La Jolla Theatre Ensemble, 7555 Draper Avenue, La Jolla, CA (2026)

Staged readings have been produced of Arthur Miller's A VIEW From The BRIDGE, Mitch Albom's TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE, Paul Osborne's MORNING'S At SEVEN, STEEL MAGNOLIAS, Evan Smith's THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION, Richard Dresser's ROUNDING THIRD, Horton Foote's THE TRIP To BOUNTIFUL, Mary Chase's HARVEY, & O.Henry's The GIFT Of The MAGI in programs w/ 2 Oscar Wilde Fairy Tales, "The Fisherman & His Soul"

+ "The Happy Prince" ('12) & "The Star Child" + "The Devoted Friend" ('13). ALSO...!!!...

June, 2013 + February, 2015: DRIVING MISS DAISY, with Constance Korn, Ernie McCray & Tom Andrew. July, 2013: ON GOLDEN POND, with Ed Eigner, Jamie Henkin, Gabe Krut, Roberta Wolff, John Tessmer & Nick Young. August, 2013: reprise of MORNING'S At SEVEN, this time in the Center's outdoor courtyard, with Lucy Ann Albert (as Esther Crampton), June Gottlieb (Aaronetta Gibbs), Lauren Griffo (as Myrtle), Patrick Hubbard [Theodore (Thor) Swanson], Karen Menin (Ida Bolton), Neal Sullivan (Carl Bolton), George Weinberg-Harter (David Crampton), Roberta Wolff (Cora Swanson) & yours truly (Homer Bolton). October, 2013: GRACE & GLORIE by Tom Ziegler, with Lucy Ann Albert, as Grace Stiles, & Laura Bohlin, as Gloria Whitmore. December, 2013: Two Oscar Wilde fairy tales, "The Star Child" & "The Devoted Friend," paired w/ THE GIFT Of The MAGI. January, 2014: Neil Simon's CHAPTER TWO, Directed by George Bailey & Kristen Fogle, starring Kristen Fogle, Chris Pittman, Daisy Talley & John Tessmer. February, 2014: "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing," a variety show featuring music, comedy, poetry & song. April, 2014: CLOSE TIES by Elizabeth Diggs, with Cristyn Chandler, Christina Flynn, Virginia Gregg, Marian Hollingsworth, Rhiannon Jones, Connie Korn, Gabe Krut, Eric Parmer, and John Tessmer. June, 2014: DIXIE SWIM CLUB, June 17+20 with Katherine Brecka, Barbara Cole, Kathi Copeland, Lauren Griffo & Andrea Kaye. August 19 & 21, 2014: Henrik Ibsen's THE LADY FROM THE SEA, starring Rin Ehlers Sheldon and featuring Rob Biter, J. Tyler Jones, Tatiana Mac, Molly O'Meara, Graham Sheldon, and John Tessmer. September 9 & 12, '14: Tennessee Williams' THE GLASS MENAGERIE, starring Katherine Brecka, Tyler Hewes, Erika Beth Phillips, & John Tessmer. December, 2014: TINY TIM'S XMAS CAROL by Matt Thompson, with Danny Campbell, Jim Clevenger, Kent, Maelyn & Renee Gandola, Merrick Hannah, Tess Maretz, Isabelle Pizzurro, J. February, 2015: Jean Kerr's MARY, MARY with Erika Phillips, Tom Andrew, Walter Ritter, Amanda Schaar & J. March 23 & 26, 2015: Helen Edmundson's THE CLEARING, with Laura Bohlin, Maelyn Gandola, Ed Hollingsworth, Dana Hooley, Steven Jensen, A.J. June, 2015: Gary Seger's ALAS, POOR YORICK, with Steve Smith, and J. July, 2015: George Soete's AMICI, with James Darvas, Jill Drexler, Laura Kaplan-Nieto, Jennifer McKenna, Michael Nieto, J. Tessmer, and Nick Young. September, 2015: FOUR BY ARTHUR MILLER ("Elegy For A Lady," "Fame," "I Think About You a Great Deal," and "Some Kind of Love Story"), with Rhianna Basore, Jesse MacKinnon, Paul Morgavo, Albert Park, and J. October, 2015: Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL, with Susan Benninghoff, Steven Jensen, Daniel Liaug, Jesse MacKinnon, Paul Morgavo, Charles Peters, Kate Schott, Rachel Throesch, and Lisa Winans. December, 2015: The La Jolla Theatre Ensemble Holiday Show, with Jill Drexler, Ron Jones, Jef Olson, and J. January, 2016: UP ON A ROOF -- Werner Hashagen's SYMPATHY & CAPPUCINO, with Suzana Norberg and Nick Young; and Michael Eichler's HEPNER HALL, with Maelyn Gandola, Anna Rebek, Alexa Samaniego, Alyssa Schindler, and J. Tessmer

