OCC is home to one of the finest community college theatre departments in Southern California. OCC’s Theatre Department produces more than 20 productions in the Drama Lab and Drama Lab Studio theatres each year.
Our students have gone on to attend such prestigious schools and conservatories as UCLA, USC, NYU, Yale School of Drama, Julliard, Circle in the Square, and ACT. Our graduates work in film, television and theater across the nation, and have founded or led multiple successful theatre companies.
Supported by the OCC Endowment for the Arts, OCC’s Theatre Arts Department offers unique scholarship opportunities annually to our incoming and continuing students as well as student project funding opportunities to expand our students' training and experience options.
Our wide array of courses in acting skill-building, physical training, rehearsal & performance, collaborative theatre, technical production, directing and academic theory provide a strong foundation for students beginning to build their path to success.
Our productions annually provide nearly 300 roles for acting-track students and countless opportunities for our tech-track students each season as part of a diverse and comprehensive hands-on theatre learning experience.
THE OCC REPERTORY THEATRE COMPANY (THE REP!)
Starting in 1985, theatre professors Bill Purkiss, Alex Golson and Rick Golson and the OCC theatre department created a revolutionary new class providing students with a theatre company of their own. Since then the very busy student members of The Rep (THEA A131-134) and of the Directing Class (THEA A181-182) have created a full season of plays, including many original works, every year.
Many Rep alumni have gone on to found their own theatre companies, to become published playwrights, or to run or work in professional theatre companies from California to Broadway, as well as in film and in television.
We believe the hands-on training a dedicated Rep member receives in their time with us is a vitally important part of a comprehensive theatre training program. Working collaboratively, organizing and managing the many aspects of a theatre season, and learning to set and meet goals in a professional manner are essential skills for any student to learn.
Today the Rep is led by professors Pete Uribe, Tom Bruno and Cynthia Corley, continuing the Rep tradition of empowering students and building skills, experience and confidence.
Contact Us
Department Co- Chair: Cynthia Corley Professor ccorley@occ.cccd.edu
Department Co-Chair Pete Uribe Instructor puribe@occ.cccd.edu
Tom Bruno Professor tbruno@occ.cccd.edu
Theatre Department Office: (714) 432-5640
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Office Hours
Mon to Fri, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sat & Sun, Closed
