LETTERS FROM CUBA

Based on three decades of letters that Fornés received from her brother in Havana, Letters From Cuba drifts between Cuba and New York City, spanning a decade across the turn into the 21st century. On a two-story set designed by guest artist Dorothy Hoover—with ladders, windows, doors, hallways, and a fire escape—Cuba hovers above a cramped New York apartment where three young artists—Fran, Joseph, and Marc—bob-and-weave, their hearts afire with poetry, music, dance, and longing. Above them, Luis struggles under a Communist regime, desperate to reunite with his sister while inextricably tied to home.

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Letters From Cuba will be presented in the AMP Theater from November 15-24, 2024.

FRANKENSTEIN

Following in the footsteps of She Who Was No More and Mr. Grieves and The Vampires, LA Mission College Theatre continues its focus on creating original work with our spring production, Frankenstein. In this new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic 1818 novel, Associate Professor Robert Cucuzza combines the audiobook of the novel, contemporary dialogue, Kabuki theatre, and the sinister music of the British trip-hop band Portishead to pull Shelley’s Gothic tale of man and monster into 21st century reality.

Los Angeles Mission College Theatre will be holding auditions for actors on December 4, 2024. Interviews for all design and production positions will be held in the week of February 17, 2025

Click below for audition requirements and information. 

SPRING 2025 CLASSES

In Spring 2025, the LA Mission College Theatre program will continue to offer an exciting arrays of classes and opportunities for students in all majors, with a variety of interests.

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Classes include Intermediate Acting and Introduction to Theatre with Robert Cucuzza, Introduction to Lighting Design and Technical Stage Production with Bri Pattillo, and Costume Design with Lena Sands. Our spring production, Frankenstein, will incorporate dozens of students in all areas of theatrical production.

VOX POP

Fall 2024 brings the third installment of Vox Pop, a new student-centered performance festival.

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"Vox Pop" is a shortened version of 'vox populi,' the Latin term for 'voice of the people.' The name encompasses the mission behind this performance series—to provide a forum where student voices are centered, collaboration is encouraged, and community is celebrated.

Past Vox Pop evenings have featured student work that included vocal and dance pieces, slam poetry, live bands, classical piano, performance art, and short plays.

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Our new black box space, AMP120, has been outfitted with a marley floor, lighting and sound system, and audience risers to give our students a full theatrical experience in an intimate setting.

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The Fall 2024 installment of Vox Pop will be held on Thursday, December 5 at 5:00 p.m. in AMP120 in the Arts, Media & Performance building.

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Vox Pop is free and seating is very limited.

STREAM OUR SHOWS

Through our streaming partner, AnywhereSeat, you can now watch select LA Mission College Theatre productions online.

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For only $10, you can stream unlimited views of the following shows:

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Macbeth — Our 90-minute adaptation of Shakespeare's classic tale of murderous ambition was one of four productions selected from hundreds to be presented at the 2024 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Glendale, CA. 

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Mr. Grieves and The Vampires — This original production collaged the 1915 silent film serial, Les Vampires, and the classic Pixies album, "Doolittle," into a lightening-fast punk-inspired tale of an intrepid journalist who goes to perilous lengths to bring down the brutal anarchist crime syndicate, The Vampires.

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She Who Was No More — An original stage adaptation of the 1954 French thriller novel of the same name, and the inspiration for the film classic, Diabolique. Six actors play dozens of roles on a minimalist set, evoking a lurid world of murder, deception, and madness.