SPRING 2025
The Good Person of Setzuan
3 GODS arrive in Szechuan looking for a “good person” who will put them up for the night, proving that there is no need to change the systems in place, finding soft-hearted prostitute, SHEN TE. The Gods reward her with money to open a tobacco shop which makes her a target to all her needy and unscrupulous neighbors and her lover. Shen Te dresses up like SHUI TA, her male cousin who kicks out all the freeloaders, which works until he is accused of murdering her!
By Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Wendy Arons
Adapted by Tony Kushner
Directed by: Randee Trabitz
Composer and Music Director: John Ballinger
Performances:
- Thursday, March 20 – Saturday, March 22 @ 7:30pm
- Sunday, March 21 @ 2:30pm
- Wednesday, March 26 – Saturday, March 29 @ 7:30pm
Venue: TBA
The John Lion New Plays Festival 2025
The John Lion New Plays Festival 2025, four original one act plays by current Cal State LA students.
GOD GIVEN TALENT, a farce in One Act by Cliff Connors
Directed by: Professor Tanya Kane-Parry
NOT SO SILENT AUCTION by Lauren Holliday
Directed by: Professor Steve Rothman
WHO-DUN-IT by Laurence Carter
Directed by: Dr. Carolyn Dunn
CRUMBLE by Em Perez
Directed by: Professor Roberto Alcaraz
Performances:
- Thursday, April 24 – Saturday, April 26 @ 7:30pm
- Sunday, April 27 @ 2:30pm
- Wednesday, April 30 – Saturday, May 3 @ 7:30pm
Venue: State Playhouse
Fall 2024
¡CELEBRAMOS!
A very special event celebrating the music, poetry and dance of the Afro-Antillean Caribbean cultures.
Presented as part of Chicanx Latinx Heritage Month
CONCEIVED & DIRECTED BY: Professor Tanya Kane-Parry
PERFORMANCES:
Wed, October 2 at 4pm
Thurs, October 3 at 7pm
VENUE: USU Student Union outdoor plaza
RESA FANTASTISKT MYSTISK
WRITTEN BY: Lars Mattsun
PERFORMANCES:
Thurs, October 17 – Sat, October 19 at 7:30pm
Sun, October 20 at 2:30pm
Wed, October 23 – Sat, October 26 at 7:30pm
VENUE: Arena Theatre (MUS 101)
MOJADA: A MEDEA IN LOS ANGELES
WRITTEN BY: Luis Alfaro
DIRECTED BY: Tessa Slovis, guest artist
PERFORMANCES:
Thurs, November 14 – Sat, November 16 at 7:30pm
Sun, November 17 at 2:30pm
Wed, November 20 – Sat, November 23 at 7:30pm
VENUE: State Playhouse