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Isabel Peña working in the CSUSB Ronald E. Barnes Theatre.
August 23, 2022

Isabel Peña is the first CSUSB student to earn the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) fellowship in stage management, both regionally and nationally.

A rendering of the new Performing Arts Center
August 19, 2022

The nearly $127 million construction project will add a new Performing Arts Center and is scheduled to open during the 2024-25 academic year. The ceremony has been moved indoors due to extreme heat in the forecast, and is set for 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, in the Santos Manuel Student Union South.

Chemical science building, Faculty in the News
July 14, 2022

Codi Lazar (geological science), Riguad Joseph (social work), Brian Levin (criminal justice), David Yaghoubian (history), Stuart Sumida (biology), Fadi Muheidat (computer sciences), Kristi Papailler (theatre arts) and Wagner Prado (kinesiology) were mentioned in recent news coverage.

Yutong Liu using VR in the CSUSB xREAL Lab
July 11, 2022

The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting is a premier event where faculty, IT personnel and industry partners explore different technology-driven approaches to broad learning issues and share expertise across institutions.

Photo from the CSUSB opera presentation of “I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky.”
May 3, 2022

CSUSB’s Opera Theatre presents “I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky,” set in Los Angeles circa 1994 during the Northridge earthquake, on Thursday, May 5, and Friday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Recital Hall.

Faculty in the News
May 2, 2022

Theatre arts professors Tom Provenzano and Kathryn Ervin are directing two productions in repertory through May 15 at CSUSB’s Barnes Theater. Provenzano is directing “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” and Ervin is directing “Lucky Stiff.”

Cast of "Lucky Stiff"
April 20, 2022

From April 22 to May 15, the theatre department will run a futuristic adaptation of William Shakespeare’s comedy, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” alongside the musical comedy “Lucky Stiff.”

Johanna Smith with her puppets
April 14, 2022

Johanna Smith’s book has been selected for the Nancy Straub Award for Excellence in Publication on the Art of Puppetry, which honors works that are exemplary contributions that forward the field of puppetry.

Art sculpture, Faculty in the News
March 11, 2022

Andre Harrington (theatre arts), Brian Levin (criminal justice) and Anthony Silard (public administration) were included in recent news coverage.