February, 2016: Thomas Gibbons' PERMANENT COLLECTION, with Kimberly King, Walter Murray, J. Tessmer, Whitney Brianna Thomas, Debra Wanger, and Tim West. February, 2016: Reprise of Alfred Uhry's DRIVING MISS DAISY, with Tom Andrew, Connie Korn, and Ernie McCray. March, 2016: Henrik Ibsen's JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN, with Katherine Brecka, Jill Drexler, Dan Feraldo, Renee Gandola, Kristin Naomi Garcia, Ed Hollingsworth, Shane Jost, and Sofia Migala. April, 2016: Will Eno's TRAGEDY: A TRAGEDY, directed by Francis Gercke, with Dan Feraldo, Lee Howeth, Haig Koshkarian, Elaine Litton, and Mark Zweifach. April, 2016: Gary Seger's THE ULTIMATE SHAKEPSEARE PROOF, with Pat Brown, Dana Hooley, Marcus Overton, Erika Phillips, David Raines, Steve Schlam, Tom Steward, and J. May and July, 2016: Tim West's COOPERSTOWN, with Dani DeCarlo, John Herzog, J. Tessmer, and Dash Williams. June, 2016: Steven Dietz's INVENTING VAN GOGH, with Jewell Karinen, Jason Maddy, Patrick McBride, Steve Smith, and J. July, 2017: Ed Smith's MR. RICKEY CALLS A MEETING, with Everett Davis, Rhys Green, Jay Jee, Walter Murray, Vimel Sephus, and Duane Weekly. July, 2017: Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, with George Bailey, Dan Feraldo, Ed Hollingsworth, Dana Hooley, Patrick McBride, J. Tessmer, and Hilary White. September, 2016: Herb Gardner's I'M NOT RAPPAPORT, with Brenda Adelman, Julia Bodey, Ernie McCray, Allan Salkin, J. Tessmer, and Austin Wright. September, 2017: Tennessee Williams' CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, with Devlin, Kent Gandola, Sarah LeClair, Andrew Oswald, Navarre Perry, J. Tessmer, George Weinberg-Harter, and Hilary White. October, 2016: Marian Hollingsworth's SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE LEGACY OF BLOOD, with Patrick Barnsley, Julia Bodey, Kristin Naomi Garcia, Daniel Gurion, Danny Ingersoll, Cecily Keppel, Ed Hollingsworth, Tatiana Mac, Jesse MacKinnon, Paul Morgavo, Tom Steward, J. November, 2016: in a co-production with fruitlessmoon theatreworks, directed by Aimee Greenberg, PHOEBE IN WINTER, with Andrea Agosto, Patrick Barnsley, Nadia Guevara, Kalif Price, Gill Sotu, and J. December, 2016: Matt Thompson's A CHRISTMAS CAROL RADIO SHOW, directed by Matt Thompson, with Rhianna Basore, Dana Hooley, Jesse Kincaid, Robert May, Joe Paulson, Will Rickman, J. Thompson, and Catalina Zelles. January, 2017:

