“Arturo Ui” tackles fascism through satire
City College’s actors are busily rehearsing for their theatrical debut of Bertolt Brecht’s dark comedy “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui” on Oct. 7 at the Diego Rivera Theatre.
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‘Heaven Can Wait’ continues its CCSF debut
By Elisabetta Silvestro
The Guardsman
“Heaven Can Wait,” the last theater play directed by City College veteran teacher Susan Jackson, opened Nov. 7 at the Diego Rivera Theatre and will show for two more weekends.
Reciting from the original scripts from Harry Segall’s 1938 play of the same name,
Olmec head made out of volcanic rock turns 10
By Mary Strope
The Guardsman
Nestled in the Frida Kahlo Garden courtyard adjacent to Ocean Campus’ Diego Rivera Theatre sits El Rey, a looming, 14-ton replica of an ancient Olmec head made of igneous volcanic rock.
Ten years ago this October, Ignacio Pérez Solano’s 9-foot statue completed a 2,
Contemporary show challenges myths of female experience
Story by Elisa Parrino
The Guardsman
“This is the Girl,” a new dance show choreographed and directed by City College physical education and dance instructor Christy Funsch premiered at the Dance Mission Theatre Friday, Sept. 12, 2014.
The show challenges the conventional depiction of women in myth and in dance