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Graduation Spotlight Series: All Roads Lead to New York for Music Theatre student Sloane Ptashek ’25

With a B.F.A. in music theatre and an agent, Ptashek is ready to shine in her next stage By Christine Byrd After she graduates this June, Sloane Ptashek will return to her hometown, which also happens to be home to Broadway. Ptashek’s B.F.A. in music theatre with a minor in art history have...

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2025 Medici Circle Scholars

UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts names 14 new Medici Circle Scholars UC Irvine Arts is pleased to announce the 2025 Medici Circle Scholars. These scholarships allow recipients to extend their education beyond the classroom, collaborating with academics and artists in the community and...

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Seven UC Irvine Arts Educators Receive the U18 Faculty Professional Development Award

The recognition provides opportunities for U18 faculty to enhance pedagogy UC Irvine and the University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT) recently announced awardees of the Unit 18 Faculty Council on Professional Development for the 2024–25 academic year, including seven U18 ...

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Design for the Future

UC Irvine scenic arts faculty revolutionize sustainability in theater By Christine Byrd Claire Trevor School of the Arts faculty Efren Delgadillo Jr. and Yee Eun Nam represent a new generation of scenic designers who bring novel approaches to sustainability — avoiding dumpsters full of wood,...

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Michael Hooker Named 2025 USITT Fellow

Department of Drama faculty member recognized for contributions to sound design and technology Professor Michael Hooker, Department of Drama faculty member at UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts, has been named a 2025 United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Fellow. This...

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Juliette Carrillo Named 2025 MacDowell Spring-Summer Fellow 

UC Irvine Department of Drama professor joins internationally recognized residency for artists The Claire Trevor School of the Arts is pleased to announce that Juliette Carrillo, associate professor of drama, has been named a 2025 MacDowell Spring-Summer Fellow. Founded in 1907, MacDowell is the...

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CTSA Research & Innovation and Theater of Community Faculty and Graduate Student 2024-25 Research & Innovation Grants

Creative Research in the Arts Now in its fourth year, the UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) Department of Research and Innovation continues to prioritize projects that feature cutting-edge research and interdisciplinary collaborations with potential for external recognition and...

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Songs of Light

Daniel Keeling shares his relationship with Alzheimer’s as he performs with UC Irvine Chamber Singers at the Irvine Barclay Theatre: A Q...

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Activist and academic Dr. Shamell Bell led a workshop at UC Irvine for Theater of Community

Serena Williams’ crip walk is more than a Drake dis. What it means to LA and Black culture - Laisit reporter Dana Littlefield experiences Dr. Shamell Bell’s Workshop on "Pedagogies of the Liberated" at Theater of Community at UC Irvine.

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UC Irvine Undergraduates Bell Hernandez ’27 and Jeyna Lynn Gonzales ’25 Awarded Cody Renard Richard Scholarship

Department of Drama students recognized for leadership in theater arts UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama students Bell Hernandez and Jeyna Lynn Gonzales have been selected for the Cody Renard Richard (CCR) Scholarship Program. In its fifth year, the CCR celebrates...

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Creative Communities

How Claire Trevor School of the Arts clubs cultivate belonging and equity beyond the classroom and across campus By Diana Kalaji At UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA), students’ success goes beyond main-stage productions, choral performances and thesis exhibitions. With over 100...

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UCI Drama Students Shine in Masterclass with Broadway’s Kerry Butler

Masterclass leads to a surprise duet as Butler invites student Nathan Bravo to perform at her concert. On Friday, January 24, UC Irvine Drama faculty members Daniel Keeling and Myrona DeLaney accompanied 25 music theatre students to the Segerstrom Center for the Arts for a special masterclass with...

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Dark Comedy Takes the Spotlight

Pulitzer Prize finalist Gloria brings biting humor and thrilling drama to UC Irvine Irvine, Calif., Jan. 20, 2025 — UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama presents Gloria, an explosive dark comedy by acclaimed playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. A Pulitzer Prize finalist,...

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UC Irvine Newkirk Faculty Fellowship Symposium Features Three CTSA Professors

The event will showcase the creative activities of Newkirk Faculty Fellows that build on the center's mission for Science...

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Widening the Lens

Assyrian-American director and writer Dalia Ashurina (drama, '17) hopes to change the perception of Middle Eastern women and culture By Greg Hardesty Dalia Ashurina grew up in the Central Valley city of Turlock, far from her Assyrian mother’s birthplace of Baghdad, Iraq. But one-quarter of...

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Dramatic Action

Theater of Community festival challenges bigotry, bias and ideas of identity By Christine Byrd Can theater help us navigatethe real-life dramas created by bigotry, bias and our own sense of identity? The creators of Theater of Community believe it can. Running through the spring of 2025, the...

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Robert Cohen, the founding chair of the Department of Drama at UC Irvine passes

Robert Cohen (1938-2024) Claire Trevor Professor of Drama Emeritus Robert Cohen passed away on Nov. 15, 2024, at 86. A towering figure in the theater world, Cohen was a founding faculty of the Department of Drama at UC Irvine. Cohen joined UCI in 1965 after earning his undergraduate degree from...

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‘9 to 5’ hits all the right notes

Department of Drama presents Dolly Parton’s hit musical with a message of equality Claire Trevor School of the Arts is preparing for a rollicking production of 9 to 5: The Musical, set to take the stage from Nov. 21-24 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. Based on the 1980s film, this lively musical...