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The Jungle fund was established in 2018 in response to audiences wanting to support refugee causes highlighted in the show. To date The Jungle Fund has raised nearly $100,000 from audiences across London, New York and San Francisco. Every dollar you donate will support displaced people through its US registered organisation Choose Love inc.
A note from Carole, regarding the transitions and excitement ahead around #CURRAN2019 for Bay Area audiences.
Watch the transformation of the Curran stage as we prepare to invite you to THE JUNGLE.
When Mohamed arrived in Calais, the camp’s population was at its highest with over 8,000 people living there. He had experienced isolation during his journey across Europe. Now it was intensified. ‘I grew up in a village where every morning you have tea with your neighbours. [In the camp] you don’t spend time with your people. You are on your own, sleep alone and wake up on your own. This is my life now.’
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Meet the resilient residents of THE JUNGLE - a sprawling refugee camp in Calais, France. Hear the incredible story of this short-lived, self-governing society from your seats in a new Afghan café which will replace the Curran stage.
Carole Shorenstein Hays raises the curtain on the new Curran. After a joyous, two year renovation and restoration, our mission is to create a home where art, technology and entertainment intersect in a way that can only happen at this moment in San Francisco.
Interview
Gracie Hays sits down with Machine Dazzle (and his sewing machine) to talk about the punk-rock process of distilling decades into dresses
Take a voyage with the Curran crew through the three-month journey of our refusbished chandelier!
"I want to do classics here. I want to do new work. I want us through our programming and the way in which we produce it to create a vibrant and magical time for us all." Carole Shorenstein Hays in conversation with Gracie Hays about the Curran's exciting new act.
At a crossroads, Pasek and Paul had an idea. If no one would cast them in a musical, why not write one of their own and put it on themselves?
Carl Wilson considers the ways 24-Decade plays with popular music, and talks to music director Matt Ray about how he takes an orchestra through a twenty-four-hour performance.
Fans of DEAR EVAN HANSEN came together to share their renditions of "Waving Through a Window" from the show.
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Taylor Mac may be known for outrageous costumes, but that fabulousness extends to the audience as well!
Carole Shorenstein Hays gives us some background for these behind-the-scenes photos of her haute DIY day at the Curran when costume designer Machine Dazzle outfitted her with flotsam and jetsam and je ne sais quoi.
Hear from staff and students about the Stanford Arts Intensive workshop, which demonstrates Curran's special relationship to education
Local novelist Vanessa Hua revisits her family’s favorite musicals (and her father’s singing), and looks back at how David Henry Hwang emboldened her to tell her own stories
Novelist Dave King talks to Taylor Mac about Nina Simone, formative trips to San Francisco, and what it’s like to stage 24-Decade in 2017.
Marcie Bianco explores how Stanford is stepping up to put shows like 24-Decade on stage
From the Tony Award®-winning author of M. Butterfly and the Tony Award®-winning composer of Fun Home, comes a brand new play with a musical.
