This is Fall 2025 Enrollment Prep Week! 😀 (+ Vote by this Fri! 👈)

[UCSC Theater Arts Undergraduate Advising]

SUMMER & FALL 2025 
ENROLLMENT & ADVISING

• This is Fall Enrollment Prep Week! (Mon-Fri, May 12-16)
  Enrollment opens NEXT week 😀
  

• On the first day of Enrollment Prep Week:

• 1) The Fall 2025 Schedule of Classes Class Search is posted. 

• 2) Check your enrollment dates in MyUCSC - put them on your calendar and set reminders! (Waitlists open during the second round of dates.)

• 3) You can put classes in your shopping cart in preparation to enroll on your date(s). 
  
  

• ADVISING: Enrollment Prep Week is an ideal time to meet with advisors to update your academic plan, discuss enrollment and class selection questions, etc., before your first enrollment date.

• Schedule an advising appointment now through Navigate Slug Success!
  
  

• See UPDATED COURSE OFFERINGS SHEETS on the Theater Arts Course Offerings & Enrollment web page.
  They include a key to help you choose classes for upper division requirements.
  
  

• LOOKING FOR A GE THAT OUR DEPARTMENT DOESN’T HAVE MANY CLASSES FOR? Check the "Best Bets" sheet!

• Fall 2025 instruction begins Thursday, September 25 (and ends Friday, Dec 5).

MAJOR DECLARATION

Undeclared Holds have been placed:

If you are in your declaration deadline quarter, you are not yet declared in a major and a hold is placed on your account, enrollment will not be possible until a major is declared or a major advisor alerts your college of declaration conditions (this doesn't apply to second majors or minors). Contact your major advisor if you are or think you may be in this situation (or your college advisor if you are still undecided).

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Summer Session enrollment is open now!

• Theater Arts Summer Session classes

• AGPM Summer Session classes

• How to Enroll

• Tuition and Financial Aid

THEATER ARTS SUMMER SESSION CLASSES

SESSION 1

June 23 – July 25, 2025 (5 Weeks) 

THEA 14 Drawing

Class Number: 70684, Instructor: Staff
Location: TA Studio C102
Day and Time: MW 1:00PM-4:30PM
Instruction Mode: In Person
GE: PR-C

THEA 30 Intro to Dance Theory and Technique

Class Number: 70726, Instructor: Ganley,D.V.
Location: TA Mainstage A105
Day and Time: MW 1:00PM-4:30PM
Instruction Mode: In Person
GE: PR-C 

THEA 31E The Dance Experience

Class Number: 70682, Instructor: Pearlman,C.,
Location: TA Exp Theater L106, 
Day and Time: MW 6:00PM-8:00PM
Instruction Mode: In Person
GE: PR-C 

THEA 117 Design Studio: Costume

Class Number: 70798, Instructor: Staff
Day and Time: MWF 1:00PM-3:30PM
Instruction Mode: Synchronous Online
GE: IM

THEA 157 Playwriting

Class Number: 70681
Instructor: Staff, Day and Time: TuTh 9:00AM-12:30PM
Instruction Mode: Synchronous Online

SESSION 2

July 28 – August 29, 2025 (5 Weeks) 

THEA 10  Intro to Theater Design and Technology

Class Number: 70685, Instructor: Staff
Instruction Mode: Asynchronous Online
GE: IM

THEA 14 Drawing

Class Number: 70683
Instructor: Staff, Location:TA Studio C102
Day and Time: MW 1:00PM-4:30PM
Instruction Mode: In Person
GE: PR-C 

THEA 20 Introductory Studies in Acting

Class Number: 70727, Instructor: Fritsch,G.J.
Location: TA Studio C100
Day and Time: TuTh 6:00PM-9:30PM
Instruction Mode: In Person
GE: IM

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UNDERGRADS, PLEASE
VOTE BY THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!

Vote YES ON 86 in Student Elections to 

🎭 SAVE THEATER AND DANCE! 💃🏽

We ask for your support in student elections – vote by May 16!

(Many thanks if you have already voted! 😃🙏)

 

Voting matters. 

YOUR vote matters. 

  

How will MEASURE 86 Save UCSC Theater and Dance? 

All UCSC undergraduates have had access to a ticket to every Theater Arts play and dance show since undergrads voted back in 2003 to pass Measure 11! The cost has been $2.00/quarter via undergrad student fees. We usually stage three shows in a quarter, and undergrads can see all of them at no cost other than the two bucks – such an amazing deal!!

