Get Involved!
Get Involved!
The Department of Performance, Play & Design offers many exceptional opportunities for students to showcase their work, gain hands-on experience in a variety of classes and productions, explore a variety of creative outlets!
AGPM students can showcase their work in the Open Studios and Games Showcase. For more information, click on the AGPM Open Studios and Games Showcase link. You may also contact AGPM Advising: agpmadvising@ucsc.edu.
All UCSC students interested in theater or dance will find opportunities for actors, dancers, choreographers, directors, playwrights and tech and design work. For more information on courses or opportunities offered by the department, please explore the links on this page. You are also welcome to contact Theater Arts Undergraduate Advising: theater-ugradadv@ucsc.edu.
FREE TICKETS FOR ALL UCSC UNDERGRADUATES!
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All UCSC undergraduates get a FREE TICKET to all PPD shows – just reserve online!
To reserve a ticket to a PPD show, undergrads:
- Go to “UCSC Art Events” for PPD events on Evenbrite.com (app or desktop).
- Select an event.
- Click the “Get tickets” button.
- Find the “UCSC Undergrad w/ ID” ticket option and select 1 ticket.
- Check out: Confirm your @ucsc.edu email address.
- Click the “Register” (or “Place Order”) button.
- Save the ticket as soon as you purchase it. (Or log back in to your Eventbrite account to view it later.) If you will not use the complimentary ticket, please cancel the order from within Eventbrite (paid tickets are not refundable).
Note:
- A ticket/QR code is required for entry.
- Valid UCSC ID is required at the door.
- Please arrive at least 10-15 minutes before the advertised start time to find a seat.
Get Info! –
PPD Newsletters
ANYONE AT UCSC CAN SIGN UP! Get program and department-specific info. about upcoming events, opportunities and select outside announcements that may interest you through the THEA NOTES and/or AGPM Announce Google Groups! Sign up for either or both (the lists are not shared with any other department or organization and non-majors/minors may unsubscribe at any time).
- Sign up for AGPM Announce – Art & Design Games + Playable Media students
- Sign up for THEA NOTES – Theater Arts & Dance students
Theater Arts & Dance
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.
Art & Design: Games + Playable Media
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.
Art & Design: Games + Playable Media Major
Students in the AGPM program focus on the creation of games as art and activism, exploring wildly original, creative, expressive games including board games, role-playing games, immersive experiences, and digital games.
Art & Design Games +
Playable Media Major Advising
For general questions, please start with the
AGPM Peer Advisors, available via email:
agpmpeer@ucsc.edu.
Schedule an advising appointment with the
AGPM Academic Advisor through
Navigate Slug Success.
Many questions can also be answered by email:
agpmadvising@ucsc.edu.
Theater & Dance Advising
Schedule an advising by appointment with the
Theater Arts advisor through
Navigate Slug Success for the
Theater Arts Major, Theater Arts Minor, or Dance Minor.
Many questions can also be answered by email:
theater-ugradadv@ucsc.edu
Graduate students are invited to email about the Theater Arts M.A.:
theatergradprogram@ucsc.edu
