LAPC Theatre

LACP Theatre will continue its 2021 Spring Season in May with the Shakespeare themed comedy "The Bomb-itty of Errors." The play will be presented virtually via zoom on the weekend of May 21-23. An award-winning Ad-Rap-Tation, hip-hop theatre retelling of Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors," the 90-minute show is part play and part rap concert. Refreshingly current but retaining the integrity of the original, it is nothing short of brilliant. Clever writing, rhythmic flow, w...itty musical allusions and intelligent humor... the show is thoroughly entertaining." -- MTV LAPC Theatre's production will be directed by Shaheen Vaaz and will be presented in three FREE, virtual performances on May 21 and 22 at 6pm and May 23 at 2pm. Make your zoom reservations today at: https://laccd.zoom.us/we/register/WN_xmys9t6kSuWFuSZjA7s9dg Pictured: Top row (l-r): Itzhak Matos, Janel (JJ) Javier, Jefry Venegas. Bottom row (l-r): Tomas Ciriaco, Norman Anthony Thatch, Jamie Spector. Photo by Kayvan Shaikhbahai. Poster design by Sherry Irani. See more

LAPC Theatre's production of William Shakespeare’s comedic fantasy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream" OPENS TONIGHT at 6pm in a live, virtual zoom performance, and will continue through the weekend!! Today we're introducing you to "The Royals" in the play. The production is being presented in three FREE OF CHARGE, in live zoom performances on Friday and Saturday, March 26 & 27 @6pm and Sunday, March 28 @2pm.. Join us on zoom using this link (which is good for any of the three per...formances): https://laccd.zoom.us/we/register/WN_EBZd9XFlSFybs0zK7F5SIA And click this link to see the program for the show: https://drive.google.com//1jJ70VmMRF2OQV1cG9qAXzbwVJ/view See more

LAPC Theatre's production of William Shakespeare’s comedic fantasy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream" opens Friday night at 6pm in a live, virtual zoom performance, and will continue through the weekend!! Today we're introducing you to "The Lovers" in the play. The production is being presented in three FREE OF CHARGE, in live zoom performances on Friday and Saturday, March 26 & 27 @6pm and Sunday, March 28 @2pm.. Join us on zoom using this link (which is good for any of the thre...e performances): https://laccd.zoom.us/we/register/WN_EBZd9XFlSFybs0zK7F5SIA And click this link to see the program for the show: https://drive.google.com//1jJ70VmMRF2OQV1cG9qAXzbwVJ/view See more

LAPC Theatre will begin its 2021 Spring Season with William Shakespeare’s comedic fantasy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream." Fairies mix with outrageous comedy for a Dream come true! In the forest, misguided passions mix with magic spells as four young lovers and an unsuspecting troupe of aspirational players cross paths with the fairy king and queen, engaged in a war of wills. Fun and fantasy for all ages! The production will be presented in three FREE OF CHARGE, live zoom perf...ormances only on Friday and Saturday, March 26 & 27 @6pm and Sunday, March 28 @2p. LAPC Theatre's production is being directed by theatre professor Esdras Toussaint! You won't want to miss this hilarious classic, given a brand new look by director Toussaint and his team of incredibly talented student actors. Join us on zoom using this link (which is good for any of the three performances): https://laccd.zoom.us/we/register/WN_EBZd9XFlSFybs0zK7F5SIA LAPC Theatre’s cast features Jonathan Bowen, Kyle Brasher, Quinn Comstock,Teresa Cotton, Javier Fonseca, Vanessa Hanish, Rachel Logan, Clara McGee, Olga Medkova, Milad Mehrjou, Mona Mohamed, Netta Nakash, Danni Rabbani, Edward Salas, Michelle Sanchez, Joyanne Tracy, Meagan Truxal and Mariam Vardanyan.

What a year for Pierce College at the 53rd Annual Kennedy Center Region 8 American College Theatre Festival!! For the first time we had 14 students nominated for Irene Ryan Scholarship Awards. And from there our students set Pierce College records with six students moving on to the semi-finals and four of those were chosen as finalists!! Emmanuel Odaibo and Janel "JJ" Javier were awarded the first ever Christopher Clark Classical Acting Awards as part of the Irene Ryan Schol...arshop Awards in the final event of an absolutely amazing "virtual" festival. Congratulations to both Emmanuel and JJ!! Also this year we had two design students who were multiple winners! Joyanne Tracy was honored with a Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas Recognition for scenic design and also was the Region 8 national alternate for scenic design, and Scott Kriloff was chosen as the Region 8 national alternate for sound design. Scott also is a CSUN grad student, and received the Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy Regional Award at CSUN. Congratulations to Joyanne and Scott and to all Pierce College students who were nominated and competed in the first (and hopefully last) ever virtual KCACTF Region 8 Festival!!! See more

BREAKING NEWS!!! What a great final evening of the 53rd Annual Kennedy Center Region 8 American Theatre Festival!! LAPC Theatre students Emmanuel Odaibo and Janel "JJ" Javier were awarded the first ever Christopher Clark Classical Acting Awards as part of the Irene Ryan Scholarshop Awards in the final event of an absolutely amazing "virtual" festival. Congratulations to both Emmanuel and JJ and to all Pierce College students who entered and competed in the first (and hopefully last) ever virtual KCACTF Region 8 Festival!!! We are so proud of you all!!!!

