Cal State San Bernardino’s Department of Theatre Arts will cap off the university’s 50th Anniversary season of productions with Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows’ “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” which opened on June 3.
Directed by CSUSB professor Tom Provenzano, the play follows the meteoric rise of young J. Pierrepont Finch from ambitious window washer to vice president of advertising at the World-Wide Wicket Company, all thanks to the morally bankrupt advice found in a book titled “How to Succeed in Business …”
As he climbs the corporate ladder, Finch begins to jeopardize not only his career, but also his blossoming romance with secretary Rosemary Pilkington.
This musical production set in the 1960s is a satirical tale of ambition, capitalism, caffeine addiction and questionable ethics. “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” opened Friday, June 3 at 8 p.m., with additional performances on:
- Saturday, June 4, at 2 p.m. (sold out) and 8 p.m.;
- Sunday, June 5, at 8 p.m.;
- Thursday, June 9, at 8 p.m.;
- Friday, June 10, at 8 p.m.;
- Saturday, June 11, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and
- Sunday, June 12, at 2 p.m.
Individual and season tickets may be purchased from the CSUSB Theatre Arts Box Office by phone at (909) 537-5884, or online.
Tickets start at $6 for students and children under 17; $12 for faculty, staff, senior citizens and military; $15 for adults. Performances take place in the Ronald E. Barnes Theatre on the CSUSB campus. Parking at CSUSB is $6 Monday-Friday and $3 on the weekend.
Set in the foothills of the beautiful San Bernardino Mountains, CSUSB is a preeminent center of intellectual and cultural activity in inland Southern California. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2015-2016, CSUSB serves more than 20,000 students each year and graduates about 4,000 students annually.
For more information about Cal State San Bernardino, contact the university’s Office of Strategic Communication at (909) 537-5007 and visit news.csusb.edu.