February, 2017: IN WHITE AMERICA, with Eva Barnes, Monique Gaffney, Jeffrey Ingman, Merrick McCartha, Ernie McCray, and J. March, 2017: Delia Nora Ephron's LOVE, LOSS, & WHAT I WORE, directed by Kristen Fogle, and with Caroline Amiguet, Tanika Batiste, Cindey Chavez, Marcie Colleen, Ray-Anna Ranae, Lydia Real, Kendra Truett, and Whitney Wegman. April, 2017: Arthur Miller's BUFFALO BILL DISREMEMBERS, with Kevin Olson-Six, J. Tessmer, and William Virchis; and HUGHIE, with Jason Maddy, Kevin Olson-Six, and J. May, 2017: Steven Oberman's THE LAST-MINUTE GANG, with Kenny Bordieri, Jill Drexler, Sandy Hotchkiss, Haig Koshkarian, and Connie Terwilliger. June, 2017: Paul Halem's WESTERN UNION ASSASSIN, with Jim Clevenger, Renee Gandola, Paul Halem, J. Tessmer, and Deborah Zimmer. July, 2017: Richard Nash's THE RAINMAKER, with Mark Anthony Flynn, Steve Froehlich, Robert Malave, Paul Morgavo, Rachel Esther Tate, J. Tessmer, Duane Weekly, and Nick Young. August, 2018: WALTER CRONKITE IS DEAD, with Katherine Brecka & Michelle Dixon. February, 2018: IN SPLENDID ERROR, with Monique Gaffney, John Greenleaf, Cortez Johnson, Stephen Leffler, Walter Murray, Ms. Ky Pannell, Ryan Payne, William B.J. Robinson, J. Tessmer, Tim West, and Amara Young. February, 2019: MR. RICKEY CALLS A MEETING by ED Schmidt -- with Shaun Evans, Sr. & Shaun Evans, Jr., Rhys Greene, Walter Murray, Alexander Robinson, Wrekless Watson, and Duane Weekly. March, 2019: FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SU***DE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF -- by Ntozake Shange, directed by Carla LaTonia DeJesus (co-production with Tanika Baptiste Productions), with Mycah Bacchus, Tyra Carter, Monique Gaffney, Denise Griffin, Joy Yvonne Jones, Tamara Hartfield Paige, Eboni Muse, Alvin Paige, and Ruth Zee. April, 2019: NONE OF THE ABOVE -- by Jenny Lyn Bader, with Adam Daniel and Olivia Hodson. May, 2019: JANE DOE IN THE QUIET ROOM -- by Jack Shea, co-directed by Robert Salerno & J. Tessmer, with Danielle Douglass, Rhys Greene, and Dori Salois. June, 2019: THE SPIN DOCTOR -- by David Budde, directed by Dori Salois (co-production with Vantage Theatre), with Jody Catlin, Anthony Hamm, Don Loper, Chris Pittman, and Dillon Thomas. July, 2019: SHORTS BY CHEKHOV & SIMON -- with Julianna Amarita, Katherine Brecka, Patrick McBride, Nick Moseley, Charlie Riendeau, Allan Salkin, and J. August, 2018: CANDY & SHELLEY GO TO THE DESERT -- by Paula Cizmar, with Mark Anthony Flynn, Tatiana Mac, and Natalia Maggio. September, 2019: A VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS by Lee Blessing, with Kaden Courey, Geoffrey Graehme, Lauren Preski, J. Tessmer, and Gailee Walker Wells. October, 2019: WAR OF THE WORLDS, with Ron J. Jones, Jef Olson, Tom Steward, J. Tessmer, and Sam Young. November, 2019: A WORLD OF THEIR OWN by Stephen Metcalfe, with Leigh Ellen Aiken, Dave Florek, Mark Anthony Flynn, William James, George Vujo, and Devin Wade. December, 2019: CLIMATE CHANGE THEATRE ACTION, with Ciarlene Coleman, Steve Froehlich, Ed Hollingsworth, Wendy Hovland, Aaron Lugo, Cristina Soria, and J. Tessmer

01/23/2026

The Cast Knocked It Out-of-the-Park on Tuesday...!!!... 💖

Don't Miss Performance #2 on ...

