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 SJSU Editor | Jul 11, 2023 | Research and Innovation
Expressions: Theater as Activism: The Beekeeper of Aleppo SJSU’s Department of Film and Theatre hosted a reading and a panel discussion on “The Beekeeper of Aleppo: Representing a Syrian Refugee Story on Stage.” Photo by Tram Le. by Amna Yusuf, ’23 MA...
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....
by Julia Halprin Jackson | Apr 21, 2021 | Campus Life
When Elisha Miranda, chair of San José State’s Film and Theatre Department, saw Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts Kirsten Brandt at the Hammer Theatre Center for the first time in more than a year, she felt like crying. Though they had collaborated closely on many...