New Faculty Spotlight: Paul Urcioli
New faculty member Paul Urcioli encourages SDA students to keep their eye on the ball and preaches the importance of passion and rigor in theatrical training.
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Author: Geoff Waring
Corinne Chooey
Corinne Chooey is a faculty member at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Corinne is a multi-hyphenate Transmedia Storyteller and Producer. She creates media campaigns…
Student Spotlight: SDA Comedy Performance Minors
We caught up with three Comedy Performance minors to better understand how they use SDA classes to follow their dreams and round out their education.
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Jill Gold
Jill Gold has been an LA based Equity Stage Manager for 39 years, with over 250 productions to her credit including seven national tours and…
Louis Colaianni
Louis Colaianni is an acting, voice, speech and dialect coach in the professional theater. Most recently, he coached Common in the Broadway production of Between…
Jennifer Sarvas
Jennifer Sarvas is an alumna of the University of Southern California Class of ’06 where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Stage Management…
Doug Peck
Doug Peck is a Los Angeles-based musician and educator. He has appeared in concert with artists like Renée Fleming, Patti LuPone, J’Nai Bridges, Heather Headley, Michelle Williams, Sutton Foster,…
New Faculty Spotlight: S. Anindo Marshall
New faculty member S. Anindo Marshall has a storied career working with artists ranging from Carlos Santana to dance luminary Katherine Dunham.
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Student Group Spotlight: Spoiler Alert
When it comes to comedy, being funny isn’t everything. Spoiler Alert brings depth, character and narrative technique to their unique brand of improv.
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Understanding mixed-race theatrical lineage
Professor Rena M. Heinrich’s new book explores the lives and work of mixed-race Asian playwrights and performers in American theatre from the nineteenth century to the present.
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