CURRENT SEASON 2007-2008
Spring Quarter Productions
The John Lion New Plays Festival 2008
What A Wonderful World by Obed Silva, Ten Minutes by Benjamin Caron, Underground by Concetta Verna, Seventeen by Francisco Garcia
4 New plays by CSULA student playwrights. Directed by Los Angeles-based Guest Artists Laurie Woolery, Jon Kellam, Bill DeLuca and Festival Director José Cruz González.
State Playhouse
Call the Cal State L.A. Box Office at (323) 343-4118 for more information.
Thursday, May 1, 2008 – Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 8:00PM with matinees on Saturdays at 3pm (no evening performance on May 10)
The Projekt (working title Missed Call)
Professors Tanya Kane-Parry, Jon Beaupre and Sarah Graef collaborate with students from TAD, TV/FILM and MUSIC to create a new piece for presentations in schools in the surrounding community.
CSULA Performances – venue TBD
Call the Cal State L.A. Box Office at (323) 343-4118 for more information.
Spring Qtr Week 8, Dates / times TBD
Spring New Works Dance Concert
Directed by Professor Linda Kostalik, featuring performances of pieces choreographed by CSULA students.
State Playhouse
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Thursday, May 22, 2008 – Saturday, May 24, 2008 at 8PM, matinee Saturday at 3:00PM
Special Events:
Theatrical Adaptation of "Bless Me, Ultima"
Adapted and directed by Professor Theresa Larkin with Alejandra Flores playing the role of Ultima. (Part of The Big Read outreach program with the L.A. County Public Library to coordinate community-wide reading celebrations centered on Rudolfo Anaya’s classic novel, "Bless Me, Ultima.") http://www.neabigread.org/index.php
Music Hall
Thursday, April 10, 2008 7:00PM
Winter Quarter Productions
The Cave Dwellers
The Cave Dwellers made its debut in New York in 1957 and marked the writer William Saroyan’s return to Broadway. The play is set among a group of misfits--former actors and a defeated boxer among them--who form their own protective cocoon in an abandoned theater on the Lower East Side sometime in the mid-20th century and draw on their instincts for charity and good will. This production coincides with the statewide "William Saroyan Centennial," celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth.
State Playhouse
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Thursday, January 17, 2008 - Saturday, January 19, 2008 Thu.-Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 3 & 8 p.m.
The Cloud Gatherer
An epic tale for young audiences using puppetry and music about AIDS and global warming. Set on the continent of Africa, two young children must discover why the clouds have disappeared and why the crops are dying. Their treacherous journey takes them across Africa where they battle the Cloud Gatherer and help restore the delicate balance of nature while facing their deepest fears. (Elementary school performance: Friday morning, Jan 11, 18, 25 and Feb. 1)
Arena Theatre
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Friday, January 25, 2008 7:00PM - General, $15; faculty/staff, $12; students w/ID, $8
Winter Dance Concert
Cal State L.A. students work with professional artists, such as Rachel Rosenthal, Holly Johnston, Roxana Steinberg, C. Derrick Jones and then present innovative performances reflecting contemporary dance in Los Angeles.
Intimate Theatre at the Luckman
Call the Luckman Box Office at (323) 343-6600 for more information.
Thursday, February 28, 2008 - Saturday, March 01, 2008 8:00PM
The Baby Dance by Jane Anderson
The Baby Dance is a play about a couple who wants to have children, but cannot, and another couple that is having a baby, but doesn’t think they will be able to keep it. The challenges, joys and sorrows of adoption are all explored in this play by renowned playwright Jane Anderson. Directed by Joshua Mason, this play will be performed by CSULA students. (Seating is limited, please reserve your ticket.)
MUS 115 – The NEST Theatre
Call the Cal State L.A. Box Office at (323) 343-4118 for more information.
Thursday, March 13, 2008 - Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 8:00PM - Free to the public
Fall Quarter Productions
The House Guest from Xinjiang
A staged reading of a new play by C.Y. Lee, best-selling novelist and author of The Flower Drum Song, and ChorSwang Ngin, professor and chair of anthropology and director of Asian and American Studies at Cal State L.A. The interdisciplinary project deals with religion and multicultural issues. It will involve reading, discussion and participation from campus religious studies students and the various ethnic and area studies programs.
Arena Theatre
Showtime: Thu., 8 p.m.; Fri. and Sat., 4 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Call the Cal State L.A. Box Office at (323) 343-4118 for more information.
Thursday, October 18, 2007 - Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:00PM - Free Admission
My Beowulf
Heidi Duckler and Collage Dance Theatre are in residence at Cal State L.A. teaching a one-time only class, which will culminate in several performances. The company has been working for the past two years on a contemporary interpretation of the ancient myth of Beowulf based on the Seamus Heaney translation of the poem, addressing what loyalty, kinship, aggression and community means to us today. Performed by members of the professional company and Cal State L.A. students.
State Playhouse
Call the Cal State L.A. Box Office at (323) 343-4118 for more information.
Friday, November 16, 2007 - Saturday, November 17, 2007 8:00PM
L’enfant et les sortilèges (The Child and the Spells) and Moving Dance Images
A special pairing of an opera in Music Hall, followed by the Moving Dance Images at King Hall 5th Floor Studio #1. The opera, with music by Maurice Ravel, tells the story of a rude child who is reprimanded by the objects in his room when they come to life. Moving Dance Images showcases original choreography work conceptualized by Cal State L.A. students. Both performances feature Cal State L.A. students.
Music Hall
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Thursday, November 29, 2007 - Saturday, December 01, 2007 7:00PM
For more details refer to the 2007-2008 season brochure.
For a complete list of CSULA events please visit the CSULA calendar page.
For more details on the performances, concerts and exhibits, refer to the 2007-2008 season brochure.
For a complete list of events please visit the CSULA calendar page.