cory hammond
Is a local actor, improviser, playwright, screen writer, arts educator, and director who brings a deep love of the arts into the classroom. Cory holds a BA in Theatre and teaching credentials in both English and Theatre from San Diego State University. She has studied Shakespeare and clowning in Oxford England, and honed her improv skills at The Groundlings School in Hollywood California. She has been involved in many staged productions and local film projects and was even nominated for a San Diego Film Award in 2020.
As an arts educator, Cory worked with arts organizations such as La Jolla Playhouse and Playwright’s Project on the Learning Through the Arts program. Where she wrote curriculum, trained and collaborated with classroom teachers to integrate arts with core subjects. Cory has spent the last decade creating and directing original theatre pieces with elementary, middle and high school students for The Young Performer's Academy at La Jolla Playhouse.
Cory is no stranger to CCA. She first arrived on campus in 2012 and spent the next few years building a theatre program from the ground up. This program culminated with her directing Beauty and the Beast Jr. Before she passed the baton on to very capable hands to pursue working as a teaching artist in the community for a few years. But now she’s back with a fresh vision for the arts at CCA.
