School of Theater

From among 3,566 entries from 107 countries, two works by CalArtians received awards at the renowned Japan Media Arts Festival, which is organized by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs. An exhibition featuring the award-winning works opens Sept. 19, and runs through Sept. 27, 2020, at the...

On Saturday, Sept. 5, the virtual Dances with Films Festival presents Hollywood Fringe, an indie comedy directed by Wyatt McDill and Megan Huber. The film stars Jennifer Prediger, Justin Kirk, Nishi Munshi, and CalArts alum Rainbow Underhill (Theater BFA 97).  The story follows a married...

Recent School of Theater graduates share their voice acting work in the 2020 Voice Over Showcase, billed as the first-ever showcase of its kind produced by an actor training program in the nation. The work in the showcase was produced by graduating BFA and MFA students in a course taught by...

CalArtians earned more than a dozen nominations for the 72nd Emmy Awards when they were announced via livestream Tuesday morning (July 28).

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Playwright and CalArts alum Virginia Grise (Theater MFA 09) has been named the resident playwright of the transformative Latinx Cara Mía Theatre (CMT), a nonprofit community organization based in Dallas. Grise will spend the three-year residency developing new works with the local community,...

Performance and art space Automata recently announced the six grantees of its 2020 artist residencies, all of whom are CalArtians. In light of COVID-19, the Los Angeles-based Automata devised a new series of individual artist residencies, created to serve artists while group...