SATURDAY, January 24th at 2PM...!...

At the La Jolla Library ;)

7555 Draper Avenue; La Jolla, CA 92037

The La Jolla Theatre Ensemble's first staged reading of 2026:

QUEEN OF LUCIA ~ by Lisa Balderston

$10-15 Suggested Donation/a.k.a., pay-what-one-can 😊

Starring Charles Peters as a college professor named Jack and Rhiannon McAfee in a tour-de-force as Elena, his wife, also a college professor, battling her inner and outer "demons" as she struggles with her bi-polar disorder.

Jamie Feinstein devilishly and deliciously plays Hal, a hallucinatory manifestation of some of those demons.

Lisa's piece is gripping, moving, thought-provoking, and entertaining. ✨

Don't Miss It(!) AND the Wonderful Performances by this Amazing Trio of Actors...!!!... ✨

RHIANNON McAFEE is a stage, screen, and voice actor; director; dramaturg; and dialect coach. She is a proud member of Narada Radio Company and can also be heard as Girl Friday Jenny McIntosh in all four seasons of the award-winning audio drama, "Rex Rivetter: Private Eye," and as intrepid reporter, Cassidy, in "The Modern Immortals."

Favorite stage credits include playing eight characters and a magic bathtub in the award-winning West Coast Premiere of "Puffs" and directing the same play in 2023; award-winning performances of Laura in "The Glass Menagerie" (OnStage Playhouse) and Sonia in "Vanya, Sonia, Masha, and Spike" (Lamplighters); as well as productions of "November," "God of Carnage," "Blithe Spirit, and Pride and Prejudice."

CHARLES PETERS is an award-winning director and actor and has twice toured nationally. He has performed on stages all over the world. In San Diego he has worked professionally as a director, actor and writer at ion Theatre, New Village Arts, Cygnet Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Scripps Ranch Theatre, OnStage Playhouse, and more.

With the La Jolla Theatre Ensemble he has appeared in staged readings of "The Seagull" as Medvedenko and "Rocket to the Moon" as W***y Wax.

His new play, "December 4th," will premiere at OnStage Playhouse in November, 2026.

JAMIE FEINSTEIN is excited to be participating in her first staged reading production with the La Jolla Theatre Ensemble.

Jamie has been fortunate to perform in plays and musicals throughout San Diego in productions at the Tenth Avenue Arts Center, Broadway Vista, Luminary Arts, Lamplighters Theatre, PowPAC, Patio Playhouse, Star Theatre, and the Coronado Playhouse.

Favorite past roles include Brooklyn in "Gods of Comedy," Debbie in "Footlight Frenzy," and Louise Lerman and Eve in "Ruthless!"

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12/01/2025

We had an excellent turn-out for Saturday's staged reading performance of LAURA'S STORY(!) by Jean Seager, and We are hoping for the same kind of turn-out THIS EVENING...!!!... 💖

6PM at the La Jolla Library:

7555 Draper Avenue; La Jolla, CA 92037

$10-20 Suggested Donation. 😊

Spurred on by the horrible murder of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, and the impending birth of her own bi-racial great-grandchild, Laura delves into African-American history as she never has before...

You, too, will likely learn some things you hadn't known before by coming along for "Laura's Story."

So if you were out of town for the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend, or just couldn't get over to the La Jolla Library on Saturday, consider coming on in TONIGHT...!!!... ;)

The play will run 90 minutes, and we will have short talk-back afterwards for those who would like to stay... 🤎

Below are some of the creative team which has worked on this project, starting with the playwright.

