Shamel Pitts is a 2024 MacArthur Fellow and Doris Duke Artist Award recipient whose multidisciplinary work spans performance art, choreography, and spoken word. Born in Brooklyn, he trained at LaGuardia High School and The Ailey School before earning his BFA from The Juilliard School, receiving the Martha Hill Award for excellence. Pitts’ professional career includes tenures with Mikhail Baryshnikov’s Hell’s Kitchen Dance and BJM_Danse Montreal. He spent seven years with Batsheva Dance Company under Ohad Naharin and is a certified Gaga teacher. As the founder of the arts collective TRIBE, Pitts developed the acclaimed BLACK series and the emerging RED series, which have toured internationally since 2016.His extensive accolades include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Princess Grace Award, a Knight Choreography Prize, and a Bessie Award for Outstanding Choreographer. A dedicated educator, he is an adjunct professor at Juilliard and has held faculty or residency positions at Princeton, NYU, Harvard, and Wesleyan. Shamel Pitts | TRIBE has also held residencies at New York Live Arts and 92Y Harkness Dance Center.

Directions by car: From Sunset Boulevard, turn south on Royce Drive and proceed through the two stop signs to access levels 1, 2 and 3 of parking structure 5. The parking structure is on your right.

Rideshare / Guest drop-off: The rideshare drop-off is located at the flagpole at 10745 Dickson Court. Note: Some rideshare companies use the 340 Royce Drive address. That address will take you to the back of Royce Hall and to the lower lot. If you get dropped off there, head south and up the stairs to the front of Royce Hall.

Prepurchase a Bruin ePermit online: We highly recommend a Bruin ePermit for anyone parking for a Royce Hall event. Visit the Bruin ePermit Portal online and scroll down to expand UCLA Royce Hall. Select your desired event and follow the prompts to purchase parking.

Payment kiosk in parking structure 5: Buy your parking permit at the payment kiosk located in structure 5 on level 6 (top level) and level 4 (next to the pedestrian bridge). Have your license plate number and a credit card available. Be mindful that there are only two kiosks on those levels, which may increase the time it will take you to get inside the venue to the show!

Use the ParkMobile app: Install the ParkMobile app on your phone and purchase your parking on the day of the event from your smartphone. Enter zone number 2552 (this event code will be valid for parking three hours prior to the event).

The box office is open Monday–Friday, 10 am–4 pm, and opens 90 minutes prior to the performance on show days. You can call 310-206-9500 during this time for questions prior to the show. The box office is cashless and accepts all major credit cards.  Please contact info@cap.ucla.edu or call UCLA Central Ticket Office at 310-825-2101 if you have questions about this event. 

There is no late seating. All ticket holders are advised to arrive fifteen to twenty minutes before curtain.

Accessible seating: A variety of accessible seating is available at all campus venues. Please indicate specific seating needs when placing your order. For any ADA needs, including assisted listening devices, please email us at info@cap.ucla.edu. In addition to wheelchair spaces, Royce Hall is equipped with select aisle seats that have folding armrests to make transfer easier for those with mobility limitations. For accessible seating, please request a transfer seat.

Assistive listening: Royce Hall is equipped with an assistive listening system. To check out a headset, please provide any member of the house staff with your driver license.

Accessible parking: Accessible parking spaces in structure 5 are located on level 4. For oversize vehicles, please use level 6. If possible, indicate parking needs when ordering tickets.

Our friends at Plateia have some great offerings for CAP UCLA patrons. If you are attending one of our events, you can grab dinner or drinks there before walking up to the theater. There are also many offerings in Westwood Village, no matter what you're craving, so come early and make a night of it.

A digital house program for this performance is available to view or download before the show. Find it on the CAP UCLA Program Notes page.

If the performance is sold out, join the standby line at the box office on the night of the show. A waitlist may also be available — if tickets are released, you will be notified by email with a window to purchase.

Marks of RED was developed during a Summer Stages Dance @ The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston residency in 2024. Marks of RED was developed at MASS MoCA in Spring 2026. The work was commissioned by Northrop at the University of Minnesota and the Walker Art Center for presentation in 2026, with lead support from the Arison Arts Foundation and Marcel Przymusinski.

Creation of Marks of RED was made possible in part by a YoungArts Microgrant; by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and with additional support from UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance, Mellon Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, SHS Foundation, TRIBE’s individual donors, and our Board of Directors. The development of Marks of RED was made possible in part by NCCAkron and Powerhouse Arts. To view TRIBE's complete list of supporters visit itsatribe.org/support. 

Development & Technical Residencies
• Summer Stages Dance @ The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (Summer 2024)
• Orsolina28 Art Foundation (Co-produced, Summer 2025) *
• DOCK 11 EDEN, Berlin (2025) *
• Kaatsbaan Cultural Park (Creation and/or preview residency, Summer 2025) **
• Powerhouse Arts (Spring 2026)
• MASS MoCA (Spring 2026)

* Marks of RED was commissioned by Northrop at The University of Minnesota and the Walker Art Center (2026).

** Creation made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature