Whenever CSUDH student and aspiring playwright Wayne Sam needs inspiration or motivation, he glances over at an old typewriter that was given to him by his late grandfather. “He was a writer as well,” says Sam. “He really wanted me to write and pushed me forward. He promised me his old typewriter when he passed. It doesn’t work, but that’s not the point. It’s always there to remind me that there have always been people who believed in me.” All that motivation, inspiration, and belief has led to Sam being awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award at the inaugural Nathan Louis Jackson Playwriting Awards, part of the Kennedy Center’s American College Theater Festival. He won for his ... Read More
Theatre Arts
‘A Surge of Power,’ A Black Lives Matter-Devised Theatre Production, March 11-16
(Carson, Ca.) California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) will host a livestream production of “A Surge of Power,” an original student-written theatre production that gives voice to the rising plea for social equity. The show will run March 11, 12, 13, and 16 at 7 p.m. “A Surge of Power” is one result of the pledge the Department of Theatre and Dance made last summer in support of the Black Lives Matter movement to tell stories that denounce racism and bigotry, and foster empathy for all people. It was developed by Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts Shaunté Caraballo, who directs the production, and CSUDH students Kendall Bryant, Samantha Cope, Trish McCall, and Alex Serrano, ... Read More
CSUDH Presents Shakespeare’s Beloved Comedy, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
(Carson, Calif.) California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) will present Shakespeare's most beloved comedy of love gone wild, “A Midsummer Night's Dream,” as the final play of its 2018-2019 season. The show opens April 12 at 8 p.m. and will run multiple dates through April 20 in CSUDH's Edison Theatre. Directed by CSUDH theatre lecturer Kelly Herman and choreographed by dance lecturer Sarah Cashmore, Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night's Dream” portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta, the former queen of the Amazons. What: “A Midsummer Night's Dream” When: April 12, 13, 17, 18 and 19 at 8 p.m., and April 14 and 20 at 2 ... Read More
CSUDH Play ‘No Exit’ Explores Guilt as the True Nature of Hell
(Carson, Calif.) California State University, Dominguez Hills' (CSUDH) production of Jean Paul Sartre's 1944 existentialist play “No Exit” explores how human interaction can reveal who people truly are and the debt they owe to themselves because of it. The show opens March 1 at 8 p.m. and will run multiple dates through March 17 in the CSUDH Edison Theatre. “No Exit” is set in the afterlife, where two women and one man are sentenced to live together for eternity. They are forced to face their earthly misdeeds and discover the true meaning of Hell. There is no torturer or fire and brimstone. There is only their own guilt to punish them. It is in“No Exit” that Sartre coined the phrase, ... Read More
Outrageous and Satirical ‘Ubu the King’ Opens in the Edison Theatre
WHAT: “Ubu the King,” written by Alfred Jarry. WHEN: November 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 16 at 8 p.m., and November 4, 10, 11, and 17 at 2p.m. WHERE: Edison Theatre, California State University, Dominguez Hills University, 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson, CA 90747. Click here for directions and a printable campus map. TICKETS: $18 for general admission, and $13 for students and senior citizens. For tickets visit www.csudh.edu/theatre/tickets. The play is intended for a mature audience. It includes strong language and adult material. Performance will also feature strobe and smoke effects. (Carson, Calif.) “Ubu the King,” the satirical spoof by Alfred Jarry that dramatically influenced the ... Read More
