California State Summer School for the Arts Theater Program
California State Summer School for the Arts, 7801 Folsom Boulevard, Suite 104, Sacramento, CA 95826
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The California State Summer School for the Arts – Theater Program includes classes in Acting Studio, Voice & Speech, Movement, Acting for Camera, Improvisation, and stage combat in both armed and unarmed forms. Students take part in monologue work on stage and on camera, scene work, stylistic and period movement, physical comedy, and elective classes such as Comedy performance, Shakespeare & classics, Mask & Clown, Devised work, Voice Over, Audition Technique, and acting masterclasses run by industry professionals. The program also includes performances, talks, masterclasses, and rehearsal time, and hosts actors, writers, directors, and designers to talk to and work with students.
• Ages: 13–18 years old
• Schedule: Classes are organized into four blocks during the day, with two classes before lunch and two after, and evenings reserved for performances, talks, masterclasses, and rehearsal time; Saturdays follow a slightly adjusted schedule.
Students currently enrolled in grades 8 through 12 are eligible to apply, and CSSSA is open to students entering grades 9, 10, 11, or 12 in fall 2026, as well as students graduating from high school in spring 2026 who attend the program the summer after graduation. The mission of CSSSA is to annually provide a select number of California high school students of the visual, literary, performing, and media arts with an intensive learning experience conducted by distinguished arts professionals, designed to enhance the students’ artistic skills and to develop their understanding as individuals of their potential for growth as creative artists. The California State Summer School for the Arts was created by legislation, held its first summer session in 1987, became a permanent program of the State of California in 1990, began accepting a limited number of students from outside California in 1992, and is now embarking on its thirty-ninth summer of operation. The school has trained more than seventeen thousand highly talented students and accepts a limited number of students from outside of California, making it an international program.
The California State Summer School for the Arts is the result of public and private sector planning and support, and it provides an educational link with institutions of higher learning, major performing arts companies, commercial and fine arts institutions, and the film, television, and recording industries in California for students wishing to pursue careers in the arts. In the Theater Program, students work with professionals from many parts of the industry, and the program hosts a number of actors, writers, directors, and designers to talk to and work with students. The Theater Department Chair, Jeremy Guskin, was born and raised in New York City, holds two master’s degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and the Moscow Art Theatre School in Russia, has been an arts educator for over 20 years at LACHSA, Burbank High School, and Aveson Global Leadership Academy, co-created and starred in the educational program Shakesperience, which has educated and entertained more than 100,000 students across Southern California, and has been a steadily working actor for over 25 years with credits including Just Add Magic, Henry Danger/Dangerforce, Young Sheldon, The Rookie, Alias, and Art School Confidential.
Last updated March 17, 2026.
• Ages: 13–18 years old
• Schedule: Classes are organized into four blocks during the day, with two classes before lunch and two after, and evenings reserved for performances, talks, masterclasses, and rehearsal time; Saturdays follow a slightly adjusted schedule.
Students currently enrolled in grades 8 through 12 are eligible to apply, and CSSSA is open to students entering grades 9, 10, 11, or 12 in fall 2026, as well as students graduating from high school in spring 2026 who attend the program the summer after graduation. The mission of CSSSA is to annually provide a select number of California high school students of the visual, literary, performing, and media arts with an intensive learning experience conducted by distinguished arts professionals, designed to enhance the students’ artistic skills and to develop their understanding as individuals of their potential for growth as creative artists. The California State Summer School for the Arts was created by legislation, held its first summer session in 1987, became a permanent program of the State of California in 1990, began accepting a limited number of students from outside California in 1992, and is now embarking on its thirty-ninth summer of operation. The school has trained more than seventeen thousand highly talented students and accepts a limited number of students from outside of California, making it an international program.
The California State Summer School for the Arts is the result of public and private sector planning and support, and it provides an educational link with institutions of higher learning, major performing arts companies, commercial and fine arts institutions, and the film, television, and recording industries in California for students wishing to pursue careers in the arts. In the Theater Program, students work with professionals from many parts of the industry, and the program hosts a number of actors, writers, directors, and designers to talk to and work with students. The Theater Department Chair, Jeremy Guskin, was born and raised in New York City, holds two master’s degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and the Moscow Art Theatre School in Russia, has been an arts educator for over 20 years at LACHSA, Burbank High School, and Aveson Global Leadership Academy, co-created and starred in the educational program Shakesperience, which has educated and entertained more than 100,000 students across Southern California, and has been a steadily working actor for over 25 years with credits including Just Add Magic, Henry Danger/Dangerforce, Young Sheldon, The Rookie, Alias, and Art School Confidential.
Last updated March 17, 2026.
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