THEATER ARTS THEATER ARTS WHAT IS AT LACC DEPARTMENT THEATER ARTS? The Los Angeles City College Theatre Acade- TA 208 Theater Art is a performance art concerned my and Department is the oldest profession- almost exclusively with live performances in al theater training program on the west coast. ANTHONY MAGGIO, M.A. which the action is precisely planned to create Founded in 1929, in the heart of Hollywood, Department Chair > TA 208 a coherent and signifi cant sense of drama. home of the entertainment industry, the The- (323) 953-4000, ext. 2983 Production of theater art is a largely collaborative atre Academy is unique in a community college [email protected] undertaking involving writers, producers, actors, setting, offering rigorous, full-time profession- stage technicians, costume designers and a al programs that develop your skills and talent VI LY, Ed.D. THEATER ARTS wealth of other contributors. in three option areas: ACTING, TECHNICAL Dean of Performing & Visual Arts > AD 208C THEATRE / ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLO- (323) 953-4000, ext. 2060 CREATIVE GY and COSTUME DESIGN. Devoted to the [email protected] development of working professional actors, EXPLORATION OF technicians and costume designers and led ARMANDO M. RIVERA, Ph.D. THE SELF THROUGH by master teachers and professional, prac- Dean of Economic Development & Workforce Education > AD 208 ticing artists, the Theatre Academy offers a (323) 953-4000, ext. 2596 PRODUCTION AND progressive and integrated curriculum com- [email protected] bined with extensive and dynamic hands-on PERFORMANCE production that results in creative growth FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE THEATER ARTS DEPARTMENT PLEASE VISIT > and skill attainment. https://www.lacitycollege.edu/Academic-Departments/ Theater-Arts-Theatre-Academy/Department-Home Notable alumni include Morgan Freeman, Clint Eastwood, Mark Hamill, Alan Ar- TO APPLY TO LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE PLEASE VISIT > kin, James Coburn, Barbara Billingsley, http://www.laccd.edu/Students/opencccapply/ Albert Brooks, Al Freeman, Jr., Gene applylacc/Pages/default.aspx Roddenberry, Jose Quintero, Eduardo Castro, Sally Kellerman, Hugh O’Brian, VISIT US AT Rosie Perez, Donna Reed, Alexis Smith, Los Angeles City College Robert Vaughn, Cindy Williams, Paul 855 N. Vermont Avenue Winfi eld, Joanne Worley, among many Los Angeles, California 90029 others. FUNDED BY SWP REGIONAL MARKETING A founding school in the creation of the Kennedy Center American Col- lege Theatre Festival, the Theatre Academy has received numerous national honors and awards for its productions. Our production of Six Characters in Search of an Author was invited to the fi rst national Ken- nedy Center Festival in 1965, and was the fi rst production to perform in Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., since President Lincoln was assassinated while attending the play Our American Cousin one hundred years earlier in 1865. MAIN THEATER ARTS DISCIPLINES STEPHEN SACHS | ALUMNUS CURRICULUM THEATER ARTS “The LACC Theatre Academy was instrumental in giving me the skills & STUDENT EXPERIENCES COURSE # TITLE / UNITS CERTIFICATES & DEGREES and confi dence to become an arts leader in Los Angeles because it taught me how to become an overall theatre person. Its rigorous and THEATER 100 INTRODUCTION TO THE THEATER (3 UNITS) THEATRE - ACTING ACTING thorough training program made me more than an actor. It instilled in me THEATER 105 DRAMA DIGEST (1 UNIT) THEATER 105-1 THEATER SURVEY I - IV (1 UNIT) – 105-4 Theatre Arts | Associate of Arts for Transfer Train your instrument, develop your imagination and expand your a knowledge and passionate appreciation for all facets of the art form. talent. I carry these gifts given to me by The Academy every day as I create, THEATER 110 HISTORY OF THE WORLD THEATER (3 UNITS) Theater Academy Acting | Associate of Arts develop, and produce theatre in Los Angeles, throughout the nation and THEATER 114 SCRIPT ANALYSIS (3 UNITS) Theater: General | Associate of Arts Gain greater physical, vocal and emotional expressiveness. THEATER 185 DIRECTED STUDY THEATER (1 UNIT) around the world.” Professional Actor Training – Level 1 | Skills Certifi cate Explore a variety of cutting-edge actor training approaches to THEATER 200 INTRODUCTION TO ACTING (3 UNITS) THEATER 205 ACTOR’S ORIENTATION TO PROFESSIONAL THEATER (2 UNITS) Theatre Academy – Advanced Acting | Skills Certifi cate develop skills for any medium, form or technology—including on COSTUME DESIGN camera techniques. THEATER 210 INTRODUCTION TO ORAL INTERPRETATION OF DRAMATIC LITERATURE (3 UNITS) THEATRE – COSTUME DESIGN Obtain a solid approach to creating a character and building a Explore innovative design methods and new technologies—all THEATER 212 INTRODUCTION TO ORAL INTERPRETATION OF SHAKESPEAREAN role through professional rehearsal and performance experiences supported by