Lately

A Brilliant Thing

9/28/2025

Performances start for
EVERY BRILLIANT THING
October 7th at the
Pacific Conservatory Theatre - PCPA

Tickets and Info Here!

Thrilled to be not only acting in this BRILLIANT one-person show,
but to be spearheading some hugely meaningful partnerships around the show with Transitions Mental Health Association and Allan Hancock College Health Services. They will be providing amazing resources, and their LMFTs and LEAD Advocates will join us for special talkbacks following every Sunday matinee of the run.

InterPlay Series

9/18/2025

Cheers! to all involved in a fantastic, record breaking fall InterPlay Reading Series!

Such an honor to oversee this annual series,
and to get to direct KING JAMES this year.

PCPA Season 62

8/27/2025

Check out what's in store in Season 62 at the Pacific Conservatory Theatre - PCPA!

Subscriptions are on sale now & single tickets go on sale September 12th

Something (not so) Rotten...

8/18/2025

Continuing my "Season of Beatrice"...
after playing Beatrice in MUCH ADO earlier this year, I'm currently playing Bea (Beatrice) in SOMETHING ROTTEN. at the Pacific Conservatory Theatre - PCPA this summer.

Having a fantastically silly time in this fabulous musical comedy. I'm delighted and lucky to be among this incredible ensemble of dancing eggs ( I don't get an egg-they don't trust me with one :), in this wonderfully designed and executed show.

Had a great time discussing the play with SB Independet

And chatting about the show and PCPA Season 62 with Andy Morris on KVEC and my wonderful castmate and PCPA Resident Artist, Alexander Pimentel earlier this month.

SB Indy Awards

6/10/2025

A delightful surprise to recently be honored with a Santa Barbara Independent Award for Director of Cabaret at the Pacific Conservatory Theatre - PCPA.

The Indys are annual awards given by the Santa Barbara Independent, a local news publication, to recognize excellence in various fields, including theater, arts, and business. So lovely to have all the hard work and heart we all put into Cabaret recognized.

Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more

1/24/2025

What a delight to be in rehearsals for Shakespeare's
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
at the Pacific Conservatory Theatre - PCPA

For details, dates, and tickets CLICK HERE!

Life is a CABARET

7/29/2024

"PCPA has truly outdone itself with its latest production, CABARET."

Having just completed a successful run at the Marian Theatre, our acclaimed production of CABARET will be opening and running at the Solvang Festival Theater from August 4th the August 25th.

Click here for details and tickets

"First it must be said what a creative masterpiece this particular production is. Emily Trask’s gutsy vision and clean direction are top notch.

…haunting, like the final moments of this visually powerful production.”
SLO REVIEW

Wilkkommen...

7/15/2024

OPENING THIS WEEK!
Currently directing CABARET for the Pacific Conservatory Theatre - PCPA,

With a truly incredible cast and an inspired artistic team of collaborators.
And clearly too many amazing promo shots to choose from.

For more information and tickets for the Santa Maria run of CABARET
CLICK HERE
For tickets for the Solvang, CA run
CLICK HERE

This is one you're not going to want to miss.

Long Live the King

3/23/2024

I had the gift and challenge of a lifetime, getting to tackle the role of King Henry in Shakespeare's Henry V at the Pacific Conservatory Theatre - PCPA.
Under the direction of Mark Booher, and with a cast of close to 50, this immersive epic production was one for the history books and one I will never forget.

"Trask... inspires us, as Henry inspired his troops to follow him into the fray... she has energy and focus to spare, along with the voice and physicality of youth, and her strength lies in her intellectual interpretation of the text in weighing the complexities and moral choices of war."
- SLO REVIEW

"Emily Trask fits easily into Henry’s crown and properly portrays the English monarch as a seemingly fearless force to be reckoned with. Sometimes her eyes do almost as much talking as Shakespeare’s dialogue. While reading tally sheets of lives lost on both sides during England’s invasion of France, Trask’s contemplative gaze is meditative, mournful, and without caricature.... Trask is adept during instances of comic relief as well." - THE SUN

Photos Luis Escobar - Scene Design Kevin Dudley - Costume Design Klara Wilson - Lighting Design Cody Soper - Sound Design Tony Angelini - Properties Tim Hogan - Scenic Charge Abby Hogan - Stage Manager Rebekah Carriere - Fight Choreographer George Walker - Original Choral Composition Michael Wilkins

The Book of Will & by the book

9/27/2023

What a joy and privilege to direct The Book of Will by Lauren Gunderson to close out the Solvang Summer season and PCPA's 59th Season.

Scenic Design: Jason Bolen - Costume Design: Pamela Shaw - Lighting Design: Cody Soper - Props Master: Tim Hogan -
Scenic Charge: Abby Hogan - Technical Director: Jacob Woolworth - Sound Design: Ben Lechtman - Stage Manager: Jack D. Myles

The amazing Book of Will cast pictured here with PCPA Founding Artistic Director, Donovan Marley, current Artistic Director, Mark Booher, and Associate Artistic Director and director Book of Will... ya girl!

And CONGRATULATIONS to all involved in a groundbreaking InterPlay Series.
Three fantastic plays:
The Way She Spoke by Isaac Gomez
Cry It Out by Molly Smith Meltzer
And a brand new play in development that by the remarkable Octavio Solis.
I was honored to workshop and act in the first ever readings of the Solis' heartbreaking and masterful new work, Oregon Gothic.