Velina Hasu Houston
Award-winning playwright, essayist, poet, author, editor and screenwriter, Houston is Director of the MFA in Dramatic Writing Program.
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J. August Richards
Best known for his work on Joss Whedon’s Angel and in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Richards can also be seen on Bravo’s Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce. (BFA ’95)
Grant Heslov
Grant Heslov is an Academy Award winner, noted for his work as a director, producer, writer and actor. In 2006 he co-founded Smokehouse Pictures with longtime partner and collaborator George Clooney.
Tate Donovan
Donovan is an actor whose credits include the Oscar-winning film Argo, and shows The O.C., 24: Live Another Day, Hostages, Deception, Damages, Friends and The Man in the High Castle. (BFA ’85)
LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton is an actor, director and beloved television host, best known for his work on Roots, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Reading Rainbow.
Brent Blair
Brent Blair is a professor of theatre practice at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. He is a Linklater-designated voice instructor and a former Fulbright…