School of Theater

Director and writer Mark J. Gordon (Theater-Film/Video BFA 73) explores the legacy of Mabel Dodge Luhan and New Mexico’s early 20th century art scene in Awakening in Taos: The Mabel Dodge Luhan Story (2015), which is now available on Vimeo on Demand. Mabel Dodge Luhan | Image courtesy of the...

This December, actor, singer and producer David Hasselhoff (Theater 73) joins the cast of 9 to 5: The Musical at the Savoy Theatre in London.  The former Baywatch actor takes up the role of Franklin Hart Jr., a detestable and misogynistic boss who pushes three office secretaries—portrayed by...

The 62nd annual Recording Academy Grammy Award nominations were announced this morning (Wednesday, Nov. 20). Several CalArtians are among the extensive list of nominees recognized for their contributions to the music industry.

The one-night-only presentation of HA-M-LET, created and performed by Brazilian American performer Peter Mark (Theater MFA 17), is a multilingual, multimedia performance installation that repurposes Shakespeare’s iconic revenge tale for the Information Age. 

Actor, filmmaker and musician Ayçıl Yeltan (Theater MFA 08) has garnered three awards for her latest short film Topanga (2019).  Topanga, which was directed, edited, produced and written by Yeltan, has already won the Audience Award for Shorts at Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival in Vermont,...

This month, CalArts alums Virginia Grise (MFA Theater 09) and Kendra Ware (MFA Theater 09) collaborate on Their Dogs Came With Them, a new play about Chicanx life adapted for the stage by Grise from Helena Maria Viramontes’ novel of the same name. Ware directs the production. Commissioned by the...

CalArtians are in the lineup for Word of Mouth, a “convening of ideas, new work, and conversations in performance” running from Wednesday, Sept. 25 to Sunday, Sept. 29, hosted by Los Angeles Performances Practice (LAPP). LAPP, founded by CalArts alum Miranda Wright (Theater MFA 09), is a...