by Julia Halprin Jackson | Mar 22, 2024 | Awards and Achievements, Featured
“The Kite Runner” Flies Again at the Hammer Theatre, 15 Years Later The Broadway tour of Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner,” as adapted by SJSU Performance Studies Professor Matthew Spangler, returns to the Hammer Theatre this April. Photo of the...
by Julia Halprin Jackson | Mar 14, 2024 | Community Engagement, Featured
“Ghostly Labor” is a Labor of Love La Mezcla performers Kirsten Millan (left), Vanessa Sanchez (center) and Sandy Vazquez (right) demonstrate an excerpt of their piece “Ghostly Labor” during a master class for SJSU dancers in the Hammer Theatre. Photo by...
by Julia Halprin Jackson | Nov 29, 2022 | Community Engagement
Deep Dive in Five: Black Cab Jazz With Aaron Lington Musician and composer Aaron Lington is the coordinator of SJSU’s Jazz Studies program and curator of the Black Cab Jazz series. Photo courtesy of Aaron Lington. Did you know that San José State University has...
by Julia Halprin Jackson | Jan 3, 2022 | Community Engagement
Hammer Theatre Plans an Exciting Season Ahead Hammer Theatre will be hosting live in-person and livestreamed performances in 2022. Photo: Robert C. Bain. After nearly two years of managing the Hammer Theatre from his home office, Chris Burrill is thrilled to kick off...
by Julia Halprin Jackson | Nov 2, 2021 | Campus Life
With “Marisol,” San José State Offers First Theater Performance to an In-Person Audience at Hammer Theatre Since March 2020 When Kirsten Brandt attended a Shakespeare Santa Cruz performance in summer 2021, the assistant professor of theater was overcome with emotion....