CLU TO DROP REGULAR CHILDREN'S PRODUCTIONS.Byline: Daily News After a run of more than three decades, the California Lutheran University Mission statement The University's mission statement is as follows: "California Lutheran University is a diverse, scholarly community dedicated to excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies. Children's Theatre will cease regular productions following this weekend's run of ``The Rude Mechanicals,'' officials said. Audiences have dropped significantly in recent years at the same time that the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is a performing arts and administrative center located in Thousand Oaks, California. It was built in 1994 on the former site of "Jungleland" at a cost of $63.8 million. has staged regular performances of touring children's shows. Last year, the program also lost its primary sponsor, the American Association of University Women ''This article or section is being rewritten at The American Association of University Women (AAUW) advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. , said Ken Gardner, the university's Drama Department chairman. ``It's a question of money and trying to find audiences, and I think there's an appeal to the Civic Arts Plaza,'' he said. Annual performance schedules have ranged from a high of some 30 shows, presented both on the CLU (language) CLU - (CLUster) An object-oriented programming language developed at MIT by Liskov et al in 1974-1975. CLU is an object-oriented language of the Pascal family designed to support data abstraction, similar to Alphard. campus and at Ventura County schools, to the recent handful of spring and fall semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s shows, Gardner noted. While no Children's Theatre shows are planned for the 1997-98 school year, Gardner said shows could resume as an outreach program for county schools. Grant money and sponsorships would be needed, he said. Today's show should nevertheless be a fun finale. ``The Rude Mechanicals'' is an adaptation of ``A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and brings children into a world filled with magic, slapstick slapstick Comedy characterized by broad humour, absurd situations, and vigorous, often violent action. It took its name from a paddlelike device, probably introduced by 16th-century commedia dell'arte troupes, that produced a resounding whack when one comic actor used it to and audience participation. The show will be presented in the Preus-Brandt Forum on the CLU campus, 60 Olsen Road, at 3 p.m. today. Tickets are $4. For more information, phone (805) 493-3415. |
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