It’s all in the act! Spring Shorts is a festival of one-act plays that will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you think. Seven shorts will be performed over 6 days in two programs (A and B). Get tickets for two days, or take in a double feature on a Saturday, to see them all!
Directed by CSUCI faculty, alumni, and current students, these one-acts are written by award-winning playwrights and performed by the talented students of the Spring 2025 Production and Advanced Production courses (PA/ART 191/391), presented by the CSUCI Theatre and Performance Studies program and Instructionally Related Activities.
Appropriate for ages: 16+
Running Time for each program: Approximately 75 minutes
About the Shows
Program A
Sure Thing
by David Ives
directed by Prof. Andre Brown
MTA: The Musical
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Peter Saxe
directed by Griffin Giboney
There Are No Jewish Horror Movies
by Daniel Noy
directed by Aileen Lawrence
CIRQUE du DISMAY:
A Fairly Short Play
by Maizy Broderick Scarpa
directed by Prof. Laura Covault
Program B
Mariposa/Butterfly
by Sandra Fenichel Asher and José Casas
directed by Angela Diaz (Graduating Theatre major)
Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock,
Illinois`
Asteroid Belt
by
L M Feldman
directed by Sara Ruiz
MTA: The Musical
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Peter Saxe
directed by Griffin Giboney
Some Assembly Required
by Ruben Carbajal
directed by Migule Orozco
For more information, contact Festival Producing Artistic Director and Production course instructor Catherine.Burriss@csuci.edu.
Performance Dates
Program A
Thursday, April 10 @ 8pm
Saturday, April 12 @ 7pm
Friday, April 18 @ 8pm
Saturday, April 19 @ 3pm
Program B
Friday, April 11 @ 8pm
Saturday, April 12 @ 3pm
Thursday, April 17 @ 8pm
Saturday, April 19 @ 7pm
Reserve Your Tickets Today!
CSUCI students can reserve a free ticket. Ticket sales at the door will be limited.
Ticket prices:
- CI students: FREE (Dolphin ID required)
- Students with reservations will have priority seating. Seating is limited. Please make a reservation in advance.
- Other Students: $5 (Student ID & School name required)
- Faculty and Staff (Campus ID required), Seniors (Age required), Military: $15 (Military email required)
- General Public: $20
Performed in the Malibu Hall Theatre on the CSUCI campus.
Campus parking permits are required and available for $6 at the kiosk in front of Public Safety.
The University encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs,
events and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation, or have
questions about the physical access provided, please contact the respective area below
as soon as possible, but no later than seven (7) business days prior to the event/activity:
CSUCI Students
accommodations@csuci.edu
CSUCI Employees and Members of the Public
angela.portillo@csuci.edu