Rebecca Pillsbury speaks with George Alger about the Ventura County Gilbert & Sullivan Repertoire Company. VCGSRC is a non-profit organization founded in 2006 for the specific purpose of producing Gilbert and Sullivan and other light opera productions for the cultural and educational benefit to the community.
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Oscar Winning Carpet Salesmen (Improv Performance)
This short, improvisational, comedic performance with Christopher Carlson and Frank Bonoff is an unscripted, impromptu scene titled, the “Oscar Winning Moment About The Traveling Carpet Salesmen.” (more…) -
Police Interrogation (Improv Performance)
In this brief, improvisational, comedic performance, Jeremy Zeller, Alexandra Menna and Christopher Carlson, collaboratively create an unscripted scene titled, “Police Interrogation.” (more…) -
Conejo Players Theatre
Jeremy Zeller, Executive Technical Director for the Conejo Players Theatre, speaks with Our Ventura TV host, George Alger. Zeller discusses their all-volunteer, nonprofit, community theatre in Thousand Oaks, CA. (more…)
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Cabrillo Music Theatre
Lewis Wilkenfeld, of the Cabrillo Music Theatre, speaks with Our Ventura TV host, Howard Leader, about his role as an artistic director of musical theatre, which combines songs, dialogue, acting, and dance. The story and emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole.
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Live Community Theatre: Attendees and Actors
Theatre producer, director and actor, Howard Leader, discusses the live theatre scene in Ventura County and offers resources for attendees, as well suggestions for aspiring actors.
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An Audience with the Lizard Lady, by Gowan Calder
Nancy Smeets stars as The Lizard Lady, whose extraordinary capacity to adapt and survive her traumatic childhood resulted in her “Freak Show” circus career in Scotland. In this special “Our Ventura” excerpt, The Lizard Lady relives her memories from her Edinburgh flat.
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Scenes from Macbeth, by William Shakespeare
Frank James Malle, as Macbeth, and Nancy Smeets, as Lady Macbeth, are featured in these scenes from Macbeth.
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Taylor Kasch on What it Takes to be a Professional Actor
Taylor Kasch talks with Howard Leader about the difference between coaching and teaching young actors vs adult actors and offers specific advice for aspiring actors.
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