Barnstorm 2025 Fall Season Announcement! Etc.!

[UCSC Theater Arts Undergraduate Advising]

Fall 2025 Barnstorm Theater Company 

Season Announcement!

24 Hour Theater

Directed by Mim Nickel

October 24-25

Application Link: HERE 

At the Hands of Fire & Iron

Written and Directed by Jaden Edson

Auditions: October 8

Rehearsals: October 27-29

Performances: October 30-31

Application Link: HERE

Someone Always Dies (SAD): Long Form Improv Team

Directed by Gabe Young, Campbell Hunter, and Sam Dechaine

Auditions: October 4-5

Performances: October 18-19 and November 1-2

Application Link: HERE

1972: The Future of Sex

Written by The Wardrobe Ensemble

Directed by Gabe Young

Performances: November 14-16 &  20-23

(Auditions will take place with PPD On September 27th at 2pm with additional Barnstorm specific slots running until 8pm)

Tech Interest:

If you are interested in being involved on a tech team or being a designer, please fill out THIS Barnsotrm tech interest form.

Barnstorm Weekly:

If you are not currently involved in Barnstorm, but wish to be on our weekly email list, please reach out to md....@ucsc.edu to join. Stay in the loop for maintenance calls, upcoming workshops, and get involved!

Course Enrollment Numbers:

Enrollment numbers and syllabi for people who have been selected to join THEA 55A (5 units) and THEA 55B (2 units) will be given at the first meeting for each production. 

If you have any questions, please email md....@ucsc.edu 

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REMINDER – 

Productions Auditions this Saturday

Barnstorm Theater Company and The SpongeBob Musical ROUND 2 auditions are coming up this Saturday, September 27!

Details are posted on PPD's Theater Arts Auditions page!

Note: 

- Theater Arts Majors may use the 5-unit THEA 55A Barnstorm class to satisfy the Lower Division Elective requirement and/or the Production Requirement. (Barnstorm does not satisfy a requirement for our minors.)

- Theater Arts Minors may use THEA 151 (SpongeBob) class to satisfy an Upper Division Studio requirement.

Keep an 👁️ out for Random: With a Purpose student dance showcase auditions this fall (for the winter production class)! Info will be posted to this email address, and you can keep checking the Auditions page and RWAP's IG.

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These classes may still be accepting students - enroll now or contact the instructor if it's closed in the class search – 

THEA 20 Introductory Studies in Acting 

😍 😜 😑 🤔 😩 😮 😥 😳 🤣 🫠 🤬 🫩 😃
5 credits, In Person

GE: IM

TuTh, 3:20-4:55PM
See Class Search for details.

• Satisfies a requirement for the Theater Arts major or minor. 

THEA 40 Introduction to Directing

👆 👇 👈 👉 🫵 ☝️
5 credits, In Person

GE: IM

MW, 4:00-5:35 PM

See Class Search for details.

• Satisfies a requirement for the Theater Arts major or minor. 

THEA 61A Ancient and Medieval Drama - ancient and medieval theater history

🛖 🏛️ 🏯
5 credits

Online with ASYNCHRONOUS main lectures and SYNCHRONOUS secondary sections

GE: TA

See Class Search for details.

• Satisfies a requirement for the Theater Arts major or minor. 

THEA 80C Monsters 

🧌 👻 👹 🧟 🧛 
5 credits

Online with ASYNCHRONOUS main lectures and SYNCHRONOUS secondary sections

GE: PE-H

See Class Search for details.

• Satisfies the Lower Division Elective requirement for the Theater Arts major. 

Also... 

(these don't satisfy GEs, but they're great classes and can satisfy Theater Arts degree requirements!):

THEA 12 Stage Management
5 credits, In Person

TuTh, 1:30-3:05PM

See Class Search for details.

• Satisfies the Lower Division Elective requirement for the major. 

THEA 100W Black/African Diasporic World Theater

5 credits, In Person
TuTh, 11:40 AM-1:15 PM 

See Class Search for details.

• Satisfies an Upper Division History/Theory/Critical Studies requirement for the Theater Arts major or minor, or an Upper Division Elective requirement for the major. 

THEA 157 Playwriting
5 credits, In Person

TuTh, 1:30-3:05 PM

Prerequisites: Entry Level Writing and Composition (ELWR and C) requirements.

See Class Search for details.

• Satisfies an Upper Division Studio requirement for the Theater Arts major or minor, or an Upper Division Elective requirement for the major. 

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Students ENROLLED or WAITLISTED in 

THEA 50 Fundamentals of Theater Production –

You must attend the mandatory THEA 50 Info & Enrollment Meeting:

Wednesday, October 1

9:00 - 10:00 AM

Theater Arts Mainstage (TA 100)

• Schedule requirements are announced and enrollment signups take place at this meeting. 

• See complete enrollment process in the Theater Arts Undergraduate Handbook.

• Contact theater-...@ucsc.edu with questions.

• IF THE CLASS IS CLOSED, add yourself to the waitlist and come to the enrollment meeting if you want to try for a spot in the class! 

ACCESSIBILITY IN THEA 50:

The department is committed to making sure that students with disabilities, including mobility issues, have every opportunity to participate fully in classes. If you are experiencing any issues that you believe might impair your ability to fully participate, please contact Mack (tec...@ucsc.edu) as soon as possible before the Mandatory THEA 50 Enrollment Meeting. Please also consider registering with the DRC! 

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