City Times

VIDEO: ‘Cabaret’ coming to City College Saville Theatre

The musical opens April 21

Veronica Springer, Director, CTTV • April 18, 2023

The San Diego City College theatre program continues its spring productions with the opening of “Cabaret” on April 21 at the Saville Theatre.

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REVIEW: ‘The Wolves’ mixes sports and art in a fun way

The Saville Theater hosted City College’s take on The Wolves through Oct. 27

Joel Nevarez, Multimedia Journalist • October 27, 2022

Soccer balls bounced around a crowded Saville Theater when the San Diego City College Visual and Performing Arts department performed their rendition of The Wolves.

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Theater returns to City College with ‘The Wolves’

The play runs from Oct. 14-22 at the Saville Theater

Joel Nevarez, Multimedia Journalist • October 14, 2022

City College students are looking to break a leg as theatre returns to with “the Wolves” opening at the Saville Theater on Friday, Oct. 14. According to the San Diego City College website, “The Wolves” is about a high school women’s soccer team trying to find their place in the world.

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REVIEW: Urinetown returns to the City College stage after a two-year hiatus

San Diego City College’s Visual and Performing Arts revives its production of Urinetown, the first musical at City since 2019

Philip Salata, News Editor • April 22, 2022

For those who newly joined the cast and crew of Urinetown, as well as those who returned, the staging of the musical in the Saville Theatre is a celebration that finally brings song and dance back to the public – the first musical at City since 2019.

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Student ‘bots’ detected at City College

Fake students are enrolling in online classes at City, potentially taking spots from real students

Kathy Archibald, Multimedia Journalist • February 11, 2022

Fake students popped up throughout California community colleges this past year, and San Diego City College is no exception.

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VIDEO: Live theater returns to City College

City drama re-imagines Shakespeare with live performances of Macbeth and Twelfth Night at the Saville Theatre

Kathryn Gray, Managing Editor • October 18, 2021

After performing solely to virtual audiences for the past year and a half, the San Diego City College drama department is eager to delight theater patrons with in-person performances of Macbeth and Twelfth Night at the Saville Theatre.

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PODCAST: City College Theatre student discusses how courses were affected by the pandemic

Spring 2020 production of "Urinetown" was postponed

Michelle Botello, Multimedia Journalist • June 2, 2021

San Diego City College student Gary Tallaksen discusses the changes in the classes and the production of theatre classes.

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VIDEO: City College drama students react in the moment of the Chauvin verdict

The Festival of New Plays will stream online starting April 29

Noelle Mortensen, Multimedia Journalist • April 26, 2021

Four San Diego City College drama students had just completed a performance of a moving one-act play about social justice entitled “How We Talk About Racism” when another student announced the verdict in the case of Derek Chauvin was about to be read.

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“Just Like Us” to open at City College

The first performance will be on Sept. 27 at 8 p.m. in the Black Box Theater.

Angel Cazares, Art & Culture Editor • September 26, 2019

The City College Drama Department will open its fall season with a play about four young Latinas, two of whom are undocumented, and how this affected their life. The first performance of “Just Like Us” will be on Sept. 27 at 8 p.m. in the Black Box Theater.

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Shining the spotlight on the spring semester

Moving into a newly renovated C building, a variety of performance opportunities and a new adjunct instructor await theater students in 2016

Lauren J. Mapp • December 15, 2015

Moving into a newly renovated C building, a variety of performance opportunities and a new adjunct instructor await theater students in 2016

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Longtime theater professor becomes new arts co-chair

Katie Rodda joins Alicia Rincon to lead Visual and Performing Arts

Lauren J. Mapp • November 11, 2015

Katie Rodda joins Alicia Rincon to lead Visual and Performing Arts

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Con: ‘Holy Grail’ number of students for classes must die

Celia Jimenez • October 27, 2015

The administration took draconian measures starting this fall to keep high-enrollment classes while discarding the ones that don’t fulfill the minimum criteria. It asks for a ridiculous cap of 35 students...