Adapted by Kate Hamill and directed by Cynthia Lagodzinski, “Sense and Sensibility” will open at Las Positas College in March 2026. The production brings Jane Austen’s story of the Dashwood sisters to the Black Box Theater in the Mertes Center for the…
Queer people could not get enough. Pale faces with bold color choices. Unhinged dialogue. Funky fishnets. A rude sexual awakening.
Oh, and a doctor wearing five-inch leather heels and a corset, strutting the stage with a phenomenal voice and overwhelming sexual desires.…
Pugsley was the best Jacklene “Jackie” Garcia thought she could hope for. Her heart was set on Wednesday Addams in Edna Hill Middle School’s 2017 production — but that dream felt far out of reach. Even landing Pugsley felt like a stretch…
The sound of rhythms and improvised melodies filled Longevity Winery in Livermore on Oct. 5 as the Las Positas music department hosted its monthly Jazz Jam, transforming the space into a venue for live collaboration and improvisation.
Students, community members and local…
Music professor Mario Silva welcomed the audience — standing center stage — while the crowd burst with excitement. Every musician stood prepared, instruments in position, ready to play jazz compositions that would highlight their individual and collective talents.
On Sept. 25, the…
At Las Positas College’s Welcome Back Performing Arts Faculty Concert, musician and new faculty member Ann Miller performed a solo violin piece — Bach’s “Andante” from Sonata No. 2.
Miller’s shoulders rose and fell in dynamic waves as the volume of the piece…
LPC theater director Dyan McBride took inspiration from the quote “This must be a hunting lodge for rich weirdos” using it as the foundation for what became a cult classic. McBride’s vision for the college’s fall production of Richard O’Brien’s “Rocky Horror…
LIVERMORE, CA — The subject of the email, entitled Rocky Horror Follow Up , attempted to console.
“Training to be an actor is a lifelong endeavor. It may consist of disappointment regardless of your talent or your work ethic, and remaining…
As a 14-year-old in India, Maahee Joshi stepped onstage for a poetry competition in Pune, India. About 100 people watched in the large auditorium at Vidya Pratishthan’s Magarpatta City Public School. Her performance, on this afternoon in August of 2019, was a…
Cast member Kiarra Bautista pulls back the curtain on LPC Theater's 2025 summer production
The constant questions echoed in the halls of the Barbara Mertes Center.
“Who are you auditioning for?”
“What is your audition song?”
The tension was palpable. In the…
