2019-2020 Theatre and Dance Production

     We move to experience joy, to live, survive, thrive, connect, celebrate, mourn, protest, and to escape. As artists in dance we investigate, practice and theorize movement through all of its unlimited capacity to provide meaning. We stand in solidarity with all of those affected by violence, and we dance to provoke questions and to embrace those affected by painful conditions or by violent policies. We dance and express our deep concern for those currently suffering at borders, those who seek safety from violence, slavery, sexual exploitation or poverty resulting from disaster and exploitative economic policies. We stand in solidarity with all dancers’ inviolable rights and freedom to move.  

 

 

 

 

 

More info will be posted shortly.

 

September 5-7, 2019 Thur-Sat @ 7:30pm/Sat @ 2:30pm   Arena Theatre

Laura Dickinson-Turner, MFA Candidate, Acting

Sophie Goldstein, Director

Personal stories of inherited family trauma reflect our society’s long historical violent past. Fearlessly facing this pain, we can transform ourselves and our culture of hate into a world of acceptance and love. 

 

September 17, 2019 7:30pm   State Playhouse

Join the Departments of Music and Theatre & Dance as we welcome new faculty members in a concert featuring them along with our students.

The Soldier's Tale (L'Histoire du soldat) is Stravinsky's greatest work for narrator and orchestra.  It is the story of a soldier, on leave from the army, who trades his old violin for a magic book that can tell the future and make him rich. He soon discovers, however, that he has made a deal with the devil and that money does not bring happiness.

Patti Kilroy, Violin
Adam Snow, Percussion
Roberto Alcaraz, Narration

 

September 19, 2019 6:00pm   State Playhouse

Climb along with performer Tim Miller inside the giant O of the Hollywood sign - or as Shakespeare called it "the wooden O" of the theatre- as Miller performs excerpts from his new book A BODY IN THE O and speaks of how performance can change our lives, challenge the world and imagine a better future!  Internationally-acclaimed solo performer Tim Miller will perform excerpts from his work and speak about the role performance plays in constellating identity. Known for his charged performance work which takes up the most challenging social texts of our time, Miller will share fierce and funny performance material as well as speak about how performance can be used to embolden communities, challenge injustice and connect people with one another.

 

October 11-19, 2019 Wed-Sat @ 7:00pm/Sun @ 2:00pm   Intimate Theatre at the Luckman

Directed by Randee Trabitz

The Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning masterpiece, this fierce and astounding drama is at once an epic exploration of American politics, gay identity, and mythology, and a personal story of love and loyalty. In today’s sociopolitical climate, Kushner’s universal message of compassion and inclusion makes Angels in America as timely as ever.

**Thursday, October 17 @ 3pm in the State Playhouse

The Center for The Study of Genders and Sexualities and Department of Theatre & Dance present a panel discussion on themes raised in Tony Kushner’s multi-awarding winning play.

October 31-November 9, 2019 Thur-Sat @ 7:30pm/Sun @ 2:30pm   King Hall Studio 1

Directed by Shonni Holmes

Winner of the 1964 Obie Award for Distinguished play.  The play is an abstract exploration of the psyche of a young black woman as she struggles with her sense of identity in a world where race is all defining.

 

November 14, 15, and 16, 2019 @ 7:30pm   Arena Theatre

Directed by Sylke Meyer

This improvised project will adapt and situate the East L.A., 1968: 'Walkout!' in the context of current academic institutions. Improvised story segments will be based on real events, employing projection technology, into improv theatre, and game play.