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Summer Theater

July 18

UC Irvine alum Abel Garcia takes the stage for a fifth season at the New Swan Shakespeare Festival this summer.
Double the Drama: New Swan's Shakespeare Season Embraces Romance, Wit and Reinvention

July 18

Double the Drama: New Swan's Shakespeare Season Embraces Romance, Wit and Reinvention
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...

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...

Alumni

August is UCI Arts Alumni Appreciation Month

August is Alumni Appreciation Month at the UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts. Join us as we honor and express gratitude for our talented alumni. Throughout August, we will spotlight the remarkable achievements of our former students on our social media channels. Each week will be dedicated...