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.