Golden Gate Xpress

C Lo’s Movie Reviews: Who knew self-destruction could be so beautiful?

Cesar Lopez • February 28, 2018

I’ve been to the depths of my mind to try and feel safer but all I eerily get is uneasy and scared. What could I do to help myself and not try to peel away my skin? It helps me feel like I’m awake;...

Eye popping play premiers

Aria Brock • December 13, 2017

From twerking, Trump and penises to the gender swapped roles, Lysistrata, the musical of the season at SF State, stepped forward to make a statement on stage. Based on an ancient story based around...

Campus-wide power outage leads to cancelled classes

Janel Jackson-Oliver • November 30, 2017

A campus power outage led to several servers being down, wifi out, flickering lights and canceled classes on SF State’s campus on Thursday, Nov. 29. The campus-wide power outage began at 1 p.m due...

Laramie: the show went on

Aria Brock • October 25, 2017

The Laramie Project, a production at SF State by the theater department, was supposed to open on Thursday, Oct. 12. However, like the rest of campus due to the fires, the play was shut down and opened...

Freshman finishes first year with Chicago performance

Aaron Levy-Wolins, Xpress Magazine Photo Editor • May 17, 2017

As he swung his hips around, dressed in a dazzling, sparkling outfit, drama major Nick Christman sent the audience spiraling into laughter. The 19-year-old freshman performed the role of the court clerk...

Alumni’s horror film, “The Night Shift” screened at film festival

Roxanne Hernandez • April 12, 2017

SF State alumni and cinema major Adam Gold, 25, had the opportunity to screen a film made during his time in college at the International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival in Phoenix this weekend. The...

Professor makes Shakespeare accessible, modern

Jacqueline Haudek • November 7, 2016

In a darkened room of The Flight Deck theater in Oakland, actors entered the stage speaking multiple languages while moving around a post-apocalyptic set filled with debris and rubble. This twist on...

Annual Greenhouse Theatre Festival brings scripts to life

Ashley Bowen • April 19, 2016

An awakened puppet, a lovable narcissist, a crippled coal miner and online lovers – these are just a few characters that will soon jump from page to stage at the annual Greenhouse Theatre Festival. Plays...

Chekhov’s ‘Seagull’ takes flight at SF State’s Little Theatre

Jeremy Porr • March 4, 2016

"10 minutes to curtain!" the stage manager enthusiastically shouts into a backstage dressing room where an array of theatre students hurriedly rush to apply their make-up and rehearse lines before the...

Queering the Castro brings stories of Intimacy into public spaces

Eva Barragan • October 28, 2015

What is the purpose of spoken word or performance art? For some, performance art serves as a tool to merely express their frustrations. For the queer, trans, people of color participating in Radar's Queering...

Roommates and co-stars lead main stage in Stop Kiss

Isabella Ohlmeyer • October 5, 2015

The familiar sound of popcorn kernels firing away in the microwave signals the beginning of movie night at the home of SF State theatre majors Lauren "Lo" Prentiss and Rosie Anderson. While the two share...

SF state’s fringe plays begins with absinthe green

Isabella Ohlmeyer • September 15, 2015

Absinthe Green, a dramatic production teeming with mystery, obsession and gunplay, will open the Fringe Goes Long series Sept. 25. Fringe Goes Long, SF State's annual series of full-length, one-act...