Drama News
UCI Drama’s Relevant Take On “Company”
COMPANY - A review by Steven Stanley from StageSceneLA
UCI Drama Opens its Season of Women with an Examination of the “Me Decade” in CompanyUCI Drama Opens its Season of Women with an Examination of the “Me Decade” in Company
UCI DRAMA OPENS ITS SEASON OF WOMEN WITH AN EXAMINATION OF THE “ME DECADE” IN COMPANY Irvine, Calif., October 31, 2019 – UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) Department of Drama opens its 2019-20 season with Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning 1970 musical comedy Company...
UCI Alum in Bay Area Musicals’ GYPSYUCI Alum in Bay Area Musicals’ GYPSY
UCI alum Cassie Grilley will play “Agnes” in Bay Area Musicals’ GYPSY production. A 6-Time Tony Award-winning performance, the musical GYPSY is based on the memoirs of famous striptease artist, Gypsy Rose Lee. The story specifically focuses on Lee’s mother, Rose, who has been deemed “the...
Anteaters in the Arts: Kelly PerineAnteaters in the Arts: Kelly Perine
“Hard work is the best-kept secret in Hollywood!” That was the advice Kelly Perine (M.F.A. ’98) gave to a class of 12 graduate students on a recent visit to his alma mater, the Department of Drama. Perine is no stranger to hard work. Growing up, his innate ability for acting led him to Lake...
UCI commencement ceremonies to take place June 14-17UCI commencement ceremonies to take place June 14-17
UCI will host commencement services for its 54th graduating class over four days in the Bren Events Center. Between Friday, June 14, and Monday, June 17, 11 ceremonies will take place – with UCI awarding 10,323 undergraduate degrees to 9,403 Anteaters.
UCI Drama gets into “The Pajama Game”
REVIEW: THE PAJAMA GAME
REVIEW: "The Pajama Game" – Claire Trevor Theatre, UCI
UCI Drama Students Receive Outstanding Crew Member AwardUCI Drama Students Receive Outstanding Crew Member Award
UCI Drama students, Chloe Cuberly and Sawyer Maier were recently awarded the Outstanding 101 Crew Member award of the Year for completing exceptional work while participating in UCI’s Drama 101 program. The Drama 101 program allows dance and drama students to learn about the inner workings of...
UCI Drama Presents the California Premiere of James Fritz’s Provocative Play PARLIAMENT SQUAREUCI Drama Presents the California Premiere of James Fritz’s Provocative Play PARLIAMENT SQUARE
UCI DRAMA PRESENTS THE CALIFORNIA PREMIERE OF JAMES FRITZ’S PROVOCATIVE PLAY PARLIAMENT SQUARE Irvine, Calif., February 28, 2019 – UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts presents the California premiere of the provocative new play Parliament Square written by award-winning...
UC Irvine students perform the stories of immigration detainees held in Orange County jailsUC Irvine students perform the stories of immigration detainees held in Orange County jails
"The performance was directed and written by UCI theater directors Jane Page and Gavin Cameron-Web, who are married and volunteer with the nonprofit. “We feel like we needed to make something that was a performance-based expression of what...(read more)"
From Claire Trevor To Broadway: Justin Keats’ Career After GraduationFrom Claire Trevor To Broadway: Justin Keats’ Career After Graduation
By Lauren Knight A few years after he graduated from UCI’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Justin Keats’ phone rang in an audition waiting room in New York City. Preparing to sing at an audition in four minutes for another Broadway musical, Keats saw his agent’s name on his screen and did not...
Spring Theater Preview 
Preserving Jerry Herman’s music for a younger generationPreserving Jerry Herman’s music for a younger generation
"The day before the concert, Coulter and Boswell will conduct a master class with students from the UCI Drama Department’s musical theater program. Of the participating students who will prepare and present a song from a Jerry Herman musical..."
Assistant professor of drama wins NEH grantAssistant professor of drama wins NEH grant
Tara Rodman, UCI assistant professor of drama, has won a 2018 Fellowship for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The $60,000 grant will enable her to research and write a book about the international career of Japanese dancer and choreographer...
UCI Drama plays with language and love in the classic THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTUCI Drama plays with language and love in the classic THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
UCI DRAMA PLAYS WITH LANGUAGE AND LOVE IN THE CLASSIC THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, GUEST DIRECTED BY SHISHIR KURUP Irvine, Calif., November 20, 2018 – UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama continues its 2018-19 season, entitled “Against All Odds,” with Oscar Wilde’...
UCI Drama Celebrates Women in Law with the Award-Winning Musical LEGALLY BLONDEUCI Drama Celebrates Women in Law with the Award-Winning Musical LEGALLY BLONDE
UCI DRAMA OPENS ITS SEASON BY CELEBRATING WOMEN IN LAW WITH THE AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL LEGALLY BLONDE Irvine, Calif., October 22, 2018 – UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama opens its 2018-19 season, entitled “Against All Odds,” with the irresistibly fun musical...
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