• Royce Fellowship
Rebecca
Stark

Concentration 

Comparative Literature; Russian

Award Year 

1996

Rebecca' s work will take her to New York City where she will investigate the work of New York performance artists and continue taking acting classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Her research and course of study will culminate in the development of her own script for a solo performance piece.

The performing arts fueled Rebecca Stark's Royce project. Rebecca studied dance and spent a summer taking acting classes in New York City to assist the development of her own script for a solo performance piece. After college she became a full-time student at the Merce Cunningham Dance Conservatory in Manhattan where she studied modern dance. Seeking a warmer climate she moved to Los Angeles and became immersed in the music, comedy, film and cabaret scenes. She performed a comical variety of jobs including magician's assistant. She appeared in High School Record, an underground favorite at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. She is currently an artist, singer, songwriter and entertainer living in Los Angeles, California. She is the voice of the band Lavender Diamond.