steven vargas

Steven Vargas is a journalist, actor and dancer who focuses his work on arts for social change. He graduated from USC in 2022 with an M.A. in Specialized Journalism (The Arts) and in 2020 with a B.A. double major in theatre and journalism with a minor in dance. More recently, he was an arts reporter for the Los Angeles Times. He's previously written for Entertainment Weekly, E! News, USA Today, Dance Magazine, BuzzFeed News and more. In theatre, he has worked with organizations like USC Arts in Action, Sojourn Theatre Company of Chicago, Black Lives Matter LA, and Reform LA Jails Coalition. He made his off-Broadway debut in 2024 performing in The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals. He studied dance with A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, BEMOVING, Movement Migration and Imprints Dance Company (later performing as a guest artist). Outside of USC, he studied Shakespeare at The Globe with a Fulbright Summer Institute scholarship and was part of the second cohort of The Kennedy Center’s BIPOC Critics Lab led by Jose Solís. In the Summer of 2024, he participated in the National Critics Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Steven utilizes his skills and experiences on and off stage to communicate poignant stories through theatre and dance.