BREAKING NEWS!! LAPC Theatre students Joyanne Tracy (scenic design) and Scott Kriloff (sound design) have been chosen as finalists in the Design, Technology and Management Awards at the 53rd annual Kennedy Center Region 8 American College Theatre Festival!!! Congratulations to both Joyanne and Scott!!!! Stay tuned here this evening when we will be posting LIVE from the Awards Ceremony, where the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Awards and the DTM Awards will be announced! GO PIERCE!!!!

Join KCACTF live at 1pm today to watch all the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship finalists perform via Zoom (including our 4 finalists from Pierce College). Here is the link: https://laccd.zoom.us/we/register/WN_5eAL8fDAQHm6JZzgnRUzGA

BREAKING NEWS... We at LA Pierce College Theatre are elated to announce that a record FOUR of our student actors have made it to the Finals of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival's Region 8 Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Awards!! Congratulations to Monique Garcia, Janel "JJ" Javier, Emmanuel Odaibo and Kayvan Shaikh, all of whom were chosen from their work in our 2020 productions. The Irene Ryan Acting Scholarships provide recognition, honor, and financial assistance to outstanding student performers wishing to pursue further education. The Irene Ryan Foundation awards sixteen regional and two national scholarships annually. The winner will be announced tomorrow evening, so WATCH THIS SPACE!! Congratulations to all of our AMAZING students!!!

Congratulations to our six semi-finalists in the American College Theatre Festival's Region 8 Irene Ryan Scholarships! And congrats our our alumnus, Megan Milo!! Scroll down our page to see all six of our amazing acting students!! We're so proud of you all. Break legs tomorrow at the Finals!!!

The LAPC Theatre Student Club -- The Journeymen -- will be presenting two virtual, live performances of "IN LOVE AND WARCRAFT" this Friday and Saturday at 6pm. Tickets are "Pay What You Can," and are available at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4809671 Please zoom in and support our student theatre club this weekend!

LAPC Theatre will conclude its 2020 Fall Season with Tennessee Williams' iconic American classic -- "A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE." The production will be presented in three live zoom performances only on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 20 & 21 @6pm and Sunday, Nov. 22 @2p. LAPC Theatre's production is being directed by theatre professor Anna Steers, and will have its own unique touch -- it is being set in East Los Angeles in 2020!! You won't want to miss this amazingly brilliant work, given a fresh new look by director Steers and her team of incredibly talented student actors. Join us on zoom using this link (which is good for any of the three performances): https://laccd.zoom.us/j/94241399387 The Meeting ID # is: 942 4139 9387. We will be posting a link to the virtual program for the play next week.

LAPC Theatre presents the third virtual production of its 2020 Fall Season. "Facing Our Truth: Ten-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege" is now viewable for FREE through Sun., Nov. 8 at 2pm. https://youtu.be/tuB03tOpPdY Please note this link is not downloadable and will only be available through Sunday at 2pm. "Facing Our Truth: Six 10-minute Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege" is directed by LAPC Theatre Professor Shaheen Vaaz. These ten-minute plays were first com...missioned by The New Black Fest in response to the killing of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal George Zimmerman. Since that time, public incidents of violence against black men and women have been increasingly exposed. The plays are as diverse in style and point-of-view as their authors, but each play takes a complex and human approach to understanding the dynamics that lead to fear and fracture our nation. The play’s purpose is to incite serious discussion in our collective communities around issues of racial injustice, systemic violence, and white privilege. Click here to get a copy of the play program: https://drive.google.com/.../1kvpps.../view... See more

Congratulations to the incredible cast of our production of "Facing Our Truth: 10-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege!" You all brought us three "live" virtual performances of this wonderful collection of one-act plays over this weekend, and you killed it every night! Take a huge bow because you, along with your amazing director Shaheen Vaaz and a fabulous design team and crew, deserve all the kudos you get! If anyone missed these live stream shows, look for a recorded version of the play on Tuesday (and will run through next Sunday, Nov. 8) here on our social media. You really don't want to miss this important piece of theatre!

JOIN US TODAY AT 2PM!! LAPC Theatre will present the third virtual production of its 2020 Fall Season. "Facing Our Truth: Ten-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege" will have its final "live" zoom performance today at 2pm. Please register for FREE with the Zoom link here: https://laccd.zoom.us/j/91205814766... "Facing Our Truth: Six 10-minute Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege" is directed by LAPC Theatre Professor Shaheen Vaaz. These ten-minute plays were first comm...issioned by The New Black Fest in response to the killing of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal George Zimmerman. Since that time, public incidents of violence against black men and women have been increasingly exposed. The plays are as diverse in style and point-of-view as their authors, but each play takes a complex and human approach to understanding the dynamics that lead to fear and fracture our nation. The play’s purpose is to incite serious discussion in our collective communities around issues of racial injustice, systemic violence, and white privilege. Click here to get a copy of the play program: https://drive.google.com//1kvpps_krdA7QHckWYzEbf4IYj/view See more

ZOOM IN ON US TONIGHT!! LAPC Theatre presents the third virtual production of its 2020 Fall Season, "Facing Our Truth: Ten-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege." Join us tonight for one of our two final "live" zoom performances (tonight at 6pm or tomorrow at 2pm). Please register for the Zoom link here (good for Saturday and Sunday): https://laccd.zoom.us/.../register/WN_sbsy6Y-uTwC7m4tn3sZjwg Click here to get a copy of the play program: https://drive.google.com/.../1kvpps.../view...

