School of Theater

George Lugg is a producer, curator, and consultant who has been working in the field of contemporary performance for 30 years. As a producer, he currently works for CalArts Center for New Performance and with independent artists Faye Driscoll and Emily Johnson. Recent projects include the world... Continue reading »

Carlo Maghirang (he/they) is a Los Angeles-based installation artist, scenographer, and experimental space designer originally from San Pedro, Laguna, and the Philippines. Specializing in sculptural and architectural interventions that bridge the gap between art object and environment, much of... Continue reading »

Babette Markus currently teaches the Alexander Technique to both graduate students and undergrads in the School of Theatre at both the University of Southern California and California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, where she has also taught in the Schools of Music and Dance. She has taught... Continue reading »

Roger Q. Mason (they/them) is a writer and performer who uses the lens of history to disrupt the biases that divide rather than unite us. Their playwriting has been seen on Broadway (Circle in the Square Reading Series); Off and Off-Off-Broadway; and regionally. Mason's World Premiere of... Continue reading »

Emily Mast’s work pulls from a combination of practices – visual art, theater, and dance – and is anchored in the production of multi-compositional projects that employ performance, installation, and curation. Since 2020 she has been developing a methodology that employs... Continue reading »

Professional work in LA includes: Switzerland (Geffen Playhouse), PeP! (Machine Project),  Prometheus Bound (Getty Villa), King Lear (the Brewery) The Treatment (Boston Court), PeP! (Machine Project), Track 3 ( Bootleg) Bones (CTG/ Kirk Douglas Theatre), Café Oublie,  Dry Cleaning, Tug... Continue reading »

Jason McManus works as both a Senior Creative and Art Director in the themed entertainment industry. He has spent over 15 years of combined experience working for companies such as Walt Disney Imagineering, The Hettema Group, Thinkwell, and others on projects that span the globe. In that time he... Continue reading »