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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.

Barnstorm Theater Company

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

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.

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.

Dharma Grace Award

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.

Production Opportunities for Designers

All designers and assistant designers are assigned to department shows via the Tech Grid, posted in the A-building hallway near the Green Room.

New Play Festival

The UCSC New Play Festival is new in the 2024-25 academic year! Details TBA.

AGPM Showcase/Open Studios

At the end of every year we celebrate the work of the UCSC games community of students with the Games Showcase. Each quarter students are able to share their work at Open Studios.