School of Theater

Melissa Ruge is a Ventura County based freelance stage manager and the Production Manager at the Lehrer Vocal Institute of Music Academy of the West. Her love of storytelling through performance started at an early age singing, acting, and dancing at community events and producing small scale... Continue reading »

Victor Sandoval Torres holds a BFA in Theater Management from California Institute of the Arts, and has been Associate Costume Shop Manager for the School of Theater since 2017. At CalArts, Victor enjoys guiding BFA and MFA students through the physical production process, including sourcing and... Continue reading »

Shannon Scrofano is a Los Angeles-based designer whose work includes interdisciplinary performance, public space, exhibition, curation, dialogue, and activism projects internationally and throughout the US. She collaborates with communities, organizations, movement builders, and artists. Her... Continue reading »

Evelyn Serrano is an LA-based, Cuban experimental multimedia and performance artist, educator, and independent curator working at the intersection of creative placemaking, memory, community engagement, activism, and land stewardship. Serrano received her MFA in Studio Art and Integrated Media... Continue reading »

Amanda Shank is an artist and educator based in Los Angeles, California. With an experimental practice rooted in the interplay between text, image, and performance, her work frequently explores themes of women’s identity and sexuality while also dismantling traditional notions of form,... Continue reading »

Bree Sherry is a stage manager on faculty in the CalArts School of Theater. Off Broadway, she has worked at Atlantic Theater Company. Regional credits include Pasadena Playhouse, Musical Theatre West, South Coast Rep, Geffen Playhouse, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, Kirk Douglas,... Continue reading »

An illustrator, designer, and a powerhouse of creative ideas, Kristin Showalter develops concepts for The Hettema Group and brings them to life in beautifully rendered illustrations. She first entered the design world as a scenic artist, applying her painting skills to projects for Universal... Continue reading »