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Back by Popular Demand!

2/21/2021

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STARTING THIS WEEK!

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FOUR FRESH-PICKED PLAYS ON CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL COAST!

The Mountaintop by Katori Hall - Feb 26 @7:00pm PST & Feb 27 @1:30pm PST
Into the Breeches! by George Brant - March 5 @7:00pm PST & March 6 @1:30pm PST
Two Degrees by Tira Palmquist - March 12 @7:00pm PST & March 13 @1:30pm PST
Fade by Tanya Saracho - March 19 @7:00pm PST & March 20 @1:30pm PST

FOR MORE INFO ON EACH PLAY CLICK THE TITLE

FOR TICKETS CLICK HERE!
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Each reading is performed LIVE!!
​and will be followed by an interview with the playwright that I had the pleasure of recording exclusively for PCPA audiences,
and a live talkback with the cast and director of the reading.
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Home for the Holidays

12/22/2020

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PCPA Reads@Home features a special reading of The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry. 
with donation to Locks of Love

And tons of fun performing for 
PCPA's HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY'S VIRTUAL CABARET this month!
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Rutherford and Son

10/14/2020

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NOW STREAMING!

Rutherford and Son, by Githa Sowerby 

part of ​Quintessence Theatre Group's 

​Shout Into The Void reading festival.

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Named one of the “100 plays of the century” by the Royal National Theatre andwritten in 1912, by a rare and remarkable Edwardian female dramatist -- Githa Sowerby’s rarely produced Rutherford and Son  is a piercing study of class and gender politics through the lens of one family's breaking point.  
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So fascinating and fabulous to get to direct this phenomenal play and to collaborate with this incredible cast and the Quintessence team.

Check out a PODCAST I did with Artistic Associate, Lee Cortopassi - or better yet! - check out the amazing interview Lee did with Sowerby Expert Scholar, J. Ellen Gainor.  

Click Here for Tickets!

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InterPlay  Halfway!

10/6/2020

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We're halfway through PCPA's InterPlay Series 
and I can't stop talking about it!
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talkin' bout it on KSBY
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talkin' bout it in the Santa Maria Sun
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talkin' bout it in the SLO New Times
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talkin' bout it on KEYT

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Three fabulous plays down!
And three fabulous plays to go!

loving getting to direct, act, and lead the discussions in this series.
CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR TICKETS!
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InterPlay!

9/1/2020

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Let us tell you a new story. . .  in a new way!

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​PCPA’s InterPlay Reading Series is back and expanded by popular demand!
This season we’re serving up SIX fresh-picked* plays on California’s Central Coast. 
 
PCPA will be presenting a different, ground-breaking play every weekend -
September 18th to October 24th.  
I'm way too excited to get to help helm this series and to have the chance to direct and be in some of these readings.
Join us from the comfort of your own home this September and October for LIVE! readings of freshly premiered plays, penned by exciting current playwrights, brought to life by PCPA’s talented and versatile company of actors.  

Stick around after the readings for talkbacks with the actors, directors, and even interviews with the playwrights themselves! 

​InterPlay is a ticketed event (just $5!!) and will be performed LIVE! in Zoom webinar format - so no need to worry if you’re camera shy.
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CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND FOR TICKETS!

*"fresh-picked" - a.k.a. recently premiered and new to the Central Coast. 
​Also.  Pretty much all the strawberries come from here - we like our plays and our produce fresh.
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The Rediscovery Reading Club

6/20/2020

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Join us this summer for The Rediscovery Reading Club (just like your favorite Book Club, but with dramatic texts and a performance element), where you have the opportunity to read and discuss classic works that merit happy meeting or rediscovery.

Each month, registered participants will receive a copy of the play, along with discussion questions, and list of pivotal scenes to consider. Then, on the last Monday of each month, The Rediscovery Reading Club will meet over Zoom for a spirited discussion of the script from the comfort of your own home. The discussion will be moderated by PCPA Literary Associate, Emily Trask, and select scenes and moments from the play will be acted and explored by your favorite PCPA artists to illuminate the text in a whole new way!

For more information on this unique offering, or to register - CLICK HERE
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Though our stages may be dark this summer... PCPA Plays On!
Click here for a list of the other virtual offerings this summer at The Pacific Conservatory Theatre!  
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NPR - August Nights

5/2/2020

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NPR's series, The Takeaway, did a piece on the origins of Earth Day
AND 
to underscore it, they featured the song August Nights by the amazing Gypsy George and the Open Road Love Affair - that I had the pleasure of playing cello on.


You can catch it and
​the NPR episode
 here 
(the song is peppered throughout)
- or -
check out 
August Night's itself, and the rest of Gypsy George and the Open Road Love Affair's new Album - Politics, Ex-Girlfriends & the Ayn Rand Shuffle  on Spotify.
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Performing with Gypsy George in Brooklyn, NY
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Creating in Quarantine

4/18/2020

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In 1606 the bubonic plague forced the theaters in London to close
and social gathering to be prohibited. 
This was also the year that Shakespeare wrote 3 of his most famous tragedies: 
Macbeth, Antony & Cleopatra, and King Lear
That's not to say you should feel any pressure to write
a Shakespearean masterpiece during this shelter-in-place!   
​But you might want to read one -
and doing so might make you feel more connected. 
​Had fun sharing some thoughts on "reading with a purpose" Masterpiece Theatre/ Fireside Chat/Shakespeare on Social Distancing/with a touch of Tiger (house cat) King style!
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Julius Caesar

2/10/2020

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by Elisabetta Sirani
Currently in rehearsals for Julius Caesar 
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at The Pacific Conservatory Theatre - PCPA, playing Portia, and also serving as the production Dramaturg and Text Coach
For tickets and more information click here.
running before and after the Ides of March.

Also, join me for a Prologue before every performance - a short, preshow talk about the play, Shakespeare's language, and our unique production!
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HAMLET: the Fall of Nine Sparrows

11/13/2019

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Congratulations to the

PCPA - Pacific Conservatory Theatre

2nd Year Project


HAMLET:

​the Fall of Nine Sparrows



​It was a joy directing, adapting, and devising this ensemble-based, unique production of Shakespeare's Hamlet with nine awesome actors.
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