About REDCAT

The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater is CalArts’ downtown center for innovative visual, performing and media arts.

“The gold standard of the avant garde in L.A.” Huffington Post
“Tinseltown goes avant-garde with REDCAT.” Conde Nast Traveller

REDCAT is a vibrant laboratory where innovating artists from throughout Los Angeles and around the world gather to push the boundaries of creative expression. Through performances, exhibitions, film screenings, and literary events, REDCAT highlights today’s adventurous young artistic voices along with the most influential artists of our generation.

REDCAT stands as the most innovative, wide-reaching and interdisciplinary organization in the downtown arts district of Los Angeles. Each season REDCAT presents a far-reaching roster of work by globally renowned artists, inside one of the most versatile and technologically advanced presentation spaces in the world.  

REDCAT’S Mission
The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, opened by CalArts in 2003, introduces diverse audiences, students and artists to the most influential developments in the arts from around the world, and gives artists in this region the creative support they need to achieve national and international stature.

REDCAT is the newest partner in an international network of adventurous art and performance centers, which together are playing a vital role in the evolution of contemporary culture. REDCAT is a center for experimentation, discovery and lively civic discourse.

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