05/29/2026
Congratulations to Mark Booher on his Indy Award from Santa Barbara Independent!
Congratulations are also in order to Bethany Thomas for her Performance Award, PCPA’s Songs for Nobodies.
"The history of the theater community played a prominent role, with special Curtain Call Awards going to several soon-to-be retired luminaries, including Mark Booher, who is retiring as Artistic Director/Dean of PCPA (Pacific Conservatory Theatre). “It does feel a little odd to get a gift for having received a gift for 27 years of work at PCPA,” said Booher, who will retire in December. “I just want to say, as your creative partners all the way up in North County, we feel great fidelity with you and a bond with the total theater community, and let’s keep doing what we’re doing,” he added. “It’s very hard a lot of the time, and occasionally we get these shiny moments that are delightful, but it’s vital to ourselves, to our communities, and to this civilization. And you all know more than ever, it’s critical right now for us to keep doing the work of artists here locally, but also across our nation.”
-Santa Barbara Independent
