Cal Poly Theatre and Dance students are putting the finishing touches on their production of “Urinetown” at Spanos Theatre, which opens Thursday, Feb. 26 and runs through March 5.
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Polaris: Students direct, perform and choreograph dance show at Cal Poly
17 dancers glided across the stage as if they were in a long dream in the opening sequence of the Polaris Dance Concert, with music that the choreographer Emily Olster hoped to be “a little bit strange.”
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‘Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play’ at Spanos Theatre
Next weekend Cal Poly Theatre & Dance is putting on a production of “Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play,” at Spanos Theatre.
According to the event description, the show’s plot follows a group of survivors after the collapse of civilization. The group shares a campfire and attempts to piece together the plot of The Simpsons episode “Cape Feare” entirely from memory, this then leads into a future where these stories become legend.
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A modern take on an ancient Greek play comes to Cal Poly this weekend
The Theatre & Dance department director said its newest production, Lysistrata, is “a sexually charged power grab of epic proportions.” In a new, modern translation, the one-act play is more than a comedy about sex.
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‘4,000 Miles’ explores the unlikely friendship of a 21-year-old and a 91-year-old
The theatre and dance department will open its drama,”4,000 Miles,” Nov. 2 at Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre.
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‘Pirates of Penzance’ captures jovial spirit of the operetta
Much of the operetta relied on comedic timing, which the students delivered, much to the audience’s delight.
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Students to make directorial debuts in one act plays
Cal Poly student directors will debut their one act plays June 4 and 5.