Monday, May 16, 2016

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This site is no longer active.  It is now an archive of pre-production information and photos for Theatre, Film & Dance department pro...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

April 2016: Dead Man's Cell Phone

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She doesn’t fall down the rabbit hole or through the looking glass. But in a quiet cafe on an ordinary day, a young woman named Jean inno...

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    The widow (played by Madison Burgett-Feagin) meets Jean (Stephanie Lemon.) Jean is sipping soup in a cafe when the cell phone at a n...

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        Jean and Dwight (Jesse Benefiel), the dead man's brother, bond over paper.   But unlike Alice, Jean enters a Wonderland...

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“From the very beginning, this is a play of surprises. One surprise after another,” says director Michael Thomas. 

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              Dead Man's Cell Phone  has been described as a contemporary fairy tale, a theatrical dream and a fable of the digital a...

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Like many open-hearted plays by Sarah Ruhl, Dead Man's Cell Phone inhabits a special territory between the real and the imagined—and t...

Dead Man's Cell Phone: Cast and Production

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Madison Burgett-Feagin Cast A Woman, Jean : Stephanie Lemon   A Dead Man, Gordon : Anthony DePage   Gordon’s Mother, Mrs. Gottlieb...

Dead Man's Cell Phone: The Director

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“From the very beginning, this is a play of surprises. One surprise after another,” said director Michael Thomas. He gave a series of exam...

Dead Man's Cell Phone: Play and Playwright

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“ A Wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.” —Char...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

April 2016: HSU Dance Concert SOMA SPIRITU

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    Claire Patterson, Bekah Staub, Moira Winchell in “Impulse” by Lauren Baker Exploring the interplay of body and spirit, eight studen...
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         Austin Silvaong in “Self-Refraction” by Kassie Guimapang. To express relationships of the body (“soma”) and spirit (“spiritu”)...

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Claire Patterson in her solo dance “magna feminem artifex.” How do social problems affect us, physically and spiritually? Claire Patters...

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    Ginger Greenlee, Lisa Drew, Moira Winchell, Nathalie Mostrel, Kassie Guimapang, Bekah Staub in “Idiosyncrasy” by Emily Mensing. Emil...

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    Austin Silavong, Eric Sorensen, Emily Mensing, Lauren Baker, Erika Barnet, Ginger Greenlee, Sarah Martin in Lisa Drew's "Pas...

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    Back row: Myranda Dominguez, Bekah Staub, Gino Bloomberg, Sarah Martin,    Moira Winchell Front row: Austin Silavong, Cary Alexis Turn...

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          Ambar Cuevas in "Gratia Incarnare by Jonny Wisan Jonny Wisan presents a spiritual narrative, Linda Maxwell depicts the hi...

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Ashley Carillo, Kassie Guimapang in "It's the Rhythm" by Linda Maxwell A silent auction will be held on the second Saturda...

SOMA SPIRITU: The Dances

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   Until We Are Lost Choreographer: Megan Newbold A journey through confusion and loss of self into renewal and self-discovery-- “Not...

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“magna feminam artifex” Choreographer: Claire Patterson A postmodern work grappling with the institutionalized sexism of the art worl...

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     Megan Newbold, Lisa Drew, Kassie Guimapang, Lauren Baker, Emily Mensing Irresolution Choreographer: Moira Winchell A contempora...

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     Impulse Choreographer: Lauren Baker A blend of classical ballet and contemporary movement. It is an abstract exploration of the...

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    Bekah Staub, Ginger Greenlee, Lisa Drew, Nathalie Mostrel, Kassie Guimapang, Moira Winchell Idiosyncrasy  Choreographer: Emily Men...

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    Claire Patterson, Austin Silavong, Sarah Martin, Ginger Greenlee, Emily Mensing. Passing Through Choreographer: Lisa Drew Focusi...

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                                               Ambar Cuevas Gratia Incarnare Choreographer: Jonny Wisan Danced from the perspective ...

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    Emily Mensing, Moira Winchell, Bekah Staub, Gino Bloomberg, Myranda Dominguez   Self-Refraction Choreographer: Kassie Guimapang ...

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                                  Ashley Carillo, Kassie Guimapang It's The Rhythm… ( Jazz Through The Ages) Choreographer: Linda...

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    f ront: Ayanna Wilson, Kassie Guimapang. back: Lisa Drew, Lauren Baker, Ginger    Greenlee, Kimberly Henderson, Emily Mensing, Roots...
Monday, February 29, 2016

February 2016: Jungalbook

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The gym teacher—a big bear of a man—surveys his fourth and fifth graders at recess, inert and buried in smart phones and laptops on their ...
Friday, February 12, 2016

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Packed with action, comedy and magic, unfolding in short, fast-paced scenes, the Jungalbook story centers on the coming of age of Mowgli (...

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Matthew Hern, Camille Borrowdale, Jenna Donahue.  All actors are HSU students. Now Mowgli is ten, befriended by Baloo the bear (Matt...

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Other themes include loyalty, trust, friendship and dealing with fear. Moving the jungle to “the blackboard jungle” also focuses a conte...

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“There are a lot of light moments in the play, moments of joy and humor and pleasure,” Lescher said. “But also some heavy and darker mo...

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Jungalbook runs about 75 minutes. In addition to public performances, more than 600 students from Eureka, Arcata and McKinleyville e...

Jungalbook: Our Cast and Production

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The Cast Baloo : Matthew Hern Bagheera : Bryan Kashon Sherakhan : Jenna Donahue Mowgli : Camille Borrowdale Akela : Hanah Toyoda ...

Jungalbook: The Director

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Director Troy Lescher A s the HSU production of  Jungalbook got closer to opening night, the cast was working on fight choreography and...