DMT Achievements

William English III, Irma Gill Yañez, and Troy Lescher

Dance, Music & Theatre

William English III ('19), Irma Gill Yañez ('19), and Dr. Troy Lescher published the "Doctoral Projects in Progress in Theatre Arts, 2019" report in the June 2019 edition of Theatre Journal [Association of Theatre in Higher Education].

Alec Cole, Peter Blickensderfer, Madi Kaisan

Dance, Music & Theatre

Congratulations to HSU Film Students whose films are finalists in the 2019 CSU Media Arts Festival. Alec Cole for his film A TEMPLE TO COMEDY. Peter Blickensderfer and Madi Kaisan for their film DANH TINH.

Rae Robison

Dance, Music & Theatre

Theatre Professor Rae Robison has been invited and will attend the Dorothy Richard's Educators Luncheon and Roundtable at UCLA on June 2, 2019. The event, hosted by Deborah Nadoolman-Landis (costume designer of Indiana Jones among others), facilitates best practices in teaching Costume Design for Film & Television.

Harry Liddic

Dance, Music & Theatre

Harry Liddic received a certificate of honor and 5th Place Short Screenplay in the CSU Media Arts Festival for The Battle of Tewkesbury. This script was developed in FILM 350 Writing for Film with Prof. David Scheerer. Harry is in the over 60s program at HSU.

Amy Beltran, Sammi Stowe, and Dr. Troy Lescher

Dance, Music & Theatre

Amy Beltrán (Theatre major), Sammi Stowe (Theatre major), and Dr. Troy Lescher (TFD) researched, edited, and published the "Doctoral Projects in Progress in Theatre Arts, 2018" report in the June 2018 edition of Theatre Journal [Association of Theatre in Higher Education].

Roman Sanchez

Dance, Music & Theatre

Roman Sanchez – HSU Theatre Arts Senior

At the National Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, held in Washington, D.C., Roman Sanchez was honored to receive the ASTEP scholarship - an all expense paid trip to attend the Artist as Citizen Conference at Juilliard this summer. He also received the National Arts Impact Award (Cash prize, all-expense-paid trip back to DC to speak on behalf of arts activism to Congress).

As a bonus he was able to be mentored by Deans of YALE's School of Theatre Management, Vicki Nolan & Kelvin Dinkins Jr., and have powerful, one-on-one conversations with Jane Alexander, David Saar, Jorge Huerta, Luis Valdez, and many other nationally-recognized lea

Sarah Peters

Dance, Music & Theatre

Sarah Peters directed The Grasshopper and the Aunt at the Arcata Playhouse. The show is in a theatre style known as British Pantomime, which is a form of comedy that's been around for 300 years.

Susan Abbey

Dance, Music & Theatre

Susan Abbey, lecturer in the Theatre, Film, and Dance department, recently served as a judge on the CSU Faculty Pre-Screening Committee for the CSU Media Arts Festival held Nov.4 at CSU Dominguez Hills.

Derrick Murrietta, Justin Andrew, and Gabriel Haffner

Dance, Music & Theatre

Congratulations to Derrick Murrietta and Justin Andrew for winning First Place in the CSU Media Arts Festival for the short screenplay One in the Chamber.

Congratulations to Gabriel Haffner for receiving Fourth Place in the CSU Media Arts Festival for the short screenplay Change.

Gabriel Haffner, Derrick Murrietta & Justin Andrew

Dance, Music & Theatre

Congratulations to HSU students filmmakers who are finalists in the 2017 CSU Media Arts Festival:

Gabriel Haffner's film CHANGE

Derrick Murrietta & Justin Andrew's film ONE IN THE CHAMBER

These films were made in the Filmmaking IV capstone class for the Film major. Many HSU students collaborated on these original creative productions.