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World Stages

September 7

Two recent graduates channel their training across the globe’s most exciting stages
UCI Drama Wins at 2025 Orange Curtain Review Awards

November 11

UCI Drama Wins at 2025 Orange Curtain Review Awards
New Swan Shakespeare Festival 2026

July 7 - August 30 New Swan Theater

Join us under the stars for a magical summer as New Swan Shakespeare Festival presents two beloved classics in running repertory.
at the very bottom of a body of water

May 28 - June 6 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 ...

World Stages

Two recent graduates channel their training across the globe’s most exciting stages By Diana Kalaji For Abigail Mesel (M.F.A. music ’25) and Sloane Ptashek (B.F.A. music theatre ’25), studying at UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts meant having access to the world’s most exciting stages,...

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UCI Drama Wins at 2025 Orange Curtain Review Awards

La Belle et la Bête earns Best College Show alongside 9 to 5’s Best Young Actor honor UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama received top honors at the 2025 Orange Curtain Review Awards, with La Belle et la Bête named Best College Show and actor Drew Downs recognized as...

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Southern California boasts some of the most prestigious playhouses in the country. These are the best places to see live theater around the region, including New Swan Shakespeare Festival.