Mar 2, 2021 | Airness, Articles, Press
By Aura Carlson | Tue Mar 02, 2021 Last spring, Kate Bergstrom was set to direct Airness, Chelsea Marcantel’s comedy about people entered in an air-guitar competition. It would have been her debut as a guest artist/lecturer in the UCSB Theater program. Then COVID hit,...
Mar 1, 2021 | Airness, Press, The Monster
NEW YORK, March 1, 2021—The winners of the 2021 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater were announced today by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Each musical received a Studio Production Award. The Monster by Chelsea Marcantel, Michael Mahler, and...
Feb 19, 2021 | Airness, Articles, Press
Rock out with the UCSB Department of Theater and Dance as they explore this funny and heart-warming work. by BWW News Desk | Feb. 19, 2021 The Department of Theater and Dance presents Airness, winner of the 2018 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award, written...
Dec 14, 2020 | Citizen Detective, Interviews, Press
by John Soltes | December 14, 2020 Citizen Detective is a true-crime mashup that the Geffen Stayhouse is presenting via Zoom. Photo courtesy of Geffen Playhouse / Provided by official site with permission. Citizen Detective, the new hit show from the Geffen...
Dec 4, 2020 | Citizen Detective, Press, Reviews
Mickie McKittrick, renowned true crime author and investigator, is getting ready to explain to me and my fellow seminar attendees the fundaments of amateur sleuthing. “I’m going to teach you everything you need to know in order to be a help and not a hindrance,” he...
Nov 30, 2020 | Citizen Detective, Press, Reviews
by John Soltes | November 30, 2020 Photo: Citizen Detective is a true-crime mashup that the Geffen Stayhouse is presenting on Zoom. Photo courtesy of Geffen Playhouse / Provided by official site with permission. The Geffen Playhouse, which has been appropriately...
Nov 27, 2020 | Citizen Detective, Press, Reviews
By Shari Barrett | November 27, 2020 Mike Ostroski as Mickie McKittrick leads audience members through his interactive ‘Citizen Detective’ crime-solving seminar. (Courtesy Geffen Playhouse) For those of us mystery fans longing to be entertained while figuring out...
Nov 23, 2020 | Citizen Detective, Press, Reviews
By Kobi Kassal | November 23, 2020 Photo credit: Jeff Lorch The Geffen Playhouse continues to strike gold with their interactive Zoom performances, a part of their Geffen Stayhouse series. Their latest offering comes in the form of a murder mystery whodunit as we put...
Nov 21, 2020 | Citizen Detective, Press, Reviews
by Erin Conley | 21 November 2020 Citizen Detective (via Geffen Playhouse) Capitalizing on the true crime craze with their latest virtual production, the Geffen Playhouse continues to establish themselves as the preeminent source for virtual Los Angeles theater in...
Nov 20, 2020 | Press, Reviews, Uncategorized
With its latest show, the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles has cornered the American market on long-running, agreeable online theater. Mike Ostroski, above right, and Paloma Nozicka in Chelsea Marcantel’s online play “Citizen Detective.” (via Geffen Playhouse) By...
