CCM Alumnus Dominic Bogart Featured in Sundance Film Festival Favorite ‘The Birth of a Nation’

Alumnus Dominic Bogart, recipient of the 2012 Julia Winter Cohen Career Excellence Award.

After receiving accolades at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for his lead role in the feature film I Am Not A Hipster, alumnus Dominic Bogart (BFA Drama, 2000) returned to the festival this month for the world premiere of The Birth of a Nation.

After the film received a standing ovation at its premiere, Variety reports that The Birth of Nation landed the biggest deal in the history of the Sundance Film Festival: a $17.5 million payday from Fox Searchlight for global rights!

Bogart plays Hank Fowler in this biopic about enslaved preacher-turned-revolt leader Nat Turner, appearing on screen alongside Nate Parker (who also wrote, directed and produced the film) and Armie Hammer.

This is the latest success for Bogart, who appeared in no less than five feature films this year. He also recently appeared in Sympathy, Said the Shark, which won the audience award for best feature at the Portland Film Festival and enjoyed a multi-city theatrical run.

His other recent and upcoming feature film releases include the rodeo western Mahjong and the West, the SyFy Channel’s science fiction thrill 400 Days and the atmospheric thriller The Ghost and the Whale.

A native of Piqua, Ohio, Bogart was the 2012 recipient of CCM’s Julia Winter Cohen Career Excellence Award.

You can learn more about CCM Drama’s actors at work by visiting ccm.uc.edu/theatre/drama/actorsatwork.

CCM Video: A Look Back At ‘The Damnation of Faust’

Last month, CCM mounted a unique multimedia production of Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust (The Damnation of Faust). If you missed this E-Media, Choral and Orchestral collaboration, here is a glimpse of the production that critics have hailed as “extraordinary.”

CCM Drama Celebrates Graduating Students at 2012 Senior Showcase

Alumnus Dominic Bogart, recipient of the 2012 Julia Winter Cohen Career Excellence Award.

CCM’s Department of Drama presents the 2012 Senior Showcase at 2 and 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28, in CCM’s Patricia Corbett Theater.

Graduating seniors in CCM’s drama program will present a variety of monologues and scenes to demonstrate the depth and breadth of their acting skills, honed during their undergraduate training at CCM. The performance is a local preview before the students travel to New York and Los Angeles, where they will present the showcase for agents and casting directors.

Discussing ‘The Damnation of Faust’s Visuals with CCM E-Media’s Raul Barcelona

CCM Assistant Professor of Electonic Media Raul Barcelona.

This Saturday, CCM presents a unique multimedia production of Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust. CCM E-Media faculty member Raul Barcelona recently discussed his work on the project with CCM Public Information Assistant and Arts Administration student Lillian Matchett.

Lillian Matchett: Could you give me a little background about your work at CCM?

Raul Barcelona: I’ve been here now for almost two years. My role here is Assistant Professor of Electronic Media, and I specifically teach new media and video production classes. My main focus is film making, but in the past I have also worked as a web designer and graphics designer, so I am also teaching some of those new media courses as well.

LM: Could you tell me a little about how you originally got involved with the production of The Damnation of Faust?

RB: Earl Rivers [CCM’s Director of Choral Studies and conductor] approached me to see if I would be interested in developing some visuals for the performance. He had this idea that it’s a work that is very cinematic in nature, even just by itself, and he thought that it would be a good opportunity to collaborate so that the music is accompanied with visuals.

LM: What was your original inspiration for the visuals we’ll see on Saturday?

LISTEN: CCM’s ‘The Damnation of Faust’ Featured on WVXU’s Around Cincinnati

Robyn Carey-Allgeyer discussed the upcoming multimedia production of Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust with CCM’s Earl Rivers on the latest edition of WVXU’s Around Cincinnati.

You can listen to the full interview here. Performance information for The Damnation of Faust is available after the jump!

Experience Berlioz’s ‘Damnation of Faust’ Like Never Before

CCM Presents Romantic Dramatic Legend ‘The Damnation of Faust’

Footage by Raul Barcelona.

CCM’s Chamber Choir, Chorale, Philharmonia Orchestra and Cincinnati Children’s Choir combine for an unforgettable performance of the grand and romantic The Damnation of Faust. Hector Berlioz’s imaginative work will be presented at Corbett Auditorium at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, featuring cinematic visual elements that are the result of collaboration with CCM’s Division of Electronic Media.