Tonight Laura will be played by Maxine Levaren, and her mother and sister and the historical characters of Caroline Goodman and Anne Braden by Rebecca Joy Fletcher. ⭐️ 💜

They will be joined by the rocks of the ensemble, Nicki Barnes, Jon Alexander Hewitt and Walter Murray, all back for their second performance. 💖✨

JEAN SEAGER is a playwright who lives in Coronado. She has won awards at New York’s Playground Experiment Faces of America, San Diego’s Five-Minute Play Festival at the Jewish Community Center, and Scripteasers.

She is a commended playwright at the Jewish Play Project, and her work has been featured at UCSD’s Osher program. Last spring, Lamplighters Community Theater produced one of her short plays.

In addition to being a playwright, she is a writer of fiction, having completed a collection of short stories, several of which have been published in print and online magazines, and a novel. Her first book, "Almost There," will be published in late spring. 💫

WALTER MURRAY has appeared on stages in San Diego, Los Angeles, and New York. He was a co-founder of the San Diego Black Ensemble Theater and has been in three films, "Your Name Here," "The Case Regarding Joan of Arc," and "Why the Nativity."

Walter has performed in staged readings with the La Jolla Theatre Ensemble of "Mr. Rickey Calls A Meeting," "Rounding Third," "In Splendid Error," "Love-15: Fifteen Short Plays about Tennis – and Life(!)," "Across the Street," and "Permanent Collection."

He also was in a full production of the latter in 2009 with John Tessmer, Debra Wanger, Joe Powers, and Tanya Johnson Herron with Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company. In 2023 Walter acted in "Public Enemy with New Fortune Theatre Company, with which he also appeared in "Henry V" in 2014. 🎭

MAXINE LEVAREN is thrilled to be part of "Laura’s Story."

She has also performed with Underground Performance Syndicate, Trinity Theater Company, Clairemont Act One, Looking Glass Theater, The Circle Players of El Cajon, North Park Vaudeville, Inner Mission Productions, and several other venues around San Diego.

Maxine also paints, writes, travels, volunteers and enjoys time with family, friends, and her dog Apple. 🌟

REBECCA JOY FLETCHER is a vibrant, versatile actress and theater-maker recently relocated to San Diego from Chicago. She has performed her own and others’ works at stages all over the world, including at La Vieille Grille Theatre, Paris; Dixon Place, NYC; Victory Gardens, Chicago; Martef Theatre, Jerusalem; Miami Theater Center, and Theater J, Washington DC.

Some of her favorite roles in Chicago include Soreh in "Indecent," Betty Bumbrake in "Peter and the Starcatcher," Dora Strang in "Equus" and William Godwin in "Mary Shelly Sees the Future."

Rebecca is extensively trained in Meisner, physical theater, Michael Chekhov acting technique, devising, singing, and Shakespeare. She prides herself on her capacity to throw herself into moments, to pivot, to collaborate generously, and to listen.

When not embodying other people or creating new work, she can be found working as Director of Jewish Life at Coastal Roots Farm in Encinitas, dancing gleefully in public places, and eating her husband’s bbq. ;)

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Check out the fabulous work of Nicki, Jon, Rebecca, Maxine, Walter, and of course the playwright of LAURA'S STORY, Jean Seager -- THIS Evening...!!!... ❣️

11/29/2025

THIS AFTERNOON -- at 4PM!

A Staged Reading of LAURA'S STORY ~ by Jean Seager. ⭐️

At the La Jolla Library:

7555 Draper Avenue; La Jolla, CA 92037

$10-20 Suggested Donation; as always, that ACTUALLY(!) means, "Pay-What-One -Can"...!... ;)

Laura is a septuagenarian of Jewish background whose grandson has married an African-American woman named Lavinia; Lavinia is pregnant, and so Laura will soon have a great-grandchild of mixed race.

LAURA'S STORY takes place in the late summer/early fall of 2020 during the Pandemic and following the murder of George Floyd on Memorial Day that spring.

Laura has hardly been entirely clueless about African-American history, but, boy, does she have a lot to learn...

