Boni B. Alvarez writes new work Guarded for MFA Acting Rep
The MFA Year Three actors are premiering the play commissioned by the School and written by the alum.
personalized
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Stephanie Shroyer directs Alice in Wonderland, featuring alumni Erika Soto and Gabriel Leyva
Professor and alumni make it down the rabbit hole to the A Noise Within production.
curiouser and curiouser
Trojan actor-turned-director Shiri Appleby on her USC training
Alumna says her classes gave her the tools to understand text inside and out.
alum auteur
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
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 visits
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!