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.