PCPA Conservatory

The Conservatory

PCPA Pacific Conservatory supports a unique, fully accredited vocational training program at Allan Hancock College for aspiring actors and theatre technicians.  It is the only training program, with an Equity theatre company with fully integrated community college Career and Technical Education programs, in the country.  PCPA has trained over 10,000 students in a program of practical and experimental training in the fields of acting and technical theater.

PCPA performs its winter/spring season in two theatres in Santa Maria, the 440-seat thrust Marian Theatre and the 204-seat flexible black box Severson Theatre.  During the summer, the company also performs in the outdoor 700-seat Solvang Festival Theater.

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Technical

Technical

Student Roster

Summer Interns

Siena Asencia

Siena Asencia

Evin Salak

Evin Salak

Natasha D'Amico

Natasha D'Amico

Sean Daley

Sean Daley

Jacob Hensley

Jacob Hensley

Joseph Santi-Unger

Joseph Santi-Unger

Grace Neal

Grace Neal

Haley Parker

Haley Parker

Cassidy Sweetland

Cassidy Sweetland

Hailey Drake

Hailey Drake

Amaka Maduabuchi

Amaka Maduabuchi

Skyla Robison

Skyla Robison

Victoria Alvarez

Victoria Alvarez

Krys Newbury

Krys Newbury

Adriana Gonzalez Hernandez

Adriana Gonzalez Hernandez

Brenda Arcos

Brenda Arcos

Johnny Valerio

Johnny Valerio

Lauren Katherine

Lauren Katherine

Hannah Mullins

Hannah Mullins

Angel Cortez

Angel Cortez

Lou Forehand

Lou Forehand

Lincoln Heuring-McBride

Lincoln Heuring-McBride

Paige Lutkus

Paige Lutkus

Paige Weissenburger

Paige Weissenburger

Alex Alansalon

Alex Alansalon

Joshua Aran

Joshua Aran

Lottie Arnold

Lottie Arnold

Andrew Banderas

Andrew Banderas

Courtney Ekstrom

Courtney Ekstrom

Nikolas Fawcett

Nikolas Fawcett

Reid Gregory

Reid Gregory

Griffin Hanson

Griffin Hanson

Nolan LeMay

Nolan LeMay

Sophie Long

Sophie Long

Christian McCooey

Christian McCooey

Hadley Nelson

Hadley Nelson

Joey Orozco

Joey Orozco

David Perez

David Perez

Rosie Quintana

Rosie Quintana

Justin Roslinda

Justin Roslinda

Amanda Russell

Amanda Russell

Jason Wells

Jason Wells

Edella Westerfield

Edella Westerfield

Eli Aguilla Ochoa

Eli Aguilla Ochoa

Alan Huerta

Alan Huerta

Risso Mulholland

Risso Mulholland

Lachlan Oster

Lachlan Oster

Ashley Rauras

Ashley Rauras

Lollipop

Lollipop "Lolly" Tolan

Brianna Virgen Ballesteros

Brianna Virgen Ballesteros

Robin Castillo

Robin Castillo

Audrey Cirzan

Audrey Cirzan

Christopher Coffey

Christopher Coffey

Phoebe Dubois

Phoebe Dubois

Cat Evans

Cat Evans

Kieran Flanagan

Kieran Flanagan

Manny Fuerte

Manny Fuerte

Kendall Green

Kendall Green

Julia Mae Abrams

Julia Mae Abrams

Grace Kitchen

Grace Kitchen

Bethany Langdon

Bethany Langdon

Alex Loder

Alex Loder

Brett Mollard

Brett Mollard

Samantha Nakagaki

Samantha Nakagaki

Jill Price

Jill Price

Ella Serrano

Ella Serrano

Alumni

Robin Williams

Robin Williams

Zac Efron

Zac Efron

Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates

Vincent Rodriguez III

Vincent Rodriguez III

Kristin Stokes

Kristin Stokes

Joanna Jones

Joanna Jones

Boyd Gaines

Boyd Gaines

Patrick Page

Patrick Page

Meami Maszewski

Meami Maszewski

Dana Costello

Dana Costello

Roddy Kennedy

Roddy Kennedy

Kelly McGillis

Kelly McGillis

Richard L Hay

Richard L Hay

Harry Groener

Harry Groener

Robert Blackman

Robert Blackman

Mercedes Ruehl

Mercedes Ruehl

John Dexter

John Dexter

John Lacovelli

John Lacovelli

Sharen Davis

Sharen Davis

William Thomas Hodgson

William Thomas Hodgson