practical hands-on experience working in the costume LITERATURE (3 UNITS) including classical, contemporary and devised work. shop creating costumes and accessories for theater productions and THEATER 225 BEGINNING DIRECTION (3 UNITS) Costume Design Level 1 | Skills Certifi cate fi lm. THEATER 232 PLAY PRODUCTION II (2 UNITS) Achieve regional and national recognition through participation Costume Design Level 2 | Certifi cate of Achievement in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Master skills including design, illustration, draping, fl at patterning, THEATER 235 PLAY PRODUCTION AND COMPANY PERFORMANCE (5 UNITS) tailoring, fabric dyeing, painting and manipulation, and millinery, as THEATER 240 VOICE AND ARTICULATION FOR THE THEATER (3 UNITS) Become prepared to successfully pursue a professional career in well as a comprehensive historical survey of costume design. THEATER 242-1 VOCAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT LEVEL I - IV (3 UNITS) THEATRE ACADEMY – TECHNICAL the entertainment industry. – 242-4 THEATER 246-1 VOCAL PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP LEVEL I - IV (2 UNITS) Develop both traditional and digital portfolio presentation methods. – 246-4 Technical Theatre – Entertainment Technology | JOEY AQUINO | ALUMNUS THEATER 262 SPECIAL PROJECTS (2 UNITS) Certifi cate of Achievement Network with professional theaters and costume makers, and intern THEATER 270 BEGINNING ACTING (3 UNITS) to gain professional, real-life, entertainment industry experience. THEATER 271 INTERMEDIATE ACTING (3 UNITS) Technical Theatre – Entertainment Technology Level 1 | “The LACC Theatre Academy has not only helped enhance my Skills Certifi cate Experience Los Angeles’s vast network of costume resources, such as THEATER 272 INTERMEDIATE APPLIED ACTING (3 UNITS) skills as an actor, but it has also helped me fi nd humanity in the THEATER 274-1 ADVANCED APPLIED ACTING LEVEL I – II (3 UNITS) Design and Digital Media for the Entertainment Industry | rental houses, fabric suppliers, research venues and career connections – 274-2 art form. Whenever I walk into class every morning or afternoon, familiarizing yourself with the same sources used professionally. Skills Certifi cate there’s always a welcoming atmosphere from the professors to the THEATER 275 SCENE STUDY (2 UNITS) THEATER 276-1 ACTORS’ WORKSHOP LEVEL I - II (3 UNITS) students. Every professor in this program is there to help even when GERMAN FLORES | ALUMNUS – 276-2 they are extremely busy. It’s almost like having a second family that THEATER 277 CHARACTER ANALYSIS (3 UNITS) wants you to not just succeed but thrive as an artist and as a person. “I graduated from the LACC Theatre Academy 2-year Costume Design THEATER 285 DIRECTED STUDY THEATER (2 UNITS) THEATER 294 REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES IV (4 UNITS) The LACC Theatre Academy has taught me that expectations are Program. The costume department felt like home the very fi rst time I THEATER 300 INTRODUCTION TO STAGE CRAFT (3 UNITS) meant to be exceeded, limits are meant to be challenged and the walked in to it. I knew I had landed at the front line of a new challenge. THEATER 302 INTRODUCTION TO STAGE MANAGEMENT (3 UNITS) truth is always meant to be found.” In the next two years, I had the honor to represent the LACC Theatre THEATER 311 THEATRICAL LIGHTING (3 UNITS) Academy in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival’s THEATER 313 SCENIC PAINTING FOR THE THEATER (3 UNITS) THEATER 314 THEATRICAL SOUND DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS, TECHNICAL THEATRE / 2016 competition in Hawaii, where I won the Focal Press First-Time PROCEDURES/OPERATIONS (3 UNITS) ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY Designer’s Award. As a newly graduated Costume Designer, I applied for THEATER 315 INTRODUCTION TO THEATRICAL SCENIC DESIGN (3 UNITS) and won the Television Academy Internship Program where I competed THEATER 321 COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING AND DESIGN III (3 UNITS) Train in the best professional practices of the theater utilizing state-of-the-art technology. amongst students from Yale, Brown, UCLA and Carnegie Melon. Soon THEATER 325 ADVANCED STAGE CRAFT (3 UNITS) after my Internship was over, I got my fi rst job as a Costume Production THEATER 335 APPLIED STAGE MANAGEMENT & PRODUCTION IV (4 UNITS) Gain practical, real-life experience in multiple technical theater Assistant for a show called Vida for the Starz Network. This show will THEATER 336 APPLIED STAGE MANAGEMENT & PRODUCTION LAB (1 UNIT) areas: Scenery, Lights, Sound, and Stage Management. THEATER 338 INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN: THEATER, FILM, AND TV (3 UNITS) always be special to me because it was my very fi rst job after graduation Obtain skills in scene construction, stage automation, technical THEATER 345 TECHNICAL STAGE PRODUCTION IV (4 UNITS) graphics, welding