MEASURE 86 Save UCSC Theater and Dance is an amendment to Measure 11 to increase the fee to $5 dollars per student per quarter to match the inflation that has grown over the last 22 YEARS and allow us to continue providing tickets at no additional charge. This will still be such an amazing deal!!

A YES vote 😃 means:  

– UCSC undergraduates can still have a ticket to all performances at PPD venues! 

– We can hire more student workers and raise their salaries! 

– Registered student groups will no longer be charged a use fee for PPD venues, space permitting! 

– It will increase the budget and production values of our shows! 

A NO vote means:  

If this measure does NOT pass 😢, PPD will no longer be able to absorb the rising costs of materials and labor, and we will have to reduce our production budget or, more likely, reduce the number of shows we stage. This will negatively impact student success in significant ways, and make it more difficult for students to complete our degrees on time.

HOW TO VOTE?

Go to the 2025 Campus Elections page or scan the QR code on the poster below for a link to vote through 11:59 pm on the 16th!

When to vote? – NOW! Voting opens May 5th and closes May 16th at 11:59 pm!

How many people need to vote? – We need 20% of the student body to vote in this election to get any measure to qualify! Last year, we only had 8% of the student body vote. 

• MEASURE 85 INFO ON INSTAGRAM.

• General 2025 Campus Elections info.

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THEATER ARTS SHOWS YOU'RE INVITED TO THIS MONTH – 

Just Like Us

• May 17 – May 25

• Written by Karen Zacarías

• Directed by Carolina G. Riaño

• Based on Helen Thorpe’s bestselling book, this documentary-style play follows four Latina teenage girls in Denver—two of whom are documented and two who are not—posing difficult yet essential questions about what makes us American.

• Mainstage, UCSC Theater Arts Center

• MORE INFO AND TICKETS HERE 👆Undergrads, order a free ticket!

Them Cowboys

• May 10 – May 18

• Written by Chris Hernandez, winner of the Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award for an outstanding script written by a junior or senior undergraduate student

• Directed by Claire Ganem

• Two nonbinary cowboys, Gus and Billy, are down on their luck and traveling through the Wild West. On their journey, they learn about a fabled treasure hidden by the legendary outlaw Bungus Balloo. Seeking money to build their dream life together, they go on a whimsical cowboy quest to find it and run into some hiccups along the way.

• Second Stage, UCSC Theater Arts Center

• MORE INFO AND TICKETS HERE 👆Undergrads, order a free ticket!
  
  

Rainbow Theater

• May 9 - 18

• Co-produced and presented by the Department of Performance, Play & Design and the Cultural Arts and Diversity Resource Center:

  School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls, by Jocelyn Bioh Peeling the Banana, by the Peeling the Banana Theatre Troupe Latins Anonymous, by Luisa Leschin, Armando Molina, Rick Nájera, & Diane Rodriguez Poets Corner, a poetry/dance show by UC Santa Cruz students

• Dates/times:

• School Girls & Peeling the Banana: May 9 – May 17

• Latins Anonymous & Poets Corner: May 10 – May 18

• Tickets: General admission tickets available at the door (cash only). Undergrads get in free!

• MORE INFO.

 

NEXT MONTH, YOU'RE INVITED TO – 

New Play Festival '25

• May 23 - June 1

• Come to PPD's first New Play Festival of staged readings! Student-run with student playwrights, directors, actors, dramaturgs, etc., the festival is guided by Assistant Professor Lisa Marie Rollins, who says the festival "is like a development lab where students can propose any kind of experiment, get development support, and have a showcase with low stakes.”
• This year's featured plays and playwrights include: Hostile Takeover by Grace Viggiano (UCSC alum) Universal Paperclips by Adrian Warren Crimson Burns by Rae Williams Meet Me in the Belly of the Whale by Gillian O'leary Silar School by Zane Speiser Great Whites Bite by Tieran Harvey—

• Studio B100, UCSC Theater Arts Center 

• MORE INFO HERE 
  👆 Undergrads, order a free ticket!

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ALSO PART OF CAMPUS ELECTIONS THIS WEEK – 

VOTE ON YOUR SUA REPRESENTATIVES!

From the SUA:

Student Union Assembly (SUA) elections for the 2025-2026 school year are part of the May elections! The student voice is a vital component of any university. Here at UCSC, we rely on our SUA representatives to bring about significant improvements to student life and ensure that, as members of this great school, we can leverage our power and bring value to the larger community. Make your voice be heard – vote! 

General 2025 Campus Elections info.