School of Theater

The Independent Shakespeare Company of Los Angeles (ISCLA) presents free performances of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, running now until Sunday, Sept. 5 as part of the 2021 Free Griffith Park Shakespeare Festival at the Old Los Angeles Zoo.  The cast features CalArts alum and...

Witness a story of identity, transformation, and loss in the early 2000s in John Guerra’s (Theater MFA 15) The Last, Best Small Town, now playing at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga, Calif. The play had its world premiere on July 31 and runs through Nov. 6,...

I Hear So Extremely Loud, a gripping one-person show written and performed by Ava Hase (Theater BFA 22), will premiere at The Hudson Guild Theatre in Los Angeles as part of the 2021 Hollywood Fringe Festival, running from Aug. 12-29.  Described by BroadwayWorld as “a brave look at the...

School of Theater faculty and director of Duende CalArts Marissa Chibás offers new perspectives on contemporary actor training in her latest book Mythic Imagination and the Actor: Exercises, Inspiration, and Guidance for the 21st Century Actor, published by Routledge Press. The 120-page book,...

The wide-ranging talents and artistry of recent graduates of the School of Theater are on full display in three online showcases: the Graduating Actors Showcase, the Voice Over Showcase, and the Experience Design and Production Portfolio Review.  The Graduating Actors Showcase is designed to...

CalArts alum Cecily Strong (Theater BFA 06) had a really good week last week. On Tuesday, July 13 the longtime Saturday Night Live castmember earned an Emmy nomination—for the second year in a row—for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. On Friday (July 16), the first two episodes...

The nominees for the 73rd Emmy Awards were unveiled this morning, via livestream on the Emmys’ website. The announcement was made by actor and CalArts Theater faculty Ron Cephas Jones and his daughter, Jasmine Cephas Jones. As in previous years, CalArtians are well-represented in numerous...