Los Angeles Pierce College Theatre is a dynamic, transformative program with multidisciplinary classes, award winning productions, diverse stage opportunities, hands-on experience, and industry internships. Our curriculum is a two-year program offering an Associates of Arts degree and an Associates of Arts Transfer degree with specializations in acting, technical theatre and costume design. We train the next generation of theatre artists at LAPC Theatre.
DEGREES
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE
THEATRE ARTS
Complete the following 6 sections:
THEATER 100 - 3 units
THEATER 240 - 3 units
THEATER 270 - 3 units
THEATER 271 - 3 units
THEATER 342 - 2 units
THEATER 411 - 3 units
Choose one:
THEATER 232 - 2 units
THEATER 250 - 2 units
THEATER 292 - 2 units
Major Total Units - 19
THEATER 100 - Intro to the Theater
THEATER 232 - Play Production
THEATER 270 - Beginning Acting
THEATER 271 - Intermediate Acting
THEATER 292 - Rehearsals & Performances
THEATER 342 - Technical Stage Production
THEATER 240 - Voice and Articulation
THEATER 411 - Costuming for Theater
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
TRANSFER DEGREE
Complete 1 of the following sections:
THEATER 100 - 3 units
THEATER 110 - 3 units
Complete the following 3 sections:
THEATER 270 - 3 units
THEATER 291 - 1 unit
THEATER 342 - 2 units
Complete 3 of the following sections:
THEATER 114 - 3 units
THEATER 271 - 3 units
THEATER 300 - 3 units
THEATER 305 - 3 units
THEATER 310 - 3 units
THEATER 411 - 3 units
THEATER 450 - 3 units
Major Total Units - 18
THEATER 100 - Introduction to the Theater
THEATER 270 - Beginning Acting
THEATER 271 - Intermediate Acting
THEATER 291 - Rehearsals & Performances
THEATER 300 - Introduction to Stage Craft
THEATER 310 - Introduction to Theatrical Lighting
THEATER 342 - Technical Stage Production
THEATER 240 - Voice and Articulation
THEATER 305 - Introduction to Design for the Theatre
THEATER 411 - Costuming for the Theater
THEATER 110 - History of the World Theater
THEATER 114 - Script Analysis for Theatre Performance, Study, & Appreciation
THEATER 450 - Beginning Stage Make-Up
acting/ directing
Our acting/ directing program offers rigorous, transforming training to the actor and director. Actors learn the techniques of performance through monologues , scene study, ensemble building and audition classes. Emerging actors have multiple opportunities to practice their art in four fully realized department productions, including musicals. Directing students bring their scene culminations to invited main stage events. Our renowned faculty provide real world connections via guest artist workshops, casting opportunities, and professional internships.
KCACTF
LAPC Theatre students participate in The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival competing for scholarships in Acting and Directing and earning honors and real world experience.
INTERNSHIPS
We offer our students many internship opportunities at theatre companies like the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum and the Center Theatre Group. These often lead to job opportunities or "points" earned towards joining the actor's union, the Actor's Equity Association.
degrees
LAPC Theatre Arts Associate of Arts Program at Pierce College is a professional quality transferable education plan for theater artists in the greater Los Angeles area. This rigorous program gives students valuable skills in all the major areas of performance for the stage. Students are asked to take a total of six Major required classes spread over four semesters of study. Some of the classes offered as part of this program:
BEGINNING ACTING - THEATER 270
Offered every semester, this class provides a 15 week rigorous introduction to the craft of acting for stage performance. Students are exposed to all basic techniques of performance, and participate in monologue study, scene work, and basic script analysis. Students perform solo work, in addition to collaboration with other student scene partners.
VOICE AND ARTICULATION - THEATER 240
Every fall semester, students are engrossed in activities that prepare their bodies for professional theater voice techniques. In this 15 week class, students will acquire skills in diction, projection, and dialects. Students are exposed to warm up exercises, monologue and scene work, and explore the process in which an actor uses and transforms their voice for the stage.
CLASSES
THEATER 270-BEGINNING ACTING
(UC/CSU) - 3 UNITS MEETS CSU C1
THEATER 271-INTERMEDIATE ACTING
(UC/CSU) - 3 UNITS MEETS CSU C1
THEATER 273-ADVANCED ACTING
(UC/CSU) -3 UNITS MEETS CSU C1
THEATER 225-BEGINNING DIRECTION
(UC/CSU) - 3 UNITS
THEATER 230 - ACTING FOR THE CAMERA
(UC/CSU) - 3 UNITS
THEATER 232-PLAY PRODUCTION
(AC/CSU) (RPT 3) - 2 UNITS
THEATER 240-VOICE AND ARTICULATION
(UC/CSU) - 3 UNITS
THEATER 280-MUSICAL THEATER WORKSHOP I
(UC/CSU) - 3 UNITS
THEATER 291-REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES I
(UC/CSU) (RPT 3) - 1 UNIT
THEATER 292-REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES II
(UC/CSU) (RPT 3) - 2 UNITS
THEATER 293-REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES II
(UC/CSU) (RPT 3) - 3 UNITS
DIRECTING - THEATER 225
Every fall semester students in this class immerse themselves in the art and craft of directing, from text analysis to staging to working with actors. Directing students work on scenes of their choosing with advanced actors and some technical support. Class culminates in a performance where each student's expression, collaboration and creativity is celebrated.