Historical and fictional characters are a part of "Laura's Story," as she strives to figure out how she can be the best great-grandmother to the newest member of her family.

Starring Linda Benning -- but only TODAY(!) and Maxine Levaren (on MONDAY, 12/1 at 6PM!) and Featuring Nicki Barnes, Jon Alexander Hewitt, Walter Murray, myself, Rebecca Joy Fletcher (but only MONDAY) and Jena Joyce -- JUST THIS Afternoon...!!... 🌟

LINDA BENNING writes, "Theatre has been an important part of my life since I was very young. I loved to sing, so most of my early shows were musicals, many of which my daughter and I did together.

"I attended UCLA, where I majored in English and minored in Theatre; completing a Teaching Credential. The majority of my teaching career --30 years-- was at Coronado High School, where I taught English, Government, Economics, and Theatre.

"In the 1990's I was one of the co-founders of the Coronado School of the Arts [CoSA], where I taught Theatre History, Scene Study, and Show Biz Business, and was the Director of the CoSA Repertory Company, a student-driven group that performed two student-written and directed plays a year.

"Following my retirement in 2010, I gradually eased my way back on stage after a very long hiatus. It is wonderful to be performing again!" 💖

JENA JOYCE is Jena is pleased to make her second appearance with La Jolla Theatre Ensemble, having played multiple roles in “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” in Love-15: Fifteen Short Plays about Tennis – and Life…!...

Prior to that, she performed at the La Jolla Library in a staged reading celebrating the life and work of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay in 2022.

Jena was seen most recently as Margrethe Bohr in "Copenhagen" at Lamplighters. Since first venturing back on the boards in 2019, she's performed in sixteen productions with a variety of theater groups including Trinity, Lamplighters, PowPAC, Vanguard, and Coronado Playhouse, as well as The What Next Collective, a group of women writers and actors she co-founded in 2024 which presents an annual collection of new work.

In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Jena performed in numerous plays at San Diego area theaters (Fiesta Dinner Theatre, NewWorks Theatre, Marquis Public Theater, The Fritz) before heading down an alternate career path as a lawyer, receiving her J.D. from USD in 1996 and practicing transactional law ever since.

Jena has a B.A. in History with a Certificate from the Program in Theatre & Dance from Princeton University, where she performed in a dozen plays, designed costumes for several more, and served on the board of Theatre Intime, a fully student-run operation.

When not acting or lawyering, Jena is an avid community volunteer, currently serving on the Board the San Diego Performing Arts League where she works on the All City Auditions and Star Awards committees.

She is also currently reviewing plays for Trinity's New Works Festival and serving as Dramaturg for the new season of What Next, to be presented in May 2026. ✨

Don't Miss Jena and Linda in just over two hours at the LJ Library...!!!... -- Along with Jon Alexander Hewitt, Nicki Barnes, Walter Murray, and myself...!!!... ☺

And then Jon, Nicki, Walter and I will be joined by Maxine and Rebecca for Monday evening's performance -- also at the LJ Library (at 6pm...!...). 💟

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09/22/2025

TONIGHT...!!!...

Monday, September 22nd at 6PM

AND(!)

TOMORROW Evening, September 23rd -- ALSO at 6PM...!... ;)

At the La Jolla Library:

7555 Draper Avenue; La Jolla, CA 92037

A Staged Reading of a new play by Michael Eichler, ACROSS THE STREET. ⭐️

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"Michael Eichler's plays present flawed and fascinating characters who grapple with issues of relevance. He cuts to the raw truth and leaves the audience thinking long after the lights go down." ~ Cecelia Kouma, Executive Director, Playwrights Project

ACROSS THE STREET is about many things, especially generational/cultural differences in 21st century America but also contrasts between different parts of the country, and even different NEIGHBORHOODS within certain communities.

