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“I am very proud that I’ll be the first one in my family to hold a bachelor’s degree,” says fourth-year drama major Shawna Jackson. “Without the scholarship, I don’t think it would have been possible, considering that I’m working to put myself through college.”

Before coming to UCI, Molly spent 16 years as the Director of Ballet Pacifica. She became Chair of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Dance Department in 2018 and is the artistic director of the annual Dance Visions performance at the Barclay.

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Scott Feinblatt, from the Irvine Weekly, reviews "Hollywood and the Red Scare" presented by the Department of Drama's Prof. Robin Buck and a creative team from the opera community at UCI's Winifred Smith Hall.

The UCI Dance Department faculty created some new incredibly choreographed works for this year’s “Dance Visions” at the Irvine Barclay Theatre from Feb. 20 to Feb. 22. Both undergraduate and graduate dancers performed five pieces that were highly...

Michelle Caumiant Zehnder, B.A. Dance, ’76, continues to inspire students with clever choreography and carefully crafted lesson plans.

A glimpse at UCI Drama’s New York Satellite Program through the eyes of aspiring actor Isaiah Tadros, B.F.A. ’20

The Claire Trevor School of the Arts community is heartbroken by the passing of recent Department of Art undergraduate David Andrew Torres (B.A. Honors ’19).