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Department of Theatre and Dance

Productions

2023–2024 Season
Department of Theatre and Dance

Fall 2023

Diary of a Worm, a Spider, and a Fly

Adapted from Doreen Cronin, Harry Bliss

  • September 8–9
  • 10 a.m.
    7:30 p.m.
  • September 10
  • 2 p.m.

Is Spider getting too big for his own skin? Will Fly find her superhero powers in time to save her Aunt Rita from peril? Will Worm learn to stand on his own two feet…even though he doesn’t have feet? We invite you to take a look at the world from a bug’s perspective. Perhaps you’ll see that their lives are not all that different from yours. Adapted from the Diary of a Worm series by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss, by special arrangement with Pippin Productions, Inc. and Susan Gurman Agency LLC.

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Into the Woods (in collaboration with the Schwob School of Music)

By James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim

  • October 6, 7, 12, 13, 14
  • 7:30 p.m.
  • October 8
  • 2 p.m.

James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim take everyone's favorite storybook characters and bring them together for a timeless, yet relevant, piece... and a rare modern classic. The Tony Award-winning book and score are both enchanting and touching.

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John Proctor is the Villain

By Kimberly Belflower (CSU Theatre alum, professional playwright)

  • November 3, 4, 9, 10, 11
  • 7:30 p.m.
  • November 5
  • 2 p.m.

At a rural high school in Georgia, a group of lively teens are studying “The Crucible” while navigating young love, sex ed, and a few school scandals. Holding a contemporary lens to the American classic, they begin to question who is really the hero and what is the truth, discovering their own power in the process. Alternately touching and bitingly funny, this new comedy captures a generation in mid-transformation, running on pop music, optimism, and fury, writing their own coming of age story.

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Fall Dance Concert

  • November 17
  • 7:30 p.m.

This is a free event.


Jingle ARRGH the Way! A “How I Became a Pirate” Christmas Adventure 

By Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman

  • December 1
  • 7:30 p.m.
  • December 2
  • 10 a.m.
    7:30 p.m.
  • December 3
  • 2 p.m.

The “Pirate” crew is back! A mysterious message left in the crow’s nest of their ship brings Captain Braid Beard and his pirate mates back to North Beach to seek out young Jeremy Jacob. Together, they help solve a riddle and find the Christmas treasure. Favorite characters, a rollicking story, great songs, and a trip to the North Pole to find “you know who” make JINGLE ARRGH THE WAY! a wonderful holiday show for the whole family. Book, Music, and Lyrics: Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman.

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Spring 2024

Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder

Adapted by Allison Gregory. Based on the book series by Barbara Park.

  • January 18
  • 10 a.m.
  • January 19, 20
  • 10 a.m.
    7:30 p.m.
  • January 21
  • 2 p.m.

One of Junie B. Jones's top front teeth is loose, and this is bad news, folks. What if she looks like toothless Uncle Lou? On top of it all, that Meanie Jim has invited everyone in Room Nine to his birthday party on Saturday except Junie B. Delight in another of Junie B's hilarious adventures with all of her friends - May, Grace and more!

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Stupid F%#*ing Bird

By Aaron Posner and James Sugg, off of Chekhov

  • March 1, 2, 7, 8, 9
  • 7:30 p.m.
  • March 3
  • 2 p.m.

An aspiring young director rampages against the art created by his mother’s generation. A nubile young actress wrestles with an aging Hollywood star for the affections of a renowned novelist. And everyone discovers just how disappointing love, art, and growing up can be. In this irreverent, contemporary, and very funny remix of Chekhov’s The Seagull, Aaron Posner stages a timeless battle between young and old, past and present, in search of the true meaning of it all. Original songs composed by James Sugg draw the famously subtextual inner thoughts of Chekhov’s characters explicitly to the surface. STUPID F%#*ING BIRD will tickle, tantalize, and incite you to consider how art, love, and revolution fuel your own pursuit of happiness.

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Trouble in Mind

By Alice Childress

  • April 12, 13, 18, 19, 20
  • 7:30 p.m.
  • April 14
  • 2 p.m.

Set during rehearsals for a major Broadway production, Trouble in Mind illuminates the inner life of a Black actress struggling with her career. Alice Childress's 1955 play – which finally premiered on Broadway in 2021 – is a funny, moving and heartbreaking look at racism, identity and ego in the high-stakes world of New York theatre.

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Spring Dance Concert

  • May 3
  • 7:30 p.m.

This is a free event.


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