I’ve been dying to get this incredible actress in our chair for a while now and she’s finally here! Equity actress Jeunee Simon is our next guest – she finished up playing Richard II at the Magic Theatre. Jeunee talks about her experiences in the bay area theatre scene, her education and background and where she sees herself in the future.
You can learn more about Jeunee via her website: https://www.jeuneesimon.com
Jameelah Rose has her own business selling healthy drinks - MelanA☥D is a black owned business that specializes in alkaline elixirs used to heal the mind and body. It's currently being sold at the Mandela Shopping Mart and you can find more info on MelanA☥D on this Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/melanaid
SHOWS:
Roots Intertwined (Z Space – Theatre Bay Area)
October 7
Participants:
Margo Hall (Episode 166); Ely Sonny Orquiza (Episode 139 & 279); Zoe Chien (Episode 285); Richard Jennings (Episode 269); Jon Tracy (Episode 169); Kathleen Antonia Tarr (Episode 41) and Jeffrey Lo (Episode 153). Fifty Five Woman, the Erin Merritt Song (inspired by Erin Merritt – Episode 191) will be performed – written by Jen Coogan (Episode 239)
https://www.theatrebayarea.org/tbacon-schedule/#Racial-Justice
Eureka Day Reading (Aurora Theatre)
September 23
Jonathan Spector (Episode 280) wrote this play that will have its Broadway Debut in December
Elizabeth Carter (Episode 159) is in the reading
https://www.auroratheatre.org
My Brother’s Gift (New Conservatory Theatre Center)
Oct 6 – 27
Zoe Chien (Episode 285) is an understudy in the play
https://nctcsf.org/event/my-brothers-gift-matinee/
The Thanksgiving Play (Altarena Playhouse)
Oct 25 – Nov 24
Cary Ann Rosko is in the play
Kimberly Ridgeway (Episodes 155 & 251) is directing the play
https://www.altarena.org/2024-season-announcement/the-thanksgiving-play/
Always.. Patsy Cline (Douglas Morrison Theatre – Hillbarn Theatre Company)
THIS WEEKEND ONLY
Kim Donovan (Episodes 80 & 223) is in the play
https://douglasmorrissontheatre.thundertix.com/events/235184
Stories High XXIV (Bindlestiff Studios)
Sept 12 – Sept 28
Jessica Fong (Episode 289) is fight coordinator for the show
https://www.bindlestiffstudio.org/storieshigh24
Yaga (Marin Theatre)
October 10 – Nov 3
Adam KuveNiemann (Episode 274) is in the show
https://www.marintheatre.org/show-details/yaga
The Contest (Central Works)
October 19 – Nov 17
Gary Graves (Episodes 24 & 277) is the writer and director
https://centralworks.org/the-contest/
Choir Boy (Shotgun Players)
Sept 24 – October 20
Ae’Jay Antonis Marquis (Episode 165) is the choreographer
Dr. Stephanie Johnson (Episode 177) is the lighting designer
https://shotgunplayers.org/Online/default.asp
Mourning Becomes Electra (Eugene O’Neill House)
Sept 14 – Sept 29 (all performances sold out)
Cynthia Lagodzinski (Episodes 96 & 266) is in the show
Adrian Deane (Episodes 82 & 266) is in the show
https://eugeneoneill.org/productions/festival/
As You Like It (Cal Shakes)
Sept 12 – Sept 29
Elizabeth Carter (Episode 159) is directing the show
Jed Parsario (Episode 63 & 186) is in the show
https://calshakes.org/calshakes50_pr/
Spoiled – Part of Reading Series Extravaganza (Magic Theatre)
October 14 – one day only
Eiko Moon-Yamamoto (Episodes 120 & 225) is in the show
https://www.classy.org/event/reading-series-extravaganza/e590229
Legally Blonde (Ray of Light Theatre)
Sept 7 – 29
CJ Strickland (Episode 216) is in the show
https://www.rayoflighttheatre.com/legally-blonde
Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay)
Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)
