School of Theater

With over 20 years experience working in film, theater, and commercials, Camille Benda has enjoyed the process of supporting directors, producers, and actors in realizing their creative vision through costume. Camille’s research-led design approach started with a love of art history and... Continue reading »

José Luis Blondet is Curator of Special Initiatives at LACMA, where he has organized the exhibitions Not I: Throwing Voices 1500 BCE – 2020; Merce Cunningham, Clouds and Screens (2018); Liz Glynn: The Myth of Singularity (2016); Various Small Fires (Working Documents) (2015); and Compass... Continue reading »

Frank Caeti is a native of the Chicago suburbs, went to high school and college in Colorado, and currently resides in Los Angeles where he acts, improvises, writes, directs, and teaches anywhere they will let him. He is an alumnus of world famous comedy theater The Second City, performing for... Continue reading »

Marissa Chibás is a writer, director, and actor who creates multi-platform work that traverse film and live audience experiences, reclaims the mythic, and bridges cultural divides. As the daughter of a Cuban revolutionary and runner up Miss Cuba, these two formidable personalities inspired in... Continue reading »

Ashley Cole Bruce is a Senior Production Designer for Walt Disney Imagineering. Ashley hails from Ohio where she received her undergraduate degree from Miami University. She moved out to SoCal to earn her MFA in Scenic Art / Scenic Design from CalArts. After working in film and television... Continue reading »

Sometimes in life you need to remember people you hate and admit the fact that they have influenced you in some positive way; this is one of those times. Without naming names (because this person deserves no credit beyond a story) I want to discuss an idea that came from an intense and almost... Continue reading »