The cross-school partnership with USC Annenberg is giving students real-world experience — and a hit musical.
Tony Taccone, the longtime artistic director of Berkeley Rep, and 27-year USC veteran Stephanie Shroyer lead the formalized opportunities for students to learn the craft of directing.
Among the topics on the dean’s agenda: How the USC School of Dramatic Arts’ curriculum cultivates essential human capabilities that will become increasingly valuable as AI transforms entertainment.
VIDEO and STORY: Tomm Polos, the “life of the stadium” for the world champions, doubles as a professor at the USC School of Dramatic Arts.
PHOTO ESSAY: Students from the USC School of Dramatic Arts joined the USC Trojan Marching Band to bring football halftime entertainment to a whole new level.
The USC Concert Band will present Six: The Musical In Concert in conjunction with the USC School of Dramatic Arts. The USC Trojan Marching Band, USC Song Leaders and USC Spirit Leaders also will perform.
“Our goal is to help uplift student voices and student needs, and to communicate with faculty about ... how we can improve student lives,” says the group’s president, Isadora Swann.
The independent student group has built its reputation on mastering “the Harold,” an intricate form of long-form improv that transforms into an interconnected web of scenes, characters and games.
VIDEO: The Bard — born April 23, 1564 (more or less) — passed away centuries ago, so why is his work still relevant? Faculty members from the USC School of Dramatic Arts explain.
The star of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Let’s Make a Deal is in his first full semester teaching at the USC School of Dramatic Arts.
