1969 Theatre Archive

A Taste of Honey flyer

  • January 9-12, 1969
  • By Shelagh Delanee
  • Directed by Alice Truscott
  • (Studio Theatre)

An Alpha Psi Omega Fraternity Student Production.

Shakespeare V.S. Shaw flyer

  • February 7-9, 1969
  • By Shakespeare and Shaw
  • Directed by Jeanne Hall
  • (Highlands Playhouse)
  • Reader’s Theatre

The Odd Couple flyer

  • February 28, March 1-2, 7-9, 1969
  • By Neil Simon
  • Directed by James O. Costy
  • (Highlands Playhouse)

The Vindication of Richard III flyer

  • April 3-6, 1969
  • By Moody Blanchard
  • Directed by James Cady
  • (Highlands Playhouse)

An Alpha Psi Omega Fraternity Student Production.

The Barretts of Wimpole Street flyer

  • May 2-4, 1969
  • By Rudolph Bessier
  • Directed by Melvin White
  • (Highlands Playhouse)
  • May 23-25, 30-31, June 1, 1969
  • By Bertolt Brecht
  • Directed by Donald B. Muir
  • (Highlands Playhouse)
  • Faculty Reader's Theatre

Three by Brecht a program of three one-act plays by German Expressionist Bertolt Brecht. "The Jewish Wife" and "The Informer" have been described as miniatures of monstrosity that chronicle the comic as well as the tragic aspects of life under the Third Reich. "The Exception and the Rule" is a musical allegory with special relevance for our times.

The Ransom of Red Chief flyer

  • May 25 & 31, 1969
  • By O. Henry
  • Directed by Jeanne Hall
  • (Cal State Cafeteria)
  • (Chabot College Auditorium)
  • Children’s Theatre

An Italian Straw Hat flyer

  • August 8-10, 15-17, 1969
  • By Eugene Labiche and Marc-Michel
  • Directed by Alice Hatchell
  • (Highlands Playhouse)
  • October 24-26, 1969
  • By George P. McCallum
  • Directed by Melvin R. White
  • (Highlands Playhouse)
  • Reader’s Theatre

Eurydice Legends of Lovers flyer

  • November 28-30, December 5-7, 1969
  • By Jean Anouilh
  • Directed by Donald B. Muir
  • (Highlands Theatre)

Eurydice is a modern treatment of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, and deals with the ephemeral qualities of love.

Pegora, The Witch flyer

  • November 28-29, 1969
  • By Carol Lynn Wright
  • Directed Jeanne Hall
  • (Chabot College Auditorium)
  • Children's Theatre