School of Theater

Israeli-born Danielle Agami is a dance maker, filmmaker and founder of Ate9, an acclaimed contemporary dance company based in Los Angeles, CA that reimagines traditional boundaries of movement. Over the past nine years, she has created numerous works for Ate9, and collaborated with some of... Continue reading »

Christopher Akerlind has designed lighting, and occasionally scenery, for over 650 productions at theater, opera, and dance companies across the country and around the world. Recent work includes Paula Vogel’s new play INDECENT (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), Sting’s musical THE LAST... Continue reading »

Cristian Amigo is a composer, theater designer, and audio producer. He creates and performs in free jazz/blues/new music/Latinx bands and ensembles, immersive environments, dance, opera, and film/video. Amigo is a sound faculty member in the CalArts School of Theater (SOT) Experience Design and... Continue reading »

Mecca Vazie Andrews works in a variety of contexts within the arts and education. In 2007, she established mecca v.a & The MOVEMENT movement in an effort to explore experimental dance, sound, and theater techniques revolving around social practice, utilizing progressive movements as a... Continue reading »

After graduating from NYU's TISCH SCHOOL of the ARTS and THE STELLA ADLER CONSERVATORY, Deborah Aquila worked on the first two seasons of "MIAMI VICE" and several feature films including Michael Mann's "MAN HUNTER" and "THE POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE,” as an... Continue reading »