What started as a group of theater students sitting on a classroom floor will now take the stage as a fully fledged musical. “Camp Song” – an original work created by nine graduating theater students, premieres Friday in Macgowan Hall and runs until Sunday. Read more...

Photo: A group of students brought their production of “Camp Song” from a classroom floor to Macgowan Hall. The musical, which will run through Nov. 2, follows a group of friends who travel back to their childhood summer camp to spread the ashes of a friend who recently died of cancer. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)

Shinbone Theatre Company would prefer LA residents immerse themselves in comedic theater instead of candy bags this Halloween season. When alumni Jonny Perl and Leland Frankel founded Shinbone in 2016, they envisioned the company as a platform to heighten audience experience through immersive, comedic storytelling. Read more...

Photo: Brady Richards, Dana Benedict and Zippy Cardozo star in “Afterlife Anonymous,” which is running through Nov. 1. The show incorporates audience and cast participation as it follows a support group for ghosts trapped in purgatory by their addictions.(Courtesy of Jor-el Vaasborg)

From afar, Max Hooper Schneider said his art exhibit looks like an opal comprised of trash. His work, “Hammer Projects: Max Hooper Schneider,” is on display at the Hammer Museum until February. Read more...

Photo: Max Hooper Schneider’s exhibit “Hammer Projects: Max Hooper Schneider,” will be on display at the Hammer Museum through February. Schneider said the project uses materials he collected over time to fill the space. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)

Sometimes a single box can hold the answers to a pivotal moment in history. The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA’s production of “217 Boxes of Dr. Read more...

Photo: Laura Esterman stars as Katherine Luder in the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA’s newest production, “217 Boxes of Dr. Henry Anonymous.” The production, written and directed by Ain Gordon, tells the story of John E. Freyer through the secondary characters in his life like Luder, his personal secretary. (Courtesy of Paula Court)

A dream of royalty and the warmth of family life takes a dark turn in “Anastasia.” Following flashing red lights and revolutionary gunshots, audiences experience the shocking transition of 1917 St. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Matthew Murphy)