Program Recognition
•The LASC Experimental Theatre Laboratory was selected to present at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Region 8
•Evans is a Nicholl Fellowship semi-finalist (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) with professional touring credits in Will Rogers Follies, Crazy for You, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Training
•Required sequence includes Introduction to the Theater or History of World Theater, Beginning Acting, and Rehearsals and Performances or Technical Stage Production Lab, plus three electives chosen from Script Analysis, Intermediate Acting, Theatrical Lighting, Scenic Design, and Costume Design
•Taught by Jonathan Pope Evans, Associate Professor of Theatre (MFA, Theatre and Film Directing, California Institute of the Arts), who trained two summers in Poland in Jerzy Grotowski's physical theatre method
Performance & Productions
•Students can join the LASC Experimental Theatre Laboratory, which devises original social-justice theatre in South Central Los Angeles
•The Lab wrote, directed, and produced "Criminal," an original piece on the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, the history of lynching, and parallels to modern-day mass incarceration
Facilities
•State-of-the-art on-campus theater used for rehearsals and productions
•LASC-provided internships build career connections and community ties before graduation
Degree Flexibility
•Associate Degree for Transfer guarantees admission to a CSU Theater bachelor's program upon completion
•Built on the Transfer Model Curriculum: 60 CSU-transferable units including 18 in the major, plus IGETC or CSU GE-Breadth, with a minimum 2.0 GPA and a C or better in every major course
