Performing Arts
ICEF and the performance stage

The Performing Arts Program at ICEF Public Schools includes content that exposes children to the complementary influences of physical, social, and academic development -- offerings that go beyond the core academic curriculum into practical and active experiences. ICEF has a range of student performance groups that train in music, dance and drama. 

​Students have competed and performed at prolific events including ICEF’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Jazz Festival, The Playboy Jazz Festival, 75th Birthday Celebration of Jazz Great Kenny Burrell, the Music Center Bravo Awards, NAACP Image Awards. 
MEMORABLE ICEF PERFORMANCES
Mean Girls (2024)   Matilda (2023)   Cats (2023)   Frozen (2022)   Chicago (2022)   Lion King (2021)   The New Normal (2021)   Bring it On (April 2019)   Sandy Claws is Coming to Town (2018)   The Wiz (2018)   Transitions (2017)   Willy Wonka (2017)   The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2016)   Beauty and the Beast (2016)   The Lottery (2015)   Rhythm of Life (2015)   Broadway Dreamin' (2014)   Hairspray (2013)   Grease (2012)   Flashing Lights (2011)   Cinderella (2011)   The Wiz (2008)   The Lion King (2007)   DreamGirls (2007)

Jerod “Judd” Fish is a passionate and results-driven arts educator serving as ICEF Performing Arts Program Manager and Theater Production, Drama, and Creative Writing teacher at View Park Preparatory High School. Since joining ICEF in 2009, he has directed and produced more than 30 productions, including The Wiz, Willy Wonka, Cats, Annie, Matilda, Frozen, Chicago, Mean Girls, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Bring It On!, Spongebob, High School Musical and the upcoming Shrek the Musical. A proud graduate and Valedictorian of Frankfurt International School in Germany, Mr. Fish performed in Rent, Oklahoma!, and other productions across Frankfurt, Vienna, London, Berlin and Detroit before earning dual degrees in Acting and Directing from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television. As a professional actor and writer, he achieved SAG-AFTRA status and appeared in Cold Case, Reno 911!, Las Vegas, Passions, and numerous commercials, voiceovers, and stage productions throughout California. At ICEF, Mr. Fish has built a thriving performing arts program where scholars perform on renowned stages including Disneyland, the Nate Holden Performing Art Center, Miracle Theater in Inglewood, Kirk Douglas Theatre, A Noise Within in Pasadena, and pre-show performances at the Pantages in Hollywood. His students have earned national recognition in the nationwide August Wilson Monologue Competition and “The Show Must Go On” Competition in Pasadena. He continues to champion his students’ success, with alumni pursuing creative degrees at top universities nationwide. Mr. Fish’s mission is to inspire every scholar to dream boldly and use his ceiling as their launching pad to greatness.
"Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a wild joy that you really can't put into words."

- LAURIE ANDERSON

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