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Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge that our department and the CSUEB campus is on the ancestral land
of the Yrgin Chochenyo Ohlone People. We pay respects to the Ohlone people, past,
present, and future.

 We invite you to reflect on the history of the lands and waterways we are all privileged to gather on. We also invite you to reflect on the legacies of colonization embedded within the technologies we use—how some pieces of technology are not available in many poor, marginalized and Indigenous communities, and how many of our technologies leave a carbon footprint that disproportionally affect poor, marginalized, and Indigenous communities. We invite everyone to take some time to consider our roles in reconciliation, decolonization and allyship.

 To learn more about this land and how to directly support Ohlone people by paying a Shuumi Land Tax:

Our Department

The Theatre and Dance Department has a performance-oriented program offering undergraduate students, unparalleled opportunity to perform in major department productions beginning in their first year. Our campus is the most diverse in the entire CSU system and we have one of the most innovative theater and dance curriculums in the state.

Former students work professionally and hold teaching positions locally and across the nation in Acting, Dance, Technical Theater, Design and Stage Management.

Single Subject Dance and Theatre Teaching Credential Program

Welcome to ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù, where your journey to becoming a Theatre or Dance teacher is ready to take off!

Are you a teaching artist excited to train the next generation of performing artists?

Are you tired of seeing talent, creativity and drive dampened by lack of opportunity or access?

Do you believe in the power of public education?

Then join us! We are looking for teachers like you.

To find out more about our Dance and Theatre Credential Program go to our page.

2025 - 2026 Season of Events

HERE WE GO…AGAIN!, a dance showcase

featuring CSUEB's Dance Ensemble

Saturday, March 21 @ 7:30pm

Sunday, March 22 @ 4pm

CSU, East Bay - Studio Theatre

25800 Carlos Bee Blvd, Hayward

Or, call 510-885-3118 to reserve tickets.or for information

Parable of Belonging

May 5-7, 2026

From 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Free Public Performance

CSU East Bay Core Building

The project is being created by the Wandering Ensemble (Dandelion Dancetheater and the CSUEB Inclusive Interdisciplinary Ensemble) and a diverse collection of  students, scholars, teachers, artists, organizers, and community members.

Parable of Belonging is based on the books  by Octavia E. Butler and

  by adrienne maree brown, and will use inclusive performance to explore

what life in the Bay Area could be like in 30 years.

Octavia Butler imagined 30 years into her future from the 1990’s to write her Parable series.

and now we are living in a version of the future she saw.

Parable of Belonging is an invitation for us to come together across disciplines, departments, colleges, religions, cultures, ways of knowing, creative forms, and identities to face the crises of our time and work together to develop sustainable, life-affirming, inclusive strategies of response.

BCF: HERE & NOW IS /11ADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF:
SFAC, KRF-NEW, ZFF, DMT, SADC, MAPAC and K*STAR*PRODUCTIONS

_{Questions please call 510-885-3118}

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