Visiting Artists

To ensure that students have the opportunity to examine the widest possible cross-section of practices, the school regularly invites eminent visiting artists from around the world to supplement the expertise of regular faculty. Some guests also serve as visiting faculty members who spend one or more semesters at CalArts. In recent years, visiting artists have included:

• Kevin Adams, lighting designer
• Jules Aaron, actor
• Nicole Arbusto, casting director
• Byron Bacon, properties designer
• Gina Belafonte, actor
• Belarus Free Theatre
• Robert Blacker, dramaturg
• David Bridel, mask and movement coach
• Susan Brown, casting director
• Robert Cantarella, director
• Ana Cappelluto, designer
• Laurie Carlos, writer, director and performer
• Bridget Carpenter, writer
• Chen Shi-Zheng, director
• Tammy Cody-Boutcher, stage manager
• Karin Coonrod, director
• Gordon Davidson, director and artistic director
• Bart DeLorenzo, director
• Stephen Dillane, actor
• Kate Edmunds, designer and artistic director
• Doug Fitch, designer
• Five Lesbian Brothers, performance collective
• Peter Flaherty, video designer
• Richard Foreman, writer and director
• Tamar Fortgang, actor and producer
• Brian Freeman, playwright and performance artist
• Susan Denison Geller, designer
• Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani, theater collective
• Handspring Puppet Company
• Kamilla Harkless, scenic artist
• Jennifer Harvey, director
• Wendall Harrington, designer
• Philip Himberg, artistic director
• Liz Himelstein, dialect coach
• Michael Hooker, designer
• Cynthia Hopkins, writer and performer
• Peter Howard, actor
• Dan Hurlin, puppet artist and director
• Sandy Huse, properties designer
• Naomi Iizuka, playwright
• Robert Israel, designer
• Gregory Itzin, actor
• Ken Jacobs, puppet artist
• Lynn Jeffries, puppet artist
• Julie Jensen, playwright
• Daniel Alexander Jones, writer and director
• York Kennedy, designer
• Nancy Keystone, director
• Lisa Kron, performance artist
• Jessica Kubzansky, director
• Jim LeBrecht, designer
• Elizabeth LeCompte, director
• Ming Cho Lee, designer
• Roberta Levitow, director
• Corey Madden, producer and director
• John Malpede, actor and activist
• Art Manke, director and artistic director
• Lynn Manning, actor, director and playwright
• Debi Manwiller, casting director
• Stan Margulies, film producer
• Oliver Mayer, playwright
• Heather McKlarty, properties designer
• Stephin Merritt, composer
• Dijana Milosevic, director
• Ken Nintzel, director
• Chris Parry, designer
• Victoria Paul, production designer
• Carole Payette, scenic artist
• Adina Porter, actor
• Everett Quinton, actor and director
• Dunya Ramicova, designer
• Larry Reed, puppet artist
• Jose Rivera, playwright
• Diane Rodriguez, actor and director
• Peter Schumann, writer, puppet artist and director
• David Schweizer, director
• Michele Shay, actor and director
• Hannah Sim, movement artist
• Stew, composer and playwright
• Mary Ellen Strom, video and performance artist
• Mark Sussman, puppet artist
• Alice Tuan, playwright
• Basil Twist, designer and puppet artist
• Lenka Udovicki, director
• Kate Valk, actor
• Roberto Varea, director
• Shay Wafer, managing director
• Matt Wilder, director
• Saul Williams, performance poet
• Charlayne Woodard, actor
• The Wooster Group, theater collective
• Chay Yew, playwright
• Claudia Zelevansky, director