Program Productions

Theatre and Dance Season 2019 - 2020

General Admission: $18

Students/Alumni/Seniors/Military: $13

Parking: $9

For Ticket Info please call: 310-243-3589

FALL 2019
*Asunción* By Jesse Eisenberg Directed by Naomi Buckley Edison Theatre October 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19 at 8pm October 12, 13, 18, 20 at 2pm	Edgar and Vinny are not racist. In fact, Edgar maintains a blog condemning American Imperialism, and Vinny is three quarters into a Ph.D. in Black Studies. When a young Filipina woman named Asuncion becomes their new roommate, the boys have a perfect opportunity to prove how open minded they really are. Jesse Eisenberg's hilarious and heart-breaking play explores the complicated ways we exploit culture and politics for our own needs.
*Fuddy Meers* By David Lindsay-Abaire Directed by Brian Stevens Edison Theatre November 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16 at 8pm November 10, 15, 16, 17 at 2pm	Claire has a rare form of psychogenic amnesia that erases her memory whenever she goes to sleep. There’s her chipper husband, her pot smoking son, her mother - a recent stroke victim whose speech has been reduced to utter gibberish, and a limping, lisping, half-blind, half-deaf man in a ski mask who pops out from under her bed and claims to be her brother. Hailed by the New York Times as a, “wisecracking, self-conscious dysfunctional family comedy…”, this poignant and brutal comedy traces one woman's attempt to regain her memory while surrounded by a curio-cabinet of alarmingly bizarre characters.
*Renovations* Faculty/Guest Dance Concert Artistic Director: Doris Ressl Acosta University Theatre December 6, 7 at 8pm December 7, 8 at 2pm	We've reached into the choreography vault to revive, restage, and reset our favorite dance pieces. We’ll also create new works based on previous inspirations. Look for thought-provoking and entertaining renovations by Amy Michele Allen, Marco A Carreon, Sarah Cashmore, Jeff Hendrix, Doris Ressl, Kenneth Walker, and our guest artists.

SPRING 2020
*Seven Guitars* By August Wilson Directed by Jozben Barrett University Theatre February 21, 22, 28, 29 at 8pm February 23, March 1 at 2pm	Pittsburgh, 1948. Following the untimely death of Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton, a local blues guitarist on the edge of stardom, friends gather to mourn and grapple with his legacy. The fifth chapter in August Wilson’s epic Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning American Century Cycle, Seven Guitars strikes moving chords of the African American experience in the 20th century: faith, artistry, humor, oppression, brutality, and love.
*The Last Days of Judas Iscariot* By Stephen Adly Guirgis Directed by Kelly Herman Edison Theatre March 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, April 8, 9, 10 at 8pm March 22, 27, April 11 at 2pm	Set in a time-bending, darkly comic world between heaven and hell, the play reexamines the plight and fate of the New Testament’s most infamous and unexplained sinner.
*Translucent* Spring Student Dance Concert Artistic Director: Amy Michele Allen University Theatre May 1, 2 at 8pm May 1, 2, 3 at 2pm	CSUDH Department of Theatre and Dance present its annual Spring Dance Concert, Translucent, an eclectic evening of choreography featuring works that are both artistic and entertaining. See what happens when students turn their inspiration into choreography and create a thought-provoking dance experience.