Commencement 2025
Commencement 2025
The Commencement Ceremony for the USC School of Dramatic Arts will take place on Friday, May 16, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.
Author: Delphine Vasko
Congratulations to the 2022-23 School of Dramatic Arts Award Recipients
On May 5, the USC School of Dramatic Arts recognized the outstanding achievements of several of our students at the 30th annual Awards Ceremony.
On May 5, the USC School of Dramatic Arts recognized the outstanding achievements of several of our students at the 30th annual Awards Ceremony.
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Stacy Smith
Stacy L. Smith is the foremost disrupter of inequality in the entertainment industry. Smith is the founder of the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative (AII), the…
Beck Bennett joins Madhuri Shekar as commencement speaker for the USC School of Dramatic Arts
Beck Bennett and Madhuri Shekar will deliver the charges to the 2023 SDA graduates.
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Velina Hasu Houston has been carving out her place since she was a girl
TITLE IX: The international acclaimed playwright is a gender equity and racial equity trailblazer in her work at USC and beyond.
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USC School of Dramatic Arts celebrates its first tenured transgender faculty member
“It’s the students and their artistic voice that matter,” says Alexandra Billings.
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Trailblazer Emily Roxworthy credits role-model mom for ‘bulletproof’ determination
TITLE IX: The USC School of Dramatic Arts dean has thrived despite some people’s outdated attitudes.
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Trojan trailblazer breaks ground for women in real estate
TITLE IX: For SDA alumna Tracy Tutor of Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles fame, the landmark legislation can inspire independence and combat entrenched forms of discrimination.
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SDA Community Performances
Two off-campus opportunities to watch the work of talented students in Anna in the Tropics and The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the…
Sunday in the Park with… USC
SDA actors had the opportunity to act at the iconic Pasadena Playhouse, getting a taste of the life of a professional actor while working around their studies.
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