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A Legacy Worth Celebrating

September 7

Anniversaries of UC Irvine and the Claire Trevor School of the Arts offer a moment of reflection and possibility
Myrona DeLaney Named 2025 Dean’s Honoree

August 20

Myrona DeLaney named 2025 Dean’s Honoree for her dedication to cultivating emerging artists
at the very bottom of a body of water

May 7 - May 16 Robert Cohen Theatre

Through surreal storytelling and dreamlike sequences, the piece delves into themes of grief, spiritual disconnection and the enduring ties of family. At its heart is a striking moment, a fish gutted live onstage, serving as a visceral metaphor for ...
Noises Off

March 6 - March 14 Claire Trevor Theatre

Noises Off is a brilliantly crafted, side-splitting farce that pulls back the curtain on a theater company in total disarray. As the hapless cast and crew attempt to stage the fictional play Nothing On, everything that can go wrong does, from forgotten...
The Green Knight

December 5 - December 13 Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)

In the signature style of CounterBalance Theater, director Annie Loui brings Simon Armitage’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to life through dynamic theatricality and expressive physical movement. This modern, accessible translation of the medieval ...
Little Women: The Broadway Musical

November 20 - November 23 Irvine Barclay Theatre

Based on Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel, Little Women follows the lives of the March sisters as they grow up, dream big and navigate love, loss and self-discovery in Civil War-era America. This musical celebrates the strength of family, the power of...

A Legacy Worth Celebrating

Anniversaries of UC Irvine and the Claire Trevor School of the Arts offer a moment of reflection and possibility By Christine Byrd Every day, UC Irvine students and visitors walk by Claire Trevor’s Oscar and Emmy awards outside the theater named in her honor — golden reminders of that rare...

Faculty

Myrona DeLaney Named 2025 Dean’s Honoree

Celebrated for her dedication to cultivating emerging artists Myrona DeLaney, professor of teaching in music theatre and head of the Music Theatre program at the UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts (UCI Arts), has been named a 2025 Dean’s Honoree by the UCI Celebration of Teaching, part of...

Alumni

Alumni Appreciation Month: Bri McWhorter ’14 transforms acting tools into powerful communication strategies

UC Irvine Department of Drama alumna empowers individuals and organizations through her company, Activate to Captivate For Bri McWhorter (M.F.A. Drama, ’14), theater training became the foundation for a unique career in communication. As Founder and CEO of Activate to Captivate, McWhorter draws on...