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Auditions for Theater Arts and Dance Productions

This Fall, the department will stage both upper and lower division productions. Any UCSC student is welcome to audition.The productions can fulfill different requirements for students pursuing a Theater Arts or Dance degrees.

African American Theater Arts Troupe

The only one of its kind in the UC system, the African American Theatre Arts Troupe (AATAT) stages a production each year in winter quarter in collaboration with the department.

Barnstorm Theater Company

Barnstorm is a student-run production company that was established in 2004 by the UCSC Theater Arts Department.

Dharma Grace Award

The Dharma-Grace Foundation Creative Writing Award Fund supports the production of an outstanding script written by an undergraduate junior or senior student in good academic standing.

New Play Festival

The PPD New Play Festival will launch in Spring 2025!

Rainbow Theater

Rainbow Theater is the only multicultural theater arts troupe in the entire UC system.

Random: With a Purpose
Student Dance Showcase

Random with a Purpose is a student-directed, student-choreographed, student-performed, student-produced dance showcase staged annually by the department.

Production Opportunities for Theater Designers

Students interested in design and technology have many opportunities to develop skills in stage management, set design, costume design, lighting and other areas through taking classes and engaging in hands-on production work. 

AGPM Open Studios and Games Showcase

At the end of every quarter students share their work at Open Studios. At the end of each year we celebrate the work of the UCSC student games community with the Games Showcase where artists, designers, and game-makers come together to share work, exchange ideas and inspire one another.