Active ISP Groups
USC recognizes over 15 Independent Student Production Companies/Groups. Learn more about them and how to get involved below!
Aeneid Theatre Company
Email: aeneidtheatrecompany@gmail.com
“Encouraging students to take initiative in their own artistic endeavors at USC through classic, contemporary, and experimental theatre.”
Black Art Collective
Email: thebac@usc.edu
“An ISP dedicated to furthering the creation of Black art and workshops across various mediums.”
Brand New Theatre Company
Email: brandnewtheatre@gmail.com
“Dream it. Write it. See it.
USC’s oldest ISP company, producing the newest work written by students.”
CommUnity Arts Collective
Email: usccommunityartscollective@gmail.com
“USC’s newest independent student production company committed to eliminating barriers, creating opportunities, and having fun!”
Commedus Interruptus Improv
Email: contactcommedus@gmail.com
“We do improv & sketch, and we do it HARD.
See us do it on FRIDAYS next to Tommy Trojan on the Bovard Lawn at 1:00 PM.”
Dorothy’s Friends Theatre Company
Email: dftc@usc.edu
“Putting empowering queer stories onstage and uniting a diverse community through celebration!”
Fourth Quarter All-Stars
Email: fourqas@usc.edu
“USC’s Emmy award viewing sketch comedy troupe.
Host of Sketchella, the largest collegiate sketch comedy festival on the West Coast!!”
Impulse Theatre Company
Email: uscimpulse@gmail.com
“Student-run theatre company at USC focusing on contemporary, realist theatre!”
The Merry Men
Email: uscmerrymen@gmail.com
“USC’s premier mixed-form improv troupe. Shows every Monday at 10:30pm in the Stop Gap Theatre!”
Modern Minority Theatre Company
Email: mmtc@usc.edu
“USC ISP focused on empowering underrepresented artists with platforms to express themselves.”
Musical Theatre Repertory
Email: uscmtr@gmail.com
“Innovative musical theatre for students, by students.”
Spoiler Alert Improv
Email: spoileralertimprov@gmail.com
“USC Long-Form Narrative Improv Troupe!
Tuesdays at 10pm!!”
Second Nature Improv
Email: 2Nimprov@gmail.com
“USC’s premiere long-form improv troupe!
Shows every THURSDAY @10:30pm in PED 206!”
Suspenders Sketch Comedy
Email: suspendersusc@gmail.com
“USC’s oldest and most fashionable sketch comedy troupe.”
Quinapalus Theatre Company
Email: TBD
“Shakespeare reimagined.”
First Draft Players
Email: TBD
“A small theater troupe focused on uplifting students at USC, by amplifying their voices and stories through theater.”
