Dr. Kathie Kratochvil Featured Artist of the Month For Performing Arts...
Dr. Kathie Kratochvil has been honored by being the featured performing artist this month for Performing Arts Monterey Bay. The published article just came out. Here is the link:...
View Article2014 Humanities and Arts Student Showcase
Congratulations to all of the TRFT faculty, staff and students who attended the 2014 HUMANITIES AND ARTS STUDENT SHOWCASE. TRFT provided AMAZING content both on the big screen (Theatre slide show,...
View ArticleRTVF Film Presented At 2014 San Jose International Film Festival
Congrats to Kourosh and the team having The Illusion of Reality in the 2014 SJ Intl Short Film Festival!
View ArticleSJSU Students Finalists in Screenwriting at 2014 CSU Media Arts Festival
Professor Scott Sublett writes, “In the feature film category of the CSU Media Arts Festival, there are only three finalists this year–and they’re all ours! So I guess we’ll place 1-2-3 AGAIN this...
View ArticleGREEN NINJA WINS STEM AWARD
The Green Ninja Project received the prestigious 2014 STEM Innovation Award, which recognizes forward-thinking educational programs in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. We are...
View ArticleNational Student Screenwriting Success for SJSU
Screenwriting Professor Scott Sublett writes: Once again, San Jose State students have achieved national recognition for screenwriting excellence. Lauren Serpa, who received her BA in RTVF from San...
View ArticleSJSU News: Spartan Filmmakers Create Movie Magic
Link to the original story here. A crew member works on a puppet for the animated short “Behind My Behind” (courtesy of Animation/Illustration) SJSU will have a big showing at the 25th Cinequest Film...
View ArticleAnother Narrative Film Production Success for RTVF Students
Park Arcadia From TRFT Chair David Kahn‘s desk: RTVF‘s student-written and -directed film Park Arcadia received Honorable Mention in the narrative film production category at the Broadcast Education...
View ArticleKQED Profiles RTVF Filmmaker Joshua Pausanos and His Film BELL JAR
BELL JAR filmmaker Joshua Pausanos KQED describes RTVF major Joshua Pausanos‘s film Bell Jar in its feature piece “Film School Shorts” (here’s a link to the full interview with Joshua which is well...
View ArticleTRFT’s Production of DEAD MAN WALKING and Yoshi Asai’s THE GHOST LIGHT
Directed by Kathie Kratochvil, performances of Tim Robbins’s adaptation of Dead Man Walking will take place in the Todd Studio Theatre (HGH 103) beginning Thursday, March 5 at 7pm and continuing Friday...
View ArticleProfessor Amy Glazer Wins a Bay Area Critic’s Circle Award with SEMINAR
Congratulations to Theatre Arts Professor Amy Glazer who, on Monday night, was awarded the 2014 Bay Area Critic’s Circle Award for Best Stage Direction in a House with 100 to 300 Seats. Amy won the...
View ArticleFaculty Service Recognition: Jim LeFever and Laura Long
Congratulations to two of TRFT’s talented and loyal faculty members! Jim LeFever On Wednesday, March 11, the University recognized Jim LeFever for 25 years of service at SJSU’s annual Faculty Service...
View ArticleKourosh Ahari’s Short Film MALAISE Bound for the Cannes Film Festival!
Kourosb Ahari Congratulations to Kourosh Ahari! He’ll be walking the red carpet at the most famous film festival in the world in Cannes this year. His short film Malaise (2014, 8 mins) has been...
View ArticleCongratulations to Dr. Kimb Massey: International Lecture in Germany
Dr. Kimb Massey, Professor of Radio-Television-Film, has been invited to lecture at the Institute for Advanced Study at Delmenhorst (http://www.h-w-k.de) in June 2015. Her lecture will be based upon...
View ArticleRTVF Grad Colin Heim Lands Permanent PT Gig at KSBW
Colin Heim with reporter and evening news anchor Lauren Seaver Recent RTVF graduate Colin Heim wrote recently with the following good news: I’ve been a Production Assistant at KSBW in Salinas since...
View ArticleTheatre Arts Student Lisa Laymon Honored as Featured President’s Scholar
Lisa Laymon Congratulations to TA major Lisa Laymon. As one of 420 President’s Scholars being saluted at this year’s Honors Convocation, she has been nominated by Professor Amy Glazer and selected as...
View ArticleCome See ZOOT SUIT, Opening April 23
Click to enlarge to see dates and times. Zoot Suit, an award-winning play by SJSU alum Luis Valdez, is being directed by his son, Kinan Valdez and staged at the University Theatre, beginning April 23....
View ArticleRTVF Alum Lauren Serpa Wins in BEA Scriptwriting Competition
Lauren Serpa at BEA 2015 Congratulations to RTVF alum Lauren Serpa (currently earning an MFA in SJSU’s Creative Writing Program in the English Department). Lauren’s screenplay Where We Start won Second...
View ArticleCongratulations to 90.5 KSJS for Its 2015 Music Showcase!
The KSJS booth On Thursday, April 30, KSJS held its first ever “KSJS Music Showcase,” funded primarily through a Dean’s Global Grant from SJSU’s College of Humanities & Arts. KSJS’s commitment is...
View ArticleNew Theatre Arts Scholarships Awarded
TRFT Chair David Kahn writes: I’m happy to announce the awarding of two external scholarships I secured this year. Based on a preselection of finalists and an impressive set of audition/interviews...
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