The 8th Annual “Vee-Cee” Awards – COVID edition
It’s time once again for the annual “Vee-Cee” Awards, in which we honor some of the most memorable performances on Ventura County stages over the course of the past year.…
The cast of "The Revolutionists" - L-R: Rosie Gordon, Sarah Boughton, Aileen-Marie Scott, Juliana Acosta (Brian Stethem Photography)
The Revolutionists: Four Frenetic Feminists Fight Fate In France
In The Revolutionists, Lauren Gunderson's 2017 black comedy about four (in)famous women of the French Revolution, comedy meets tragedy in a fictionalized what-if? premise that brings to mind Steve Allen's…
Three Generations: Jan Glasband, Mia Vavasseur, Robin Airington
Second Generation “Lucy” Helps Mark SVCAC’s 25th Anniversary
It's hard to believe, but 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, one of the prime community theaters in Ventura County. In 1995, the center's…
David Krassner Adds Personal Experience To Agoura High’s “Rent”
An interview with David Krassner, director of Agoura High School's current production of Rent. Krassner uses his experience as an actor on Broadway and in national tours to guide young…
The cast of "Wit." (Sindy McKay-Swerdlove, center) (photo by Cary Ginell)
Margaret Edson’s “Wit” Provides Insight Into Life’s Endgame
Can a play about cancer be uplifting? That's the question posed by Margaret Edson in her Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Wit, currently showing at the Elite Theatre Company in Oxnard. The…
Zachary Ford and Ashley Fox Linton (photo by Alan Weston)
“It Shoulda Been You” – A Show That Shoulda Been A Hit
Occasionally, Broadway audiences miss the target. Such is the case with It Shoulda Been You, a musical that somehow lasted less than five months before slinking off into tours and…
Gilles Chiasson
Memories Of “Rent” From Original Cast Member Gilles Chiasson
On Wednesday, February 26, Agoura High School's drama department, under the direction of David Krassner, will be staging the high school production of Rent, Jonathan Larson's groundbreaking musical updating of…
“Beautiful” – A Flawed But Effective Chronicle Of The Rise Of Carole King
The appeal of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, which arrived in Thousand Oaks on February 13 for a four-day run, can be summed up by the comments of an elderly…
Kennedy Caughell Talks About Channeling Carole King In “Beautiful”
Beautiful, the musical that chronicles the life of singer/songwriter Carole King, comes to the Conejo Valley for the first time in American Theatre Guild's national tour. Many performers have portrayed…
Anna Kotula as "Shirley Valentine" (photo by Stephen Adams)
“Shirley Valentine” Teaches Us How To Live & Love Life
The sudden death of Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant on Sunday cast a pall over not just Southern California basketball fans, but people around the world who admired Bryant…
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