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Christopher Trela

Christopher Trela

Assistant Professor, Artistic Faculty

Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts

Email: trela@chapman.edu

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications: Lights! Camera! Action! Newport Beach Film Festival: Take 25; It’s a Wrap! 25th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival; Musical Version of ‘Back to the Future’ Lands at Segerstrom Center December 26 – January 5; Pacific Symphony Announces Alexander Shelley as Next Music Director; Heist Comedy ‘Stealing Pulp Fiction’ Screens at Lido Theater Oct. 19; National Choreographers Initiative Celebrates 20 Years with Performance at Irvine Barclay Theatre July 27; 25th Annual Eric Marienthal & Friends Concert in Newport Beach on July 14 Raises Funds for High Hopes; Meet New Pacific Symphony Pops Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez; Newport Beach Independent: Article on Newport Beach Film Festival; Newport Beach Independent: Newport Beach Film Festival movie review; Newport Beach Independent: Maestro for a Day: My Conducting Debut with Pacific Symphony; Newport Beach Independent: Newport Beach Film Festival Announces Opening and Closing Night Films; ‘Wicked’ Flies in to Segerstrom Center Feb. 9 – March 6; ‘Reunited in Dance’ at Segerstrom Center on Nov. 12 Features Dancers Impacted by the War in Ukraine; Tony Award-Winning ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ Dazzles at Segerstrom Center Through November 27; ‘Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West’ at Newport Beach Film Festival Reveals the Beauty and Plight of Wild Horses; Culinary Film Series at Newport Beach Film Festival Serves Savory Cinema; Newport Beach Film Festival: Take 23; Newport Beach Film Festival Announces Cinematic Schedule and Honors Program; 23rd Annual Newport Beach Film Festival; Baroque Music Festival Returns to Corona del Mar; South Coast Repertory A Christmas Carol; Choreographer Molly Lynch Brings her National Dance Initiative Back to Irvine Barclay Theatre; Pacific Symphony Perseveres, Thrives During Pandemic; Newport Beach Film Festival Honors; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP; AP