1984 Theatre Archive

• January 28-29, 1984
• Trilogy of short Japanese folk stories
• Directed by Rochelle Lum and Kathy Accord
• (Studio Theatre)

The Princess of the Sea, told the story of a fisherman, Harasamitado, who was lured to an undersea kingdom of a princess. The Magic Fan, after tricking two children out of a magic fan, the badger made a beautiful girl’s nose long. He then offered to return her nose to its original state in return for the girl's hand in marriage. The Peach Boy, told of a brave young boy who saved his town by conquering an evil ogre.

• February 10-11, 17-18, 1984
• By George Well
• Directed by Ralph Salgado
• (Studio Theatre)
• Reader's Theatre

• February 10 & 17, 1984
• By James McClure
• (Univ. Union)
• (Univ. Theatre Courtyard)

Alpha Psi Omega presents its second Brown Bag Theatre production. Lone Star is basically a comedy about two buffoonish brothers and their nightly alcoholic binges in an alley behind a down home bar in Maynard, Texas.

• March 2-4, 8-11, 1984
• Book by Arthur Laurents
• Music by Leonard Bernstein
• Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
• Directed by Will Huddleston
• (Univ. Theatre)

Taking place in the bowels of New York in the 1950 s, a group of streetwise youths, the Jets, fight to defend their turf from a gang of immigrating Puerto Ricans, the Sharks. A delicate balance spring 1983-other directed production.

• April 28, 1984

High School participants will perform scenes and soliloquies from selected plays, and a workshop will feature Queen Elizabeth and her court.

• May 11-13, 18-19, 1984
• By Arthur Schnitzler's
• Directed by Edgardo de la Cruz
• (Studio Theatre)

This is a somber and melancholy portrayal of men and women in turn-of-the-century Viennese society and the sexual looseness of loveless relationships that reduces all encounters to physical pleasure without regard to feelings.

• June 1-2, 1984
• By Robert Anderson
• (Univ. Theatre)

A piece about the pains of growing up, an essay on expectations, standards and the fear of failure versus the demands of being human.

• June 8-9, 1984
• Supervised by Will Huddleston
• (Studio Theatre)
• Student directed plays

• November 2-4, 9-10, 1984
• By Rose Leiman Goldemberg
• Directed by Ralph Salgado
• (Studio Theatre)

A two woman drama detailing the tragic life and death of American Poet Sylvia Plath.

• August 17-19, 24-26, 1984
• By William Pratt
• Adapted by Fred Carmichael
• Directed by Regina Cate
• (Univ. Theatre)

The Story revolves around a small tavern and the changes that occur when alcohol becomes the passion of the townsmen --- young box become alcoholics and respected men lose their fortunes to the villain Green.

• July 20-22, 27-28, 1984
• By A.R Gurney
• Directed by Edgardo de la Cruz
• (Univ. Theatre)

This play contains a series of vignettes that take place in a dining room where upper middle class dilemmas attitude are portrayed.

• August 3-5, 10-11, 1984
• By Ed Graczyk
• Directed by Regina Cate and Daniel Q. Sipsy
• (Studio Theatre)

The action revolves around five women who are all a part of the Jimmy Dean fan club. They are holding a reunion celebrating the 20th anniversary of the star's death.

• November 16-17, 23-24, 1984
• By Michael Lynch
• Directed by Ric Prindle
  (Univ. Theatre)

Ric Prindle's first Cal State Hayward production. "It’s a trilogy, with three different stories that are interconnected; it has a live country western band that intermingles the three stories. It's a broad panorama of a town that shows people dealing with a crisis, when oil runs dry" say Lynch.