Regular news

The pop-up New Swan Theater is modeled after Elizabethan stages where Shakespeare’s plays were first performed.

Shakespeare under the stars

New Swan returns to its open-air playhouse for its 11th season

Shadow of Anteater statue with Claire Trevor School of the Arts signage in the background.

Artful Horizons

CTSA students are passionate about giving back and fostering artistic endeavors

The Pursuit of Artistic Inquiry

Research and innovation are at the core of the mission at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts

Mary Hill

A name to remember

M.F.A. candidate Mary Hill’s long journey led her to star as Biddy Mason in the UCI drama production

Students in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts in front of the Contemporary Arts Center.

Flourishing this fall: UCI arts

Upcoming performance season includes such bold and ambitious programs as a modern take on ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Jane Page

Play explores UCI’s PrisonPandemic project

‘COVID in Custody’ recounts campus efforts to expose unsafe conditions

Actors working with South Coast Repertory perform a reading of an in-development play for an audience of UCI students at the campus’s Winifred Smith Hall.

Getting in on the act

UCI drama students participate in a play’s creation through South Coast Repertory’s NewSCRipts program

UC Shakespeare Trial – ‘Julius Caesar’

Is Brutus guilty of high crimes?

Melissa Ongko, a fourth year art major, created a 2D animation to visualize her conflicting emotions about staying at home

Going ‘solo’ to come together

UCI Illuminations contest showcases student creativity during COVID

Shawna Jackson

From ball to ballet

With scholarship support, first-gen student pursues second passion: performing arts