Cal Poly students combined engineering and theater to build a haunted house on campus this Halloween through a collaboration between Cal Poly Amusement Park Engineering Design (CAPED) and Student Stage. The Haunted House opens Friday night and will also be open on Halloween Night. The project began last spring, with students developing engineering plans, designing […]
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Cal Poly theatre and dance department to host spring “One Act Festival” event
The plays showcase various genres ranging from comedy, to drama and horror. Some highlight characters’ experiences getting in touch with their emotions or portray a family working through troubled relationships.
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‘It’s marginalizing the already marginalized classes’: How lack of space on campus affects two departments in one building
When the time arrived to pick a college, Christian Cueto had three main criteria: A good engineering program, a good surrounding area and the ability to keep playing music. Cal Poly checked his boxes and the band especially was “a huge reason why I came here.”
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How a student-directed production made it to the stage
For nearly a year, theatre arts senior Rachel Kupfer-Weinstein was always on the move. She had to be, she was directing a play.
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Theater Department cancels fall play after being unable to find a diverse and representative cast
On Sep. 28, the Theatre and Dance Department Chair Josh Machamer sent an email out to the department informing them that they were cancelling the fall production of “Haroun and the Sea of Stories” after the cast and crew had already begun rehearsing for the play. The cancellation was due to the fact that the […]
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Review: ‘Synergy’ explores the human condition through dance
Built upon familiar themes of love, tension, pain, lust and joy, the Orchesis Dance Company created a collection of finely tuned jazz, ballet, hip-hop and contemporary numbers at their 47th annual dance concert “Synergy,” which opened in the Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre on Friday. The show opened with student-choreographed “Solo/Together.” During the number, no […]
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“Cosi” shows the powerful effect of theater
Theater takes you out of the real world and into a new one. This power is as unique as the stories theater tells. Often you can relate your own experiences to those expressed in a play and sometimes you’re even transported to a different time, place and world for a few hours. The theatre and […]
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Your guide to the ‘Cosi’ characters and set
“Cosi” by Louis Norwa premieres Thursday, Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. in Spanos Theatre. The show runs for the weekends of Nov. 10-12 and Nov. 15-17. Tickets are available for purchase at tickets.calpoly.edu and are $12 for students, groups and seniors and $20 for general admission. “Cosi” is the story of a young student named […]
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‘Spike Heels’ tackles love triangles, sexism and fabulous shoes
Relationships are messy.
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A balancing act: Theatre and dance department to present ‘Spike Heels’
Have you been feeling disconnected from those around you lately?
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Theatre and dance department coming to a ‘CrossRoads’ with fall production
To prepare for the theatre and dance department’s fall production, “CrossRoads,” the cast went the distance … literally.