Theatre and Dance

Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge that our department and the 绿帽换妻 campus is on the ancestral land
of the Yrgin Chochenyo Ohlone People. We pay respects to the Ohlone people, past,
present, and future.

We invite you to reflect on the history of the lands and waterways we are all privileged to gather on. We also invite you to reflect on the legacies of colonization embedded within the technologies we use—how some pieces of technology are not available in many poor, marginalized and Indigenous communities, and how many of our technologies leave a carbon footprint that disproportionally affect poor, marginalized, and Indigenous communities. We invite everyone to take some time to consider our roles in reconciliation, decolonization and allyship.

To learn more about this land and how to directly support Ohlone people by paying a Shuumi Land Tax:

Our Department

The Theatre and Dance Department has a performance-oriented program offering undergraduate students, unparalleled opportunity to perform in major department productions beginning in their first year. Our campus is the most diverse in the entire CSU system and we have one of the most innovative theatre and dance curriculums in the state.

Former students work professionally and hold teaching positions locally and across the nation in Acting, Dance, Technical Theater, Design and Stage Management.

Single Subject Dance and Theatre Teaching Credential Program

Welcome to Cal State East Bay, where your journey to becoming a Theatre or Dance teacher is ready to take off!

Are you a teaching artist excited to train the next generation of performing artists?

Are you tired of seeing talent, creativity and drive dampened by lack of opportunity or access?

Do you believe in the power of public education?

Then join us! We are looking for teachers like you.

To find out more about our Dance and Theatre Credential Program go to our page.

Find out more about our Single Subject Teaching Credential

2024 - 2025 Season of Events

Welcome to Almost, Maine, a town that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States—it’s almost in Canada. And it almost doesn’t exist. Because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it’s just…Almost.

One cold, clear Friday night in the middle of winter, while the northern lights hover in the sky above, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. Love is lost, found, and confounded. And life for the people of Almost, Maine will never be the same.

ALMOST, MAINE: It’s love. But not quite.

ALMOST, MAINE was developed at the Cape Cod Theater Project in 2002, and received its world premiere at Portland Stage Company, where it broke box office records and garnered critical acclaim. ALMOST, MAINE opened Off Broadway in the winter of 2005/2006 at the Daryl Roth Theatre. To date, ALMOST, MAINE has been produced by over 5000 theater companies in the United States (and by over 100 companies internationally) making it one of the most frequently produced plays of the past decade.

There is NO LATE SEATING FOR THIS EVENT:

Friday and Saturday, October 4 – 5 and 11 and 12 at 7:30pm

Sunday, October 13 at 2pm

TICKETS: $ 15 – General

$ 10 – Seniors 55+, Military, Faculty, Staff and Students at any educational institution

$ 5 绿帽换妻 Students

Tickets now on sale at: Showtix4u.com (type in CSU East Bay)

(online sales cut off is 12 pm on day of show)

Closest parking lots are K and L

Parking is free after 5pm Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday

For questions, call the Theatre and Dance Department at 510-885-3118

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