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September 10, 2025
Origins and Evolution: The UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts (1965-1999)
by Peter Lefevre for UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts Six decades. 25 Guggenheim Fellows. More than 1,000 students every year, producing hundreds of performances and exhibitions. Numbers...
September 8, 2025
Autumn Brings a New Season of Arts and Culture to Orange County
Fall 2025 offers audiences everything from adventurous debuts to time-tested favorites across the O.C. arts and culture scene.
September 3, 2025
‘Fools’ at Westminster Community Playhouse
See Neil Simon’s comic fable of wit, wonder and triumph of the human spirit.
August 28, 2025
‘August: Osage County’ at Curtis Theatre
Tracy Letts’ 2008 masterpiece makes its way to the stage in Orange County.
August 21, 2025
David Ihrig Wants to Create the ‘Theater of Tomorrow’
Irvine-based acting teacher and theorist will try the latest technology and his unique acting technique in a new-play festival.
August 4, 2025
New Life in This Old Fox
As the Fox Theatre in Fullerton turns 100, renewed interest and hope in its restoration grows.
July 25, 2025
New Art School in Tustin to Offer Bilingual OCSA Alternative
The K-12 school is going through a $35 million-$40 million expansion, and will offer additional instruction in the performing arts, creative writing, visual arts, dance and instrumental music.
July 21, 2025
Disabled Artists and Advocates Reimagine the Future of Accessibility
July is Disability Pride Month. Orange County’s arts and cultural institutions are amplifying disabled voices and expanding the meaning of inclusivity.
July 18, 2025
‘Spring Awakening’ at Chance Theater
History gets loud: the Tony-winning musical rocks Anaheim.
July 15, 2025
Double the Drama: New Swan’s Shakespeare Season Embraces Romance, Wit and Reinvention
REVIEW: From a Romantic-era “All’s Well” to a Wild West “Much Ado,” this season’s festival proves why its intimate, open-air productions remain one of Southern California’s most inventive and engaging takes on the Bard.
July 14, 2025
‘The Sound of Music’ at Renaissance Theatre Company
Because the classics endure for a reason.
July 13, 2025
