Visiting Artists

To ensure that students have the opportunity to examine the widest possible cross-section of practices, the school regularly invites eminent visiting artists from around the world to supplement the expertise of regular faculty. Some guests also serve as visiting faculty members who spend one or more semesters at CalArts. In recent years, visiting artists have included:

Kevin Adams, lighting designer
Jules Aaron, actor
Nicole Arbusto, casting director
Byron Bacon, properties designer
Gina Belafonte, actor
Belarus Free Theatre
Robert Blacker, dramaturg
David Bridel, mask and movement coach
Susan Brown, casting director
Robert Cantarella, director
Ana Cappelluto, designer
Laurie Carlos, writer, director and performer
Bridget Carpenter, writer
Chen Shi-Zheng, director
Tammy Cody-Boutcher, stage manager
Karin Coonrod, director
Gordon Davidson, director and artistic director
Bart DeLorenzo, director
Stephen Dillane, actor
Kate Edmunds, designer and artistic director
Doug Fitch, designer
Five Lesbian Brothers, performance collective
Peter Flaherty, video designer
Richard Foreman, writer and director
Tamar Fortgang, actor and producer
Brian Freeman, playwright and performance artist
Susan Denison Geller, designer
Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani, theater collective
Handspring Puppet Company
Kamilla Harkless, scenic artist
Jennifer Harvey, director
Wendall Harrington, designer
Philip Himberg, artistic director
Liz Himelstein, dialect coach
Michael Hooker, designer
Cynthia Hopkins, writer and performer
Peter Howard, actor
Dan Hurlin, puppet artist and director
Sandy Huse, properties designer
Naomi Iizuka, playwright
Robert Israel, designer
Gregory Itzin, actor
Ken Jacobs, puppet artist
Lynn Jeffries, puppet artist
Julie Jensen, playwright
Daniel Alexander Jones, writer and director
York Kennedy, designer
Nancy Keystone, director
Lisa Kron, performance artist
Jessica Kubzansky, director
Jim LeBrecht, designer
Elizabeth LeCompte, director
Ming Cho Lee, designer
Roberta Levitow, director
Corey Madden, producer and director
John Malpede, actor and activist
Art Manke, director and artistic director
Lynn Manning, actor, director and playwright
Debi Manwiller, casting director
Stan Margulies, film producer
Oliver Mayer, playwright
Heather McKlarty, properties designer
Stephin Merritt, composer
Dijana Milosevic, director
Ken Nintzel, director
Chris Parry, designer
Victoria Paul, production designer
Carole Payette, scenic artist
Adina Porter, actor
Everett Quinton, actor and director
Dunya Ramicova, designer
Larry Reed, puppet artist
Jose Rivera, playwright
Diane Rodriguez, actor and director
Peter Schumann, writer, puppet artist and director
David Schweizer, director
Michele Shay, actor and director
Hannah Sim, movement artist
Stew, composer and playwright
Mary Ellen Strom, video and performance artist
Mark Sussman, puppet artist
Alice Tuan, playwright
Basil Twist, designer and puppet artist
Lenka Udovicki, director
Kate Valk, actor
Roberto Varea, director
Shay Wafer, managing director
Matt Wilder, director
Saul Williams, performance poet
Charlayne Woodard, actor
The Wooster Group, theater collective
Chay Yew, playwright
Claudia Zelevansky, director