Fences Program

From the

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

DAVID ELLENSTEIN Welcome to Laguna Playhouse and our production of August Wilson’s FENCES. What a thrill to be producing the best known work of one of America’s greatest playwrights.

The 6th installment in Mr. Wilson’s 10 play “Pittsburgh plays” cycle, FENCES, has taken the theatre world by storm since it was first produced in 1985. Tony and Pulitzer prize winner on stage; Academy award winner on film, this play has endured the test of time for its brilliant writing and truthful, universal and compelling story telling.

To pull it off properly, we needed a brilliant cast, director and design team. I am so proud of this work and our ability to share it with you, our cherished audience.

Please enjoy FENCES!

David Ellenstein Artistic Director

BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR Lisa Hale VICE CHAIR Justin Myers SECRETARY Jeff Winston Heather Anne Chalmers Torin J. Cunningham, MD James Hale

TREASURER Harley Bassman GOVERNANCE & NOMINATIONS Jared K. Mathis

Dr. Gary Jenkins Barbara MacGillivray Heidi Miller Emeritus Trustees Glenn E. Gray Joe Hanauer Otis Healy Ilona Martin Melinda Masson Artistic Director David Ellenstein

Xiaohong Rose Ryan Smith Richard Thomas

presents

August Wilson’s

FENCES written by

August Wilson directed by

Yvette Freeman-Hartley starring

Tamarra Graham, Boise Holmes, Corey Jones, Amari McCoy, Matt Orduña, K.J. Powell, and Sean Samuels scenic designer

Edward E. Haynes Jr.

costume designer

Dana Rebecca Woods

lighting designer

Donny Jackson

sound designer

Jesse Worley

Lanny Hartley

Michael Donovan Casting Michael Donovan, CSA Richie Ferris, CSA

casting

properties designer

hair/wig design

fight coordinator Marc Antonio Pritchett

production stage manager

original music composition

Danielle Richter

Kevin Williams

Natalie Figaredo

The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association.

“August Wilson’s Fences” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com Originally Produced on Broadway by Carole Shorenstein Hays, in association with Yale Repertory Theatre World Premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre (Lloyd Richards, Artistic Director; Benjamin Mordecai, Managing Director); Second Production at The Goodman Theatre (Robert Falls, Artistic Director; Roche Schulfer, Managing Director) Initially given a staged reading at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference

OPENING NIGHT MAY 4, 2025 • MOULTON THEATRE, LAGUNA BEACH

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A NOTE ON FENCES

FROM DIRECTOR

YVETTE FREEMAN-HARTLEY Fences is a play rooted in rhythm — the rhythm of work, of love, of disappointment, of men talking trash on a Friday night, and of women holding families together with quiet strength. It is poetry dressed in overalls and housedresses. And at its center is a man, Troy Maxson, who both builds and breaks with the same hands.

Directing this production has been a journey through the hard questions: What do we owe our fathers? What are we passing down, whether we mean to or not? How do we protect ourselves from a world that denies our worth — and how do we keep from turning that same denial inward onto those we love?

August Wilson wrote a tragedy, yes. But inside that tragedy is something deeply human and — if we listen closely — something hopeful. The fences in this play don’t just keep things out; they hold things in. They frame a space where memory, laughter, hurt, and healing can live side by side. They ask us to bear witness to a Black family, not through the lens of struggle alone, but through the full range of life: music, pride, regret, and the reaching for something better.

To the brilliant cast and creative team: thank you for pouring yourselves into this world, for telling this story with honesty and heart. And to you, our audience — thank you for showing up. My hope is that when you leave, Fences stays with you, echoing in your spirit like a blues note in the night.

Yvette Freeman-Hartley Director

SETTING FOR FENCES The Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1957

Act I

Scene 1: Friday night Scene 2: The following morning Scene 3: Four hours later Scene 4: Friday, two weeks later

Act II

Scene 1: The following morning Scene 2: Six months later, early afternoon Scene 3: Late evening, three days later Scene 4: Two months later Scene 5: Eight years later (1965), morning

THE COMPANY Rose Maxson.............................................................................Tamarra Graham Jim Bono....................................................................................Boise Holmes Troy Maxson..............................................................................Corey Jones Raynell Maxson........................................................................Amari McCoy Gabriel Maxson........................................................................Matt Orduña Cory Maxson.............................................................................K.J. Powell Lyons Maxson...........................................................................Sean Samuels

TAMARRA GRAHAM

BOISE HOLMES

MATT ORDUÑA

COREY JONES

K.J. POWELL

AMARI MCCOY

SEAN SAMUELS

The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association.

