| California State University, Sacramento, Department of Theatre & Dance
University Theatre, Shasta Hall, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819
www.csus.edu/pa/directions.html
(916) 278-6368
theatre.dance@csus.edu
www.csus.edu/dram
The Good Woman of Setzuan /
October 16-26, 2008
Three gods come to earth in search of one good person. They find her in Shen Te, a prostitute. With money from the gods she tries to lead a decent life, but her determined attempts to maintain her compassion for her friends and neighbors leads to her downfall. With the help of her hard-hearted cousin she is able to save herself. The Good Woman of Setzuan is an enchanting parable with music, by one of the giants of the modern theatre, the author of The Three Penny Opera, Bertolt Brecht.
The Sacramento State production will include large puppets and masks.
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Picnic /
November 13-23, 2008
When a handsome, mysterious, drifter (Hal) blows into a small Kansas town on Labor Day, he ignites the emotions of the complacent townsfolk and turns their seemingly idealic world upside down. The women, looking for escape, and the men, confused and unsure, take refuge in Hal’s charismatic personality as he brings a source of life and light into their limited existence. Winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Outer Critics Circle Award and the New York Drama Critics Award, Picnic (in stark contrast to the American Dream image so familiar to audiences of the 1950s) has come to be regarded as a pioneering drama for its frank depiction of sexual impropriety and cynical take on the “love conquers all” theory.
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How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying /
March 13-29, 2009
Power, sex, ambition, greed... another day at the office! From the authors of Guys and Dolls comes one of the most delightfully irreverent musicals of all times. A satire of big business and all it holds sacred, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch who uses a little handbook as his guide to climb the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to CEO, tackling such familiar but potent dangers as the aggressively compliant "companyman", the boss' whiney, nepotistic nephew, the office party, backstabbing co-workers, caffeine addition and, of course, true love!
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In The Blood /
April 16-26, 2009
Set "Here and Now," In the Blood is a postmodern re-visioning of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel, The Scarlet Letter. The play follows the daily trials of Hester, an illiterate, single, homeless, African American woman who must find a way to "get a leg up" and rear her five children.
NOTE: This play contains explicit adult situations and may be inappropriate for young audiences.
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