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April 3, 2019 | interview, podcast, Review, Santa Ana, Santa Ana College, Theater, Uncategorized Comments Off on Interview with Amberly Chamberlain Director of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot playing now @ Santa Ana College – PODCAST |

Interview with Amberly Chamberlain Director of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot playing now @ Santa Ana College – PODCAST

(Art by Pedro Garcia) (Photos: Jaime Diaz)

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
by Stephen Adly Guirgis
A hilarious, poignant, thought-provoking work, boasting a zany cast of characters that asks one of the most plaguing questions in the Christian ideology: What happened to Judas Iscariot and should we care? Taken from the website. 

***For mature audience, due to strong language and subject matter***
Remaining performances:
Friday, April 5 at 7:30PM, Phillips Hall Theatre
Saturday, April 6 at 7:30PM, Phillips Hall Theatre
Sunday, April 7 at 6:30PM, Phillips Hall Theatre

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February 6, 2019 | interview, Lake Forest, Modjeska Playhouse, News, Uncategorized Comments Off on The Boys of Modjeska : The Modjeska Playhouse Story |

The Boys of Modjeska : The Modjeska Playhouse Story

(photo credit Patrick Chavis)

Written by Patrick Chavis 

A few years ago, I met up with two of the founders of Modjeska Playhouse, Christopher Sullivan and Joshua Stecker. In the interview below, we discussed the founders’ history and how they decided to start the challenging — especially in an area with very little theatre presence — endeavor of creating a theatre. Even now the Modjeska Playhouse stands as the only performing arts theatre in the city of Lake Forest.  Despite these challenges, the Modjeska Playhouse has consistently released a wide variety of scripted and unscripted shows for Lake Forest and the surrounding communities.  Continue Reading

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October 11, 2017 | Garden Grove, Gem Theater, interview, Musical Comments Off on AMB Theatre Podcast #65 presented by OCR : Cabaret @ The Gem Theatre in Garden Grove – Podcast |

AMB Theatre Podcast #65 presented by OCR : Cabaret @ The Gem Theatre in Garden Grove – Podcast

(photo courtesy: Lisa Scarsi)

Live interview from the cast of Cabaret @ Gem Theatre in Garden Grove. www.theorangecurtainrev.com, www.Latheatrebites.com

September 28 – October 29, 2017

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August 22, 2017 | Fairhaven Memorial Cemetery, interview, News, Press Releases, Santa Ana, Uncategorized Comments Off on Q&A with Bear Sanchez Director of Romeo and Juliet : A Modern Musical playing @ Fairhaven Memorial Cemetery in Santa Ana |

Q&A with Bear Sanchez Director of Romeo and Juliet : A Modern Musical playing @ Fairhaven Memorial Cemetery in Santa Ana

(photo courtesy: Bear C.A. Sanchez)

OCR:  Why did you choose a cemetery to put on the play Romeo and Juliet?

BEAR: Actually, the location choose me. The Fairhaven Memorial Cemetery  asked me to do Romeo and Juliet with a modern twist. So, they actually commissioned me because I’ve done a couple of shows for them in the past. Continue Reading

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May 27, 2016 | American Coast Theatre Company, Costa Mesa, interview, News, Press Releases, Theater, Uncategorized, Video Comments Off on OCR TALK #5 James McHale & Lola Kelly on Hamlet/Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead |

OCR TALK #5 James McHale & Lola Kelly on Hamlet/Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Interview with James McHale (associate artistic director) who plays Hamlet and Lola Kelly (Miss Julie at SCR, and The Grinder on FOX ) who’s playing Ophelia. In the upcoming play of Hamlet going side by side with a showing of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa.  If you like this show please let us know in the comments.  Continue Reading

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May 9, 2016 | Anaheim, interview, podcast, The Chance Theater, Uncategorized Comments Off on AMB Theatre Podcast #53 presented by OCR : The Big Meal @ The Chance Theatre in Anaheim– Podcast |

AMB Theatre Podcast #53 presented by OCR : The Big Meal @ The Chance Theatre in Anaheim– Podcast

(photo by Doug Catiller, True Image)

In this hilarious and poignant Southern California premiere, you are invited on a time-bending odyssey of birth, death, divorce and dinner. When a man meets a young waitress in a local diner, neither of them knows the nearly 80 years of history that will follow. Filled with those little moments that you will recognize from your own life, we dare you not to fall in love with this stunning, big-hearted play that tells the extraordinary story of an ordinary family. Taken from the Website 

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