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Kristi Papailler

The musical, Pippin, was performed by CSUSB student actors and took place on campus in April 2024.
August 26, 2024

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.

The cast of “Knight of the Burning Pestle,” staged by the theatre company Ophelia’s Jump at the Sontag Greek Theatre.
July 17, 2024

Performed by Ophelia’s Jump and directed by CSUSB alumna Caitlin Lopez ’22, “Knight of the Burning Pestle,” by Frances Beaumont, continues its run Friday, July 19, and Sunday, July 21, as part of the Midsummer Shakespeare Festival in the Sontag Greek Theatre at Pomona College in Claremont.

Kristi Papailler (far right), assistant professor in CSUSB’s Department of Theatre Arts, will play Sebastian in “La Tempestad,” alongside Cal State San Bernardino theater alumni.
July 11, 2024

Kristi Papailler, assistant professor in CSUSB’s Department of Theatre Arts, joins with four CSUSB theatre alumni in this year’s Midsummer Shakespeare Festival in the Sontag Greek Theatre at Pomona College. They are all involved with Ophelia’s Jump Productions, which has two shows in the festival this July: “La Tempestad” and “The Knight of the Burning Pestle.

Art scupture, Faculty in the News
March 6, 2024

Andre Harrington, Kathryn Ervin and Kristi Papailler (all theatre arts) were included in an article about community reflections on Black History Month, and Meredith Conroy (political science) joined FiveThirtyEight staff and contributors in an as-it-happened online analysis of the Super Tuesday primaries.

Art sculpture, Faculty in the News
December 15, 2023

Kristi Papailler (theatre arts) was interviewed for an article about one of her students, Dea Armstrong, who won a national award, and Diane Vines (nursing) was honored by her alma mater, Vanderbilt University, with an award for public service.

Dea Armstrong
December 7, 2023

Dea Armstrong’s essay on former slave, abolitionist and playwright William Wells Brown marked the first time a Cal State San Bernardino student won a Black Theatre Network research award. “Stepping out of my comfort zone and really applying myself has made all of this come true,” she said.

Kristi Papailler
November 8, 2023

A first-generation Haitian American, Kristi Papailler, associate professor of theatre arts, loves sharing her experiences with CSUSB students.

Kristi Papailler and students in fall 2021
September 12, 2023

For the first time, CSUSB has introduced motion capture technology into its theatre training. Performance capture will be coming next. Kristi Papailler, assistant professor of acting and directing, breaks it down for us.

Dea Armstrong
July 19, 2023

Theatre arts student Dea Armstrong will present an abstract from her paper during the S. Randolph Edmonds Young Scholars award ceremony on July 22 at the 37th annual Black Theatre Network Conference in St. Louis, Mo.