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1998 Theatre Archive
- March 6-8, 12-15 1998
- Book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
- Music by Stephen Glaherty
- Directed by Karis Griffin
- Associated Director: Edgardo de la Cruz
- (Univ. Theatre)
A captivating musical legend of romance between a peasant girl and a rich boy from the city whom she saves from certain death. A Caribbean retelling of “The Little Mermaid.”
- April 3 1998
- Organized by Regina Kate & Edgardo de la Cruz
- (Univ. Theatre)
The 10th anniversary of the Cal State Hayward Campus Follies is an event, which features variety show acts by Cal State employees. They will raise money for student scholarships.
- April 18 1998
- Organized by Regina Kate & Edgardo de la Cruz
Theatre & Dance present the annual festival were high school students from around the area compete for best individual scene and best design.
- May 16-17 1998
- Adapted by Aurand Harris
- Directed by Priscilla Page
- (Univ. Theatre)
This Aesop fable about a lion and a mouse is retold for the stage by the award-winning children’s writer Aurand Harris. In this delightful adaptation, it is a young Roman slave, Androcles, who removes a thorn from the lion’s paw.
- May 14-17 1998
- By Eric Bogosian
- Directed by Ric Prindle
- (Univ. Theatre)
A contemporary dram reflecting the anger and violence of the mean streets by award-winning author “Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll,” and “Talk Radio.”
- May 22-23 1998
- A musical dram in two acts
- By John Niec
- (Univ. Theatre)
Set several hundred years in the future, “Eighteen Months to Earth” takes place inside a small space craft returning to Earth after a 60-year mission, carrying James, a young man born and orphaned in space.
- May 28-30 1998
- Directed by Laura Renaud-Wilson
- (Univ. Theatre)
This is a year-end review of contemporary dance choreographed by faculty and guest choreographers. A rollicking showcase of contemporary dance.
- June 4-7 1998
- (Studio Theatre)
- Annual Showcase produced and directed by advanced theatre students.
- June 9 1998
- June 15 1998
- By Photo Photiades
- (Studio Theatre)
Selections from the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides performed in the ancient language of the poets.
- June 17 1998
- By Euripides
- Directed by Ric Prindle
A powerful classic of western civilization—a story of ecstasy and violence, erotic frenzy and destruction.
- June 26-27 1998
- Choreographed by Nicole Alsup and Deborah Anderson
- (Studio Theatre)
A senior dance concert.
- July 19 1998
- July 24 1998
San Francisco’s hottest improv troupe.
- July 25, 1998
- (Univ. Theatre)
- July 31, August 1,7-9 1998
- By Thornton Wilder
- Directed by Leo Rodriguez
- (Studio Theatre)
I have found a strong fascination with the part “way down deep that’s eternal about every human being.” In a time we are constantly running and constantly trying to connect it is especially important to remember that our strongest connections lie in one another, the human connection—Leo Rodriguez
- August 14-16, 21-23 1998
- By Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Directed by Ric Prindle
- (Univ. Theatre)
The authors of Jesus Christ Superstar have created a soft rock fantasy from the biblical story of Joseph and his brethren and turned this ancient tale into a rollicking pastiche of vaudevillian turns, country and western, calypso, 50’s rock and roll and acid rock.
- October 30-31, November 6-8 1998
- A U.S Premiere
- By Donna Spector
- Directed by Edgardo de la Cruz
- (Studio Theatre)
Three women—a mother and her two daughters—set up a lavish dinner for a father’s return. In the process of waiting they go through their histories, exorcising the forces that limited their potential as women, and so eventually freeing themselves from themselves.
- November 13-14, 20-22 1998
- By William Shakespeare
- Directed by Ric Prindle
- (Univ. Theatre)
The themes are still current—faithlessness, deception, and ambition. The play has everything a modern audience would wish for: witches, treachery, murder, and enough blood to satisfy the most ghoulish of audiences.
- December 11-12 1998
- By Charles Dickens
- Adapted by Robert Knight
- Directed by Christine Plowright
- Choreographed by Deborah Anderson
- (Univ. Theatre)
This timeless Dickens’ tale follows miserly Ebenezer Scrooge through a long, dark winter night, until he is transformed and discovers the true spirit of Christmas. Bring the Family.