"As I make curtsy, bid me farewell." As You Like It - Pacific Conservatory Theatre - PCPA 2022. Rosalind - Jennie Greenberry* Costume Design - Sara Curran Ice, Lighting Design - Jennifer "Z" Zornow, Scenic Design - Jason Bolen, Props Master - Tim Hogan, Paints - Abby Hogan, Photo Credit - Luis Escobar Cheers to a successful run of As You Like It at PCPA's Marion Theatre this February through March. Honored to have had the opportunity to direct this beautiful production and to join forces with some many lovely collaborators to bring Shakespeare's whimsical, shape-shifting, and most musical comedy to life. New Play development and direction Got to spend a week in March developing and directing an exciting new script with some amazing ladies!
Word 'o Mouth by Susanne Skubal "A death row cook, a new mother, a caramel corn junkie, a court stenographer in an infamous murder trial – these are just a few of the fascinating females you’re about to hear from. A mosaic developed from first-person interviews, real events, cross-cultural texts, and imaginative explorations, Word o’ Mouth is a deeply human tour of the pervasive pleasures, dreads, desires, and dramas of the foods and rituals that unite us all in the most fundamental way. Open wide for this “baker’s dozen” of compelling characters that will make you laugh, ache, and question what goes in and comes out of your own mouth." Stay tuned for where this delicious new work will be showing up next!
0 Comments
Best Direction of a Stream - Emily Trask InterPlay Festival - PCPA - Pacific Conservatory Theatre  THANK YOU Broadway World Santa Barbara, the Central Coast audiences (near and far thanks to Zoom), and PCPA!
I think anyone who managed to produce theatre over this past year and half deserves an award. And during a time when so many professionals in the performing arts lost their livelihoods, I have been incredibly lucky to just stay employed, let alone, get to do theatre. I'm so glad some of that theatre reached some people and that they liked it. Kicking off The Pacific Conservatory Theatre season with two incredible plays! September 23rd - 25th PCPA's Popular InterPlay Series is BACK! LIVE AND IN PERSON in the Severson Theater (with Sept 24th's performance also offered streaming) featuring TWO phenomenal fresh plays. Tickets available now!  a few memories from TOGETHER: A Musical Journey |
|
FEEDING YOUR SOUL - an interview with Emily Trask |
ALSO!
Had waaaaay too much behind-the-scenes fun
doing this SPICY INTERVIEW for SLO REP
starring Michael Brusasco and Melinda Parret
STARTING THIS WEEK!
FOUR FRESH-PICKED PLAYS ON CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL COAST!
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!
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.
PCPA's HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY'S VIRTUAL CABARET this month!
 |  |  |
NOW STREAMING!
Rutherford and Son, by Githa Sowerby
part of Quintessence Theatre Group's
Shout Into The Void reading festival.
| 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. |  |
 | 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!
and I can't stop talking about it!
 talkin' bout it on KSBY  talkin' bout it in the Santa Maria Sun |  talkin' bout it in the SLO New Times  talkin' bout it on KEYT |
Three fabulous plays down!
loving getting to direct, act, and lead the discussions in this series.
Let us tell you a new story. . . in a new way!
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.
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.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND FOR TICKETS!
Also. Pretty much all the strawberries come from here - we like our plays and our produce fresh.
Archives
May 2026
April 2026
January 2026
September 2025
August 2025
June 2025
January 2025
July 2024
March 2024
September 2023
April 2023
February 2023
January 2023
December 2022
October 2022
July 2022
April 2022
January 2022
September 2021
March 2021
February 2021
December 2020
October 2020
September 2020
June 2020
May 2020
April 2020
February 2020
November 2019
September 2019
August 2019
June 2019
May 2019
February 2019
December 2018
November 2018
October 2018
August 2018
July 2018
June 2018
May 2018
March 2018
January 2018
November 2017
October 2017
August 2017
June 2017
May 2017
March 2017
February 2017
January 2017
November 2016
September 2016
August 2016
July 2016
June 2016
May 2016
April 2016
March 2016
February 2016
December 2015
November 2015
October 2015
September 2015
August 2015
July 2015
June 2015
April 2015
March 2015
February 2015
January 2015
November 2014
October 2014
September 2014
August 2014
July 2014
June 2014
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
January 2014
December 2013
November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
August 2013
July 2013
May 2013
April 2013
March 2013
February 2013
December 2012
November 2012
October 2012
September 2012
July 2012
June 2012
May 2012
March 2012
February 2012
January 2012
RSS Feed