Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The New Season Cometh!

The 2009-2010 season at HSU begins with CITY OF ANGELS, the Tony Award-winning musical by Cy Coleman, Larry Gelbart and David Zippel. Once again, HSU Department of Theatre Film & Dance combines forces with the HSU Department of Music to present this vibrant and witty show on the Van Duzer Theatre stage. Rae Robison is the stage director, Elisabeth Harrington the musical director. It happens Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, October 22-24 and 29-31.

Next up is a first-look screening of a new feature film, THE MUSIC INSIDE, with script by Michael Van Wagenen, directed by HSU film professor David Scheerer. HSU faculty and students participated in creating scenes filmed at HSU and elsewhere around the North Coast. This will be the first time an audience sees this movie, and maybe the last time before it hits the film festival circuit. Screenings are just one weekend: November 13 and 14.

THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO, an "achingly funny assault on the vanities, inanities and insanities of family life" by Christopher Durang, will be directed by Jody Sekas and performed in the Gist Hall Theatre December 3-5 and 10-12.

Second semester, in addition to the spring dance production (April-15-17), the Humboldt Film Festival (April 19-25) and the annual Ten Minute Play Festival (April 29-30, May 1; May 6-8), will feature two plays:

THE HOMECOMING, a classic drama by Harold Pinter, directed by John Heckel, will play the Studio Theatre stage on February 25-27 and March 4-6.

STEFANIE HERO, a fantasy by Mark Medoff, directed by Jyl Hewston, is performed in Gist Hall Theatre April 1-3 and 8-10.

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