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VOX POP, Vol. 5
The LA Mission College’s Arts, Media & Performance Department is proud to announce that the application is now open for the fifth volume of Vox Pop, our semi-annual student-centered performance celebration. Vox Pop is designed to support the development and presentation of original artistic voices from our college community. LAMC Theatre instructor and director Brian Tichnell returns as artist mentor and host.
April 1: Application deadline
April 3: Spring 2026 artists announced
June 3: Vox Pop tech
June 4 at 6:00 pm: Vox Pop, Vol. 5
Click here for the Spring 2026 Vox Pop application
About Vox Pop
"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.
Vox Pop is a presentation arena for works-in-progress as much as it is for finished pieces. It's an artistic atom smasher, where ideas both great-and-small collide with each other and create something unique. It's a space where the kids can play, without the grownups telling them to keep the crayons off the walls.
Vox Pop is not an open mic. It's a forum to present polished work. That work may be unfinished, chaotic, or indefinable...but it should be polished in its unfinished state, controlled in its chaos, and rehearsed in its undefined nature.
Brian Tichnell
VOX POP mentor and host
Brian Tichnell is a professional actor based in Los Angeles, who has been working in theater, television and commercials for over a decade. As an acting teacher and mentor, he is committed to the growth of his students’ skills and artistry, both individually and collectively as a company.
Brian’s notable theater acting credits: Nora (Antaeus), Macbeth (Antaeus), Dream Catcher (The Fountain), The Graduate (LATW National Tour), Runaway Home (the Fountain), Peace In Our Time (Antaeus), Hamlet (Oxford Shakespeare Festival), The Curse of Oedipus (Antaeus), Camino Real (Boston Court), Circle Jerk (REDCAT), Jack Benny (Padua Playwrights/Hollywood Fringe).
Brian’s notable television acting credits: The Pitt (recurring), Silicon Valley (recurring), 9-1-1 (recurring), What/If (recurring), I Think You Should Leave, The Orville, Station 19, Castle, Newsroom, Client List, Maron, Body of Proof, Happy Endings, and others. Other notable accomplishments: Writer and producer of Tell Us Why You’re Here (TV series).
Brian is an acting Instructor at the Michael Laskin Studio. He is an adjunct theatre instructor at LA Mission College, where he recently directed Three Sisters and co-directed Macbeth which was an invited production at the 2024 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
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VOX POP
Vol. 4
SPRING 2025
I'm Good on Paper
A poem written and performed by Daisy Rodriguez
Lovely/Fatherhood
Two original songs written and performed by FXLLN (Angel Lizama)
I'm Trying
Short play written and directed by Andrea Felix-Gonzalez, performed by Felix-Gonzalez and Carlos Daniel Esquivel
Falling for Others
Original song performed by Javier Posadas Gonzalez and Jessica Rios
Body Bag/Girl
Original poems written and performed by Kianna Hughes
Drink & Be Merry
Written and performed by "Shiloh" Pelayo
Tanwa
Original song written and perfomed by Damilola Makinde
VOX POP
Vol. 3
FALL 2024
Theories on Mirrors
Original poem written and performed by Diana Martinez
Your Ex-Lover
Original one-act play written and directed by Drea Felix-Gonzalez, performed by Ingrid Aguayo and Diego Reyes
Circles
Dance performance choreographed and performed by Diana Jimenez
To Henry Chiniski, You Didn’t Miss Much
An original performance piece written and performed by Shiloh Pelayo
The Man Who Saved the World
A short play written and directed by Ivan Hernandez and performed by David Beltran, Drea Felix-Gonzalez, Ivan Hernandez, Anthony-Michael Herrera, Diana Jimenez, Kevin Khussainov, and Joshua Ochoa
VOX POP
Vol. 2
SPRING 2024
Blissfully Ignorant by Ingrid Aguayo, performed by Ingrid Aguayo, Abraham Cortez and Emilio Saenz, featuring “Blue” by Lana Del Rey
Piano Sonata No. 8 “Pathetique” Mvt. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven performed by Emilio Saenz
Flowers Vers II - a poem performance by Tracy “Shiloh” Pelayo
LA Mission College Music Club performing “Zombie” by the Cranberries and “Cupid” by Amy Winehouse
Red and Ivory, written and directed by Andrea Felix-
Gonzalez, performed by Athiana Chaffino, Nicholas Cordero, and Abraham Cortez
VOX POP
Vol. 1
SPRING 2023
Natalie Arrendondo — vocal performance of Radiohead’s “Creep” with piano accompaniment and dancers
Emilio Santana Saenz — Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Prelude in C-Sharp Minor” on piano
Esmeralda Garcia — solo performance piece with sculptural costume
LAMC Music Club — performance of The Mamas and the Papas’s “California Dreaming’”
Ivan Hernandez — staging of the Red Dead Redemption 2 bank robbery aftermath scene
Angel Lizama — “Indifferent” — music performance