And of course I can't give anything away(!), but look out for a highly significant plot development well into the second half of the 70- to 75-minute play -- one which, as any good play DOES, not only raises the stakes for the characters, but also introduces additional "issues"/thought-provoking material... 💜

STARRING Greta Chan, Dana Hooley, Walter Murray, and Jackson Wright...!!!!... ✨

DANA HOOLEY has been acting professionally for more than four decades; she has appeared on stage in San Diego, Los Angeles, NYC, and London.

Last decade she played Betty in "Chapatti" in Palm Springs (DezArt Performs), Sonia in "Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike" (Scripps Ranch Theatre), Winnie in Beckett’s "Happy Days" (Sledgehammer Theatre), and Mistress Quickly in "Henry V" and Meg in "The Birthday Party" (New Fortune Theatre Company), the latter for which she won the San Diego Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress in a Play; Dana received the San Diego Critics Circle’s Actress of the Year in 2014.

With the La Jolla Theatre Ensemble Dana has acted in staged readings of "The Laramie Project," "The Clearing," "The Ultimate Shakespeare Proof" by the late Gary Seger, and "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof," in which she played Big Mama.

In addition to being in the plays of Tennessee Williams, she dreams of performing in anything by Lillian Hellman, Eugene O'Neil, and, of course, Shakespeare! ❣️

WALTER MURRAY has appeared on stages in San Diego, Los Angeles, and New York. He was a co-founder of the San Diego Black Ensemble Theater and has been in three films, "Your Name Here," "The Case Regarding Joan of Arc," and "Why the Nativity."

Walter has performed in staged readings with the La Jolla Theatre Ensemble of "Mr. Rickey Calls A Meeting," "Rounding Third," "In Splendid Error," "Love-15: Fifteen Short Plays about Tennis – and Life(!)," and "Permanent Collection."

He also was in a full production of the latter in 2009 with John Tessmer with Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company. In 2023 Walter acted in "Public Enemy" with New Fortune Theatre Company, with which he also appeared in "Henry V" with Dana Hooley & John Tessmer in 2014. 💖

09/18/2025

After two packed houses in collaboration with Trinity Theatre Company in Mission Valley (Thank You, Sean Boyd, for hosting us there...!....), we are thrilled to be able to present two additional staged reading performances of ACROSS THE STREET ... at the LA JOLLA LIBRARY -- NEXT Monday and Tuesday evening at 6pm...!!!...

Monday & Tuesday, September 22-23 @ 6PM ;)

7555 Draper Avenue; La Jolla, CA 92037

All FOUR of the play's wonderful actors will be back -- and you won't want to miss them...!!!... ✨

Greta Chan, Dana Hooley, Walter Murray & Jackson Wright...!!!...😊

Click on this link for more information. ;)

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Greta Chan is a San Diego native with a BA in Theatre from UCSD, and she is delighted to participate in this project. Some of her favorite previous roles include Molly in "The White Guy on the Bus" (Onstage Playhouse), Cassandra in "Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike" (Lamplighters Theatre), and Hero in "Much Ado About Nothing." ⭐️

Jackson Wright is a performer who was born right here in San Diego. A graduate from San Diego State with a BA in Musical Theatre performance, he has performed at various theatres in San Diego County and beyond.

Jackson has been seen most recently in SDMT’s "Legally Blonde" (Kyle), Vista’s Moonlight Amphitheatre’s "Jesus Christ Superstar," and alongside Megan Hilty, Jasmine Rice LaBeija and the San Diego Master Chorale at the Rady Shell in Jacobs Park in "The Best of Times: Megan Hilty Sings Jerry Herman."

He has starred in several world premiere musicals, most recently "The Musical" (Johnny) at the Tenth Avenue Arts Center in downtown San Diego.

Jackson has also performed at Sea World and Legoland for the last three years, appearing in projects that span from singing and dancing on stage with Lego to being chased by pirates in a water stunt show.

When he is not performing, Jackson works as a teaching artist for Trinity Theatre and for Center Stage Productions at middle and elementary schools all over San Diego County. 😊

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