Brian Kite

Brian Kite, Interim Dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT), has revealed several prominent faculty appointments aimed at enhancing the educational experience within the UCLA Department of Theater.

Actor Fernando Carsa (Acapulco) will be the guest speaker and honoree during the first day of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television's (UCLA TFT) two-day Orientation, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, welcoming students to a new academic year. Learn more about the upcoming event here!

Andy, Keith & Jean-Michel, A Musical Fantasy by Peabody Award-winner, Matthew Puckett will receive a private industry reading at Smash Studios in New York City on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 2 PM.

The panelists include Jenny Beavan (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris), Ruth Carter (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), Shirley Kurata (Everything Everwhere All at Once), Catherine Martin (Elvis) and Mary Zophres (Babylon).

Theatre critic Matt Windman returns to French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts to check out a Side By Side concert, conducted by Jason Robert Brown. He writes about his experience!

He wrote, directed and executive-produced Showtime's The Comey Rule, which had the biggest debut of any limited series in that network's history. Ray's films as writer, co-writer, or writer-director include The Hunger Games, Richard Jewell, Shattered Glass and Breach. He serves on the boards of Common Defense and Big Sunday. 

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT) Interim Dean Brian Kite and Department of Theater Chair J.Ed Araiza has announced that multi-hyphenate storyteller and educator Jennifer Chang HAS joined the school as an associate professor.

Brian Kite, interim dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, announced today that Academy Award-winning actor Troy Kotsur (CODA, Spring Awakening) will deliver the keynote address at the school’s 75th annual commencement ceremony. Writer-director-producer Amy Aniobi will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award. Dean Kite will preside over the event to be held on Friday, June 10, 2022 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at UCLA’s Royce Hall. 

LA NEW PLAY PROJECT (LANPP) announces its second year of financial support for original work presented in Los Angeles' small and midsize theaters.

Brian Kite, interim dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT) announced today that actor, writer, director and activist Michelle Krusiec (Hollywood, Float) has been named a Regents' Lecturer in the Department of Theater at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

LA NEW PLAY PROJECT has announced new support for original work to be presented on the Los Angeles stage. LANPP has initiated a two-tiered grant program offering opportunities for $20,000 grants to playwrights, and an additional grant up to $20,000 to producing entities helping support productions. 

Center Theatre Group Digital Stage has announced their schedule for November 9 - November 15, 2020. 'Disgraced' premieres November 11 at 12 p.m. Pacific. Audio production streamed free to the public and available on demand until January 10, 2021

Brian Kite, Interim Dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT), announced today the appointment of award-winning lighting designer Lap Chi Chu, and scholars Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and Amy Villarejo as UCLA TFT tenured professors.

On September 12th, the world premiere of the new musical Virtuoso took place at the Musical Theater in Poznań. Virtuoso is inspired but the life of world famous pianist, composer, and statesman Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT), dedicated to advancing entertainment and performing arts that inspire social change, announced today that award-winning producer Stephanie Allain has been named the 2020 recipient of the PGA/UCLA Vision Award.

Beginning this Saturday, June 13, the L.A. Theatre Works audio theater recording of John Ball's In the Heat of the Night, adapted for the stage by Matt Pelfrey, will air on radio stations across the country and be available to stream free on the L.A. Theatre Works website.

The 30th Annual LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards, celebrating theatrical excellence and achievement throughout Los Angeles, were presented on Monday, January 13, at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in downtown LA.

Presenters have been announced for the 30th Annual LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards on Monday, January 13, at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Red carpet arrivals will begin at 6pm and the ceremony, hosted by George Salazar, is set to begin at 7:30pm.

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT) announces today that Brian Kite has been named interim dean beginning January 1, 2020. Kite currently serves as the special academic senior associate dean at the School and chair of the Department of Theater. He begins his term on January 1, 2020, after current Dean Teri Schwartz steps down on December 31, 2019.

On Saturday, October 12th, the Foundation for New American Musicals will showcase short (10-minute) musicals written by high school and college-age finalists competing for cash-award scholarships at SHOWSEARCH 2019.