Staging the show: Part 3

By Collegian Staff • May 9, 2010

In Part 3 of Staging the Show, J. Daniel Herring, director of “Time Again in Oz,” talks about the production of the show.

Staging the show: Part 2

By Collegian Staff • May 7, 2010

In Part 2 of Staging the Show, actors in the musical “Time Again in Oz,” which opens today, reveal what is involved behind the scenes.

Staging the show: Part 1

By Collegian Staff • Jan 31, 2010

In the Part 1 of Staging the Show, Fresno State students audition for the musical "Time Again in Oz."

Sew far, sew good

By Sara Almario • Oct 16, 2009

A play without costumes is like a cupcake without frosting. For the productions at Fresno State, the university theater costume shop provides that topping.

“Picnic” challenges social norms

By Bethany Rangel • Sep 28, 2009

“Life will never be the same when a handsome, mysterious stranger jumps off a train and into the lives of a group of women in a small, mid-western town,” according to playwright William Inge’s production of “Picnic.”

When things go horribly wrong just laugh it off

By Valerie Nevens • May 8, 2009

Count Dracula emerges on stage ready to drain the veins of another victim, but just as he aims for the jugular, the unthinkable occurs—his plastic fangs fall out and go down the front of the victim’s blouse.

“The Piano Lesson”

By Erin O’Brien • Feb 25, 2009

The department of theatre arts is celebrating Black History Month with a production of the haunting drama “The Piano Lesson.”

University Theatre: Shiloh Rules

By Tori Pollock • Nov 3, 2008

The morning of Apr. 6, 1862, there was a major battle of the Civil War. The Confederates launched a surprise attack on the Union, and the Union almost won.

“Single…” woman finds identity

By Sarah A. Peterson • Mar 7, 2008

“Blacula,” “Foxy Brown,” “Coffy” — these retro posters for Blaxploitation films help set the stage — literally — for University Theatre’s production of Jeannette Jackson-McNeil’s “Single Black Female, Looking…” about one woman’s search for love via a personal ad in the Bay Area circa 1973.

Student actors take on ‘Doubt: A Parable’

By Shirley Lau • Nov 2, 2007

A Broadway play that has garnered a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award will have its Fresno debut on campus tonight, making Fresno State one of the few colleges to bring the script to life. John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt: A Parableâ€Â is the second production this season for University Theatre.