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SSU Dance Faculty invited to perform at the San Francisco International Arts Festival

Tomorrow on October 23 at 1pm, Chair of the Department of Theatre Art & Dance, Christine Cali, along with dan

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Shekeyna Black, Class of 1999

Passionate about creative arts and the key role that music, theatre and dance play in our lives, I enjoy working with people who share that passion.

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Acting Faculty, Doyle Ott opens a new show at Oakland's Children's Fairyland

Doyle Ott, Critical Thinking, Children’s Theater, Humanities Learning Community, Commedia dell’Arte,

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Sonoma State STAR Spotlights Guest Speaker Series

Staff writer Cléa Upcher was able to interview our Department Chair as well as some students about what they look forward to in this upcoming series of guest speakers as well as speaking to the unique opportunity to have professionals come and speak to students.

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Dance Faculty, Farrah McAdam Accepted to New Certificate Program

Contemporary Dance, Hip-Hop faculty, Farrah McAdam was recently accepted into the first-ever cohort of Rennie Harris University 's Certificate Program in its inaugural year.

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Chair, Christine Cali's dance company commissioned for the San Francisco International Arts Festival Autumn Program

Chair of Theatre Arts and Dance, and Associate Professor Christine Cali's company CALI & CO dance has been commissioned for the San Francisco International Arts Festival Aut

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Theatre Alumna selected for PlayGround Producing Fellowship

Acting alumna, Lindsey Abbott, was selected to be one of four Producing Fellows with PlayGround in San Francisco. 

"PlayGround is a leading playwright incubator and theatre community hub, with a deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion."

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Chair of the Theatre Arts & Dance Department's Dance Company to Perform at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival

Christine Cali, department chair, associate dance professor, and co-director of the dance progra

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SSU Theatre Graduate is Accepted to Academy of Live and Recording Arts in London

Recent SSU Theatre Arts Acting 14 graduate, Noelle Dominique Rodriguez was accepted to the Academy of Live and Recording Arts in London (ALRA) and will be a part of the first MFA Lin