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Regina Leon (right) and Elizabeth Johnson (left) act out a scene from Sofa Sin Casa
play at SF State on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. (Jeianne Baniqued/Xpress)

Theater production brings housing crisis stories to life

Jeianne Baniqued December 6, 2016

“Sofa Sin Casa (Couch With No Home)” hit the stage on Thursday night in Little Theatre and made politics personal through storytelling and music, addressing the growing issue of San Francisco’s housing...

Alumni theater group Do It Live! Productions puts on small screen play adaptations

Alumni theater group Do It Live! Productions puts on “small screen” play adaptations

Lauren Seward January 27, 2014

[set_id=72157640207891573] A local alumni theater group, in the early stages of a promising third season, gives post-graduate hope to SF State's theatre majors. Do It Live! Productions has brought...

Vanessa Barrantes gets ready before her first showing of Marisol at SF State on Nov. 12, 2021. (Garrett Isley / Golden Gate Xpress)

‘Marisol’ kickstarts theater season on campus

Marlyn Sanchez Nol November 15, 2021

When Vanessa Barrantes received the news that she got the role as lead actor in SF State’s School of Theater and Dance production of “Marisol,” she saw it as an opportunity to interpret the storyline...

Poster of the play “Water by the Spoonful,” by Quiara Alegria Hudes, which was hosted weekends of the 5th and 14th of November. Is SF State Theater departments first entirely virtual production. (Courtesy of Rhonnie Washington.)

Theater department conducts first fully virtual play

Jazzmene Lizardo December 3, 2020

A fighety screen twitched from mundane advertisements to a play. Two characters, meshed together via their Zoom backgrounds, enter frame into the first Zoom play of the school year.  The SF State theater...

Sacramento Natomas, regal movie theater stripped of all upcoming new movie titles that were suppose to come out before the pandemic.

Streaming applications are becoming the new movie theater

Cierra Quintana and Matthew Macgugan May 18, 2020

When the shelter-in-place order was made by Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor London Breed, COVID-19 became the game changer for everyday entertainment—including the movie industry and streaming services.  Over...

Rachel Herscher examines an actors outfit during the costume fitting for the theatre production Hair on Tuesday April 10 2018. (Niko LaBarbera/Golden Gate Xpress)

Student costume designer prepares for production

Valeria Mejia April 18, 2018

Fabric is plastered all over the walls of Room 122 in the Creative Arts building, alive and vibrant. Rachel Herscher is seen scurrying around the room, picking up clothes and accessories from fabric tables...

The SF State cast of A Midsummer Nights Dream on stage of dress rehearsal on April 12, 2017 in San Francisco, Calif. (Alina Castillo/Xpress)

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” gets a makeover in student production

Nicki McClelland April 19, 2017

Eight students took on the roles of 24 major characters in SF State’s School of Theatre and Dance’s production of Shakespeare’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream.” With an added plot twist of their...

Student makes a name for himself in Bay Area theater scene long before graduation

Hannah Mullins September 7, 2014

Blake Cianciarulo never dreamed of working in theater when he was little. His dream began in high school when the drama teacher approached the track team for some help moving a set into the theater for...

Iconic production 'Our Town' hits SF State's Little Theatre

Jonathan Ramos March 12, 2013

Click Here To See Photo Gallery Grover's Corner is a small town populated by 2,642 regular folks. They're mostly a God-fearing people with 85 percent identified as Protestant, 12 percent Catholic...

99 Stock Productions to present "Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness" at SF State

Sean Reichhold September 4, 2012

As if the first couple weeks of school were not crazy enough, 99 Stock Productions is bringing their performance of "Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness" to SF State's Studio Theatre Sept. 7 and...

SF State’s retelling of ‘Othello’ kicks off theater arts season Aug. 30

Adrian Rodriguez August 25, 2012

[HTML1] For the people of Venice and Cyprus — the survivors at least — only a void existed. Civilization was abandoned and brutalized by a catastrophe capsizing everything familiar. In this post-apocalyptic...

San Francisco nonprofit theater group 42nd Steet Moon stays open with help of donations

Kirstie Haruta April 6, 2012

In a city filled to the brim with theatrical and musical talent, 42nd Street Moon stands alone in opening its curtains to the lesser-known but ever-lovable musicals of the 1920s to the 1970s. The nonprofit...

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