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An encounter with the costume sketches of Rococo artist François Boucher in the Bibliothèque-Musée de l’Opéra (Paris Opera Library) shifted Camille Assaf’s path from theory (philosophy) to practice (design): “At that moment everything came into focus.” After training at the Yale School of Drama (years…
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CAMILLE ASSAF: THEATRE AS RESISTANCE
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Date June 12, 2026
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THE AUDIENCE SEES EVERYTHING: STAGE DESIGNER ETIENNE PLUSS ON VISUAL STORYTELLING
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Stage design is often a hidden art. While audiences marvel at the final grand result of an opera, few realize the months of drafting, sculpting, and building work that happen before opening night. Etienne Pluss is one of the opera world's most sought-after stage designers…
Date June 1, 2026
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LEO SIMPE-ASANTE: THE NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD UPDATING BECKETT
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At nineteen, the Royal Central student Leo Simpe-Asante can already list his work as a composer, poet, playwright, and actor on his resume. He has been writing plays and musicals for ten years and as a self-professed "nerd," he shares that without a writing project…
Date May 27, 2026
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01
CAMILLE ASSAF: THEATRE AS RESISTANCE
Read
An encounter with the costume sketches of Rococo artist François Boucher in the Bibliothèque-Musée de l’Opéra (Paris Opera Library) shifted Camille Assaf’s path from theory (philosophy) to practice (design): “At that moment everything came into focus.” After training at the Yale School of Drama (years…
Date June 12, 2026
Read 6 min. read
02
THE AUDIENCE SEES EVERYTHING: STAGE DESIGNER ETIENNE PLUSS ON VISUAL STORYTELLING
Read
Stage design is often a hidden art. While audiences marvel at the final grand result of an opera, few realize the months of drafting, sculpting, and building work that happen before opening night. Etienne Pluss is one of the opera world's most sought-after stage designers…
Date June 1, 2026
Read 6 min. read
03
LEO SIMPE-ASANTE: THE NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD UPDATING BECKETT
Read
At nineteen, the Royal Central student Leo Simpe-Asante can already list his work as a composer, poet, playwright, and actor on his resume. He has been writing plays and musicals for ten years and as a self-professed "nerd," he shares that without a writing project…
Date May 27, 2026
Read 5 min. read
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