Clayton Garrison, founding dean of the School of Fine Arts at the University of California, Irvine, died July 27 at the age of 93. He was a visionary stage director, choreographer and theater professor who left a lasting imprint on UCI and what’s now known as the Claire Trevor School of the Arts.
Alumnus Windell D. Middlebrooks, an actor and popular pitchman for Miller High Life, takes our questions
Whether he’s performing for film or in UCI’s intimate New Swan Theater, actor Richard Brestoff breathes life into a script
This first season of what will be an annual event features reimagined versions of William Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors” and “The Merchant of Venice” that take place in the Wild West and 1930s Italy, respectively.
When Jeff Greenberg, casting director for “Modern Family,” first tried to sell the network on actor Ty Burrell for the part of Phil Dunphy, the doofus dad on the hit television show, the executives balked. “We had to keep bringing him back” for auditions, Greenberg recalls. “They didn’t see it at first.” The suits eventually adopted his choice for […]
Claire Trevor Professor of Drama Robert Cohen to be feted with festival, theater renamed in his honor.
Drama students mount outdoor production of modernized ‘Antigone.’
UCI’s inaugural Summer Academy in the Arts draws budding thespians, digital videographers.
Scenic design grad student Sheryl Liu brings operas, plays and musicals to life.
Undergraduate drama students present the Tony Award-winning musical comedy “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” at Claire Trevor Theater.