Past Productions

PAST PRODUCTIONS (Spring 2024 - Fall 2017)

SPRING 2024

Special Event: The Panza Monologues | Directed by Sophia Hernandez; Supervising Director, Tanya Kane-Parry| Arena Theatre

Macbeth | Written by William Shakespeare | Directed by Stephen Rothman | State Playhouse

The Night Shift | Written by Kaitlyn Avila | Guest Directed by Susan Dalian | Intimate Theatre at the Luckman Complex

FALL 2023

Chasing Tailfeathers | Written by Dr. Carolyn Dunn | Guest Directed by Katie Rich | State Playhouse

Something Rotten! | Book by Karey Kirkpatrick & John O'Farrel; Music & Lyrcis by Wayne Kirkpatrick & Karey Kirkpatrick | Guest Directed by Meredith Greenburg | State Playhouse

Eurydice | Written by Sarah Ruhl | Directed by Henry Meza | Arena Theatre

SPRING 2023

John Lion New Plays Festival Reading Series | Festival Director: Dr. Carolyn Dunn | Music Hall

Stupid F**king Bird | Written by Aaron Posner | Guest Directed by Susan Dalian | State Playhouse

Fighting Back! | Directed by Tanya Kane-Parry | King Hall Studio 1

FALL 2022

Loop Group, or, Shia LaBeouf's Version | Written by Bernardo Cubria | Guest Directed by Randee Trabitz | Intimate Theatre at the Luckman Complex

References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot | Written by Jose Rivera | Guest Directed by Alma Martinez | State Playhouse

Keely and Du | Written by Jane Martin | Directed by Laura Dickinson-Turner | Arena Theatre

SPRING 2022

Los Faustinos | Written by Bernardo Solano | Directed by Roberto Alcaraz | State Playhouse

Soledad | Written by Dr. Carolyn Dunn | Guest Directed by Sarah dAngelo | King Hall Studio 1

FALL 2021

Old Blood | Written by Ruben Gabriel Hernandez (Alumni, BA in Theatre) | Directed by Stephen Rothman | Filmed in the Theatre Building at Cal State LA

Does He Like Black Girls? | Written by Veronica Driscoll (BA, Theatre /Performance) | Guest Directed by Melissa Coleman-Reed | Intimate Theatre at the Luckman Complex

Invisible Women | Written by Pamela August Russell (MFA in TVFT/Writing) | Directed by Yasmeen Al Kayed (MFA in TVFT/Content Creation) | Intimate Theatre at the Luckman Complex

SPRING 2021

Urinetown, the Musical | by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollman | Directed by Meredith Greenburg | Virtually Presented

The John Lion New Play Festival | 13 short plays written, directed, and performed by CalStateLA students | Virtually Presented

Dreaming of Our Future/Soñando de Nuestro Futuro | Created and Developed by CalStateLA Students | Directed by Tanya Kane-Parry | Virtually Presented

FALL 2020

See What I See | Devised by Students in the Art, Music, and Theatre & Dance Departments | Facilitated by Tanya Kane-Parry | Virtually Presented

War of the Worlds | A play by Ben Hernandez, based on the novel by H.G. Wells | Directed by Stephen Rothman | Virtually Presented

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time | A play by Simon Stephens, based on the novel by Mark Haddon | Directed by Jonathan Muñoz-Proulx | Virtually Presented

Another F Word | Written by Matt Stepan | Directed by Adam Ferguson | Virtually Presented

Hotel Paraiso | Devised/Improvised Performance Based on Real Stories | Directed by Sylke Rene Meyer | Virtually Presented

SPRING 2020

Spring Dance Concert | Virtually Presented

Bloodless | Written by Nicholas Walker Herbert | Directed by Steve Rothman | Arena Theatre

Dreaming of Our Future | Created by | Directed by Tanya Kane-Parry | Fine Arts Gallery

FALL 2019

Fall Dance Concert | State Playhouse

Angels in America | Written by Tony Kushner | Directed by Randee Trabitz | State Playhouse

Funnyhouse of a Negro | Written by Adrienne Kennedy | Directed by Shonni Holmes | King Hall Studio 1

SPRING 2019

Spring Dance Concert | Directed by Hae Kyung Lee | Intimate Theatre at the Luckman

The Unseen Hand | Written by Sam Shepard | Directed by Steve Rothman | State Playhouse

She Kills Monsters | Written by Qui Nguyen | Directed by Sara Guerrero | State Playhouse

FALL 2018

Student Choreography Concert | Directed by Hae Kyung Lee | King Hall Studio 1

Antigone | Written by Sophocles | Directed by James Hatfield | Intimate Theatre at the Luckman

we, the invisibles | Written by Susan Soon He Stanton | Directed by Randee Trabitz | State Playhouse

Strange Loops (improvised new work) | Coordinated by Sylke Meyer | Arena Theatre

Guerrilla Theatre Workshop | Coordinated by Heironymous Bang | Arena Theatre

SPRING 2018

Spring Dance Concert | Directed by Hae Kyung Lee | Intimate Theatre at the Luckman

The 20th John Lion New Plays Festival | Intimate Theatre at the Luckman

Hamlet | Written by William Shakespeare | Arena Theatre

The Dead Guy | Written by Eric Coble | Directed by Leslie Ishii | Arena Theatre

FALL 2017

Moving Dance Images | Directed by Hae Kyung Lee | King Hall Studio 1

Performance Salon (A Series of Staged Readings) | Coordinated/directed by Theresa Larkin

Fuente Ovejuna | Written by Lope De Vega | Directed by Anna Estrada of Spain's Institut de Teatre | King Hall Studio 1

Holy, Seductive Dance | Written and Directed by Staci Mitchell; adapted from the novel Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe | Arena Theatre