Overview
The Theatre program at the California State Summer School for the Arts offers intensive and challenging theater training for students who are serious about exploring the craft of acting and the possibilities of entertainment and storytelling in a rapidly changing artistic landscape.
Students will be working with professionals from all corners of the industry: Acting; Dialect and Voice Training; Improvisation; Stage Combat and Movement; Acting and Auditioning for Camera. Along with seminars and workshops including Shakespeare and Classical Text; Devised Work; Sketch Comedy and Characters; Clown; Musical Theatre & Cabaret; Producing; Puppetry; Mask Work.
We will also be hosting a number of actors, writers, directors, and designers to talk to and work with our students.
Students currently enrolled in grades 8 through 12 are eligible to apply. (CSSSA is open to students entering grades 9, 10, 11 or 12 next fall 2026. CSSSA is also open to students who are graduating from high school in the spring of 2026. You can still do the program the summer after graduation.)
More information about curriculum and faculty for the 2026 session will be announced soon – stay tuned!
