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• December 4, 2015

California State University, East Bay’s Department of Theatre & Dance presented Aristophanes’ classic play “Lysistrata” using the contemporary adaptation by Ellen McLaughlin. Performances were Dec. 11 and 12 at 8 p.m. and Dec.13 at 2 p.m. in the Studio Theatre on the Hayward campus. 

“Lysistrata,” the ancient Greek comedy about one housewife’s mission to end a war by convincing her peers to withhold sexual activity from their husbands and lovers, was reimagined by McLaughlin in March 2003 in protest of the United States’ invasion of Iraq. It was first performed in New York City as a reading featuring well-known theater, film and TV actors. 

McLaughlin’s adaptation revives the original premise of “Lysistrata” in a much shorter script while maintaining relevant, contemporary themes of politics, sex, war, and peace.

Cal State East Bay’s production was performed by an all-student cast and directed by visiting artist Velina Brown. Brown is a critically acclaimed actress, singer/songwriter and director, whose artistic home for the past 20 years has been with the Tony and Obie award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe. Brown has performed on many stages, including the American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and SF Playhouse, and appeared in numerous television shows and movies, such as “Final Witness,” “Party of Five,” “Nash Bridges,” “Trauma,” “Maladaptive,” “Playing it Cool,” and “Milk.”

“It has been a true pleasure to introduce students to A Peek Behind the Scenes (a four-unit course) of the theater-making process, while directing a fabulous combination of theater majors and mostly non-theater majors,’” Brown said.