Check out the review of Honor! The play is available on our YouTube page for all to watch: https://youtu.be/GfbQLUyEt80

OPENING NIGHT IS TONIGHT!! "Facing Our Truth: Ten-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege" LAPC Theatre will present the third virtual production of its 2020 Fall Season. "Facing Our Truth: Ten-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege" will have three "live" zoom performances, BEGINNING TONIGHT AT 6PM, AND CONTINUING SAT. AT 6PM & SUN., NOV. 1 AT 2PM. All three zoom performances are FREE with this link: https://laccd.zoom.us/j/91205814766 "Facing Our Truth: Six 10-min...ute Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege" is directed by LAPC Theatre Professor Shaheen Vaaz. These ten-minute plays were first commissioned by The New Black Fest in response to the killing of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal George Zimmerman. Since that time, public incidents of violence against black men and women have been increasingly exposed. The plays are as diverse in style and point-of-view as their authors, but each play takes a complex and human approach to understanding the dynamics that lead to fear and fracture our nation. The play’s purpose is to incite serious discussion in our collective communities around issues of racial injustice, systemic violence, and white privilege. Click here to get a copy of the play program: https://drive.google.com//1kvpps_krdA7QHckWYzEbf4IYj/view See more

OPENING THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!! LAPC Theatre will present the third virtual production of its 2020 Fall Season. "Facing Our Truth: Ten-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege" will have three "live" zoom performances on FRI., OCT. 30 & SAT., OCT 31 AT 6PM & SUN., NOV. 1 AT 2PM. All three zoom performances are FREE with this link: https://laccd.zoom.us/j/91205814766...

OPENING NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT!! "Facing Our Truth: Ten-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege" LAPC Theatre will present the third virtual production of its 2020 Fall Season. "Facing Our Truth: Ten-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege" will have three "live" zoom performances on FRI., OCT. 30 & SAT., OCT 31 AT 6PM & SUN., NOV. 1 AT 2PM. All three zoom performances are FREE with this link: https://laccd.zoom.us/j/91205814766... "Facing Our Truth: Six 10-minute Plays on... Trayvon, Race, and Privilege" is directed by LAPC Theatre Professor Shaheen Vaaz. These ten-minute plays were first commissioned by The New Black Fest in response to the killing of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal George Zimmerman. Since that time, public incidents of violence against black men and women have been increasingly exposed. The plays are as diverse in style and point-of-view as their authors, but each play takes a complex and human approach to understanding the dynamics that lead to fear and fracture our nation. The play’s purpose is to incite serious discussion in our collective communities around issues of racial injustice, systemic violence, and white privilege. See more

FREE VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE OF "HONOR" RUNNING NOW!! If you missed the amazing live performances of our original production of "Honor" last weekend, you can now see a recorded version online for FREE any time that works for you! Keep in mind this is a non-downloadable link. We hope you all enjoy the show! Here is the link: https://youtu.be/GfbQLUyEt80

OPENING OCTOBER 30TH!! "Facing Our Truth: Ten-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege" LAPC Theatre will present the third virtual production of its 2020 Fall Season. "Facing Our Truth: Ten-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege" will have three "live" zoom performances on FRI., OCT. 30 & SAT., OCT 31 AT 6PM & SUN., NOV. 1 AT 2PM. All three zoom performances are FREE with this link: https://laccd.zoom.us/j/91205814766... "Facing Our Truth: Six 10-minute Plays on Tray...von, Race, and Privilege" is directed by LAPC Theatre Professor Shaheen Vaaz. These ten-minute plays were first commissioned by The New Black Fest in response to the killing of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal George Zimmerman. Since that time, public incidents of violence against black men and women have been increasingly exposed. The plays are as diverse in style and point-of-view as their authors, but each play takes a complex and human approach to understanding the dynamics that lead to fear and fracture our nation. The play’s purpose is to incite serious discussion in our collective communities around issues of racial injustice, systemic violence, and white privilege. See more

LAPC Theatre's virtual production of our first ever "devised" play continues today at 2pm. Entitled "Honor," the play draws from a combination of historical black speeches, as well as original content written and created by the students while examining racial injustice and racial inequality. Our final FREE live performance begins today at Sunday at 2pm. A recorded performance will be available, also free of charge, by Oct. 21. Here is the free link to this afternoon's live performance: https://laccd.zoom.us/j/97442289997... You won't want to miss this important production created and performed by our talented Pierce students! And to download the program for the show, click here: https://drive.google.com/.../1PrQxCXgddwdVn5cRMow.../view...