In the News
Oscars 2020 production features a few Trojans
SDA alums Vanessa J. Noon BFA ’96 and Madigan Stehly BFA ’14 were the Production Manager and Lighting Director respectively for the Oscars.
stage specialists
Judith Shelton reassures students that failure is all part of the routine
The faculty member encourages her comedy classes to take risks and celebrate imperfection to find success.
actor & comedian
Dean David Bridel’s The Glorious Death of Comrade What’s-His-Name will play in March
The musical, with book by Bridel, will take its encore performance at Feinstein’s/54 Below.
artist as leader
Student Q&A: Katie Newsom BA ’20
The School briefly caught up with the BA in Theatre just after her semester abroad at the British American Drama Academy.
traveler
Colman Domingo
Actor, playwright and director shared his perspective with both SDA and SCA students.
multihyphenate
LiveRead@SDA this spring workshops CARRY ME
A new musical written by Kira Stone (The Light Rail, Salem) and Matthew Greene (Thousand Pines, Gregorian) follows a therapist’s unraveling mental health.
liveread@sda
SDA class spotlight: Stage combat
Adjunct lecturer Edgar Landa gives us a closer look at his THTR 417: Stage Combat course, which introduces safe and effective portrayals of violence for the stage.
en garde!
Pia Shah MFA ’13 acts alongside Alfred Molina in ‘The Father’
Alumna joins a small cast of actors at the Pasadena Playhouse in February.
family drama