
The Department of Theatre Arts will present four productions in its 2025-26 season, beginning with the absurdist drama, “Rhinoceros,” in November and concluding with the dark comedy musical, “Little Shop of Horrors,” in spring. The season will also mark the highly anticipated opening of CSUSB’s new Performing Arts Center, where the spring musical is tentatively scheduled to debut.

The CSUSB Department of Theatre Arts announces its 2024-25 season, featuring a blend of classic and contemporary productions, and prepares for the grand opening of the new Performing Arts Center in spring 2025.

Cal State San Bernardino announced that CSUSB alumna, philanthropist and long-time university supporter, Ellen Weisser, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at its Spring Commencement in May.

Diane Vines (nursing) was honored by the city of Palm Desert for her service to the community, David Marshall (English) was interviewed for a podcast on advising, and Kathryn Ervin (theatre arts) was the emcee for the topping out ceremony for the new Performing Arts Center.

The Performing Arts Center will provide teaching, rehearsal and performance spaces necessary for a modern performing arts program.

The ceremony will be held Aug. 29 at 9 a.m. The Performing Arts Center will provide teaching, rehearsal and performance spaces necessary for a modern performing arts program.

The Sept. 7 event brought nearly 300 CSUSB administrators, faculty, staff, students and community members together in the Santos Manuel Student Union South to officially break ground for the new 73,337-square-foot Performing Arts Center.

The construction and renovation project would add two new buildings to campus including a new Performing Arts Center and an academic building that would serve as an anchor to the College of Arts and Letters.

Jean Picker Firstenberg, a member of the California State University Board of Trustees, visited Cal State San Bernardino on Tuesday, Nov. 27, to meet with university students, faculty, staff and administrators.