NYU TISCH WEST

NYU Tisch West is an alliance of LA based alumni from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. NYU Tisch West exists to increase the visibility of Tisch alumni working in the entertainment industry and to create professional inter-departmental collaborations and cross-generational relationships between alumni. NYU Tisch West is headed by The Tisch West Alumni Council, a working board that serves as 1. the link between LA alumni and TSOA; 2. the organizational arm for fundraising efforts in LA and 3. a bridge to ease the transition for alumni from East Coast to West; the classroom to the entertainment business.

To register for our email listserve (pending alumni status verification), which includes free, priority notice of upcoming events in the LA area, send an e-mail to lyris@lists.nyu.edu, and in the body of the message type: join tsoa-west-alumni YourFirstName YourLastName For example, if your name is 'Albert Einstein', the body of your email will be: join tsoa-west-alumni Albert Einstein Remember to send your email in plain text (e.g. - NOT HTML -formatted or template-based) and to remove any signature files at the bottom of your email.

UPCOMING TISCH WEST PROGRAMMING

SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR UPCOMING SCREENINGS (subject to change)

July - GET SMART

August - HAMLET 2

IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE L.A. FILM FESTIVAL, TISCH WEST ALUMNI COUNCIL PRESENTS

Tues., June 24, 7:00 p.m., Regent Theatre

Wed., June 25, 1:30 p.m., The Landmark - West Los Angeles

Thurs., June 26, 10:00 p.m., The Landmark - West Los Angeles

FILM: BIG HEART CITY

DIRECTOR: Ben Rodkin

CAST: Shawn Andrews, Seymour Cassel, Desi Lydic, Jake Alston Frankie has returned home to a gritty, sun-blanched Los Angeles. Where he's been is unclear, but his future seems even murkier; the tales he spins to his bemused coworker, played by indie icon Seymour Cassel, of domestic bliss with a beautiful, pregnant girlfriend are at odds with his mysteriously empty apartment. As Frankie's stories start to unravel, writer-director Ben Rodkin slowly builds his film's tension to a jittery tautness underscored by an ominous soundscape of mariachi bands, subterranean currents and distant echoes of the racetrack that holds the secret to Frankie's past.