singers, Chorale & Orchestra @ University Theatre

May 31: MUSIC
3 PM: UCR Chamber Singers, Chorale & Orchestra @ University Theatre

Tickets & Info: performingarts.ucr.edu

05/26/2026

Meet Skiye Bell, one of our Dance Makers!
Choreographer of: The Art of Almost

Join us for “Spring Forward: Stories Awakened,” an immersive performance experience where powerful dance meets the rich tradition of oral storytelling.

🗓️ When: May 28 & May 29, 2026 | 7 PM – 8:30 PM
📍 Where: ATHD 102

See you there! 👋

RSVP:
https://events.ucr.edu/event/spring-forward-2026-stories-awakened

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