INTERMISSION There will be a 15 minute intermission.

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WHO’S WHO TAMARRA GRAHAM (Rose Maxson) A Navy veteran originally from Detroit, Tamarra is a recent graduate of the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA). She is thrilled to be back on American soil making her Laguna Playhouse debut in Fences. Tamarra is a StageScene LA Scenie Award winner for Breakout Actress of the Year in Bee-Luther-Hatchee (Sierra Madre Playhouse) and Pure Confidence (Lower Depth Theatre). She has also performed sketch comedy at the Second City, Upright Citizens Brigade, iO Theater, and The Pack Theater. When not performing, she enjoys tennis, The Real Housewives, braiding her hair, and Popeye’s biscuits.

BOISE HOLMES (Jim Bono) is a Baltimore native now living in LA. He is excited to be a part of this fantastic team as well as honored to bring August Wilson’s work to Laguna Playhouse’s stage for the very first time. He recently starred for a year as Dr. Dillamond in the Broadway National Tour of Wicked. He also starred as Ton Ton Julian in the Tony Award winning Broadway revival of Once on This Island both on Broadway and the National Tour. Boise spent years in Germany starring as Mufasa in the German speaking cast of Disney’s The Lion King. A lover of God and humanity, Boise also serves as Associate Pastor at Grand Central Collective Church in Santa Clarita, CA. Numerous commercial/tv/ film/voice over credits. Some include: the National Spokesperson for Exxon/Mobil fuels campaign as “Mr. Supremium” both on camera and radio, Toyota, Remax, recurring role as Father Bernard on “Days of Our Lives,” “Chicago Fire,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Law and Order: SVU,” “Black-ish,” “NCIS,” “NCIS: New Orleans,” “Doubt” and “Ant Man/Wasp”. Boise performed Othello at Lincoln Center for which he was awarded a full scholarship to study abroad at the Oxford School of Drama where he portrayed MacBeth. Love to his wife and their four children. Thanks to Michael Donovan Casting, the Laguna Playhouse Team, his team Nyle Brenner, and Skyfire Artists. @boiseholmes 1John 4:8 COREY JONES (Troy Maxson) is delighted to debut at Laguna Playhouse. Broadway projects include The General in the first and second national tours of The Book of Mormon. Regional projects and theaters include: George in Intimate Apparel (Arizona Theater); Walter in A Raisin in the Sun, Oberon in Midsummer (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Bruce in A Distinct Society (world premiere at Pioneer Theater); Markinson in A Few Good Men (La Mirada); Sam Philips in Million Dollar Quartet, Doc Gibbs in Our Town (SCR); Tate in the world premiere of How to Fight Loneliness, King John in King John, Aaron in Titus Andronicus and Caliban in The Tempest (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Gil in Wild With Happy (Pittsburgh City Theatre); Othello in Othello (Shakespeare Santa Cruz); Chad Deity in The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Dallas Theater Center); Pa/Chief in The Color Purple (Celebration Theatre); Macon in Gee’s Bend (Arkansas Repertory Theatre); Macbeth in Macbeth, Bottom in Midsummer Night’s Dream and Booker T. Washington in Ragtime (PCPA Theatrefest); Malvolio in Twelfth Night (State Theatre) and roles at Denver Theater Center, Ensemble Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Education: University of Texas-Austin, Washington University in St. Louis.

AMARI MCCOY (Raynell Maxson) Ethiopian born and California raised, Amari’s acting career began in print and commercials when she was eighteen months old. At six, she made her television debut on “A Little Help With Carol Burnett” and went on to appear in “9-1-1,” “Frasier,” and others. Also at six, she began her voice acting career on Disney Jr. “T.O.T.S.” By the age of 10, Amari worked as a series regular in seven different animated series, with the latest being “Goldie” on Apple TV. Amari loves all things acting and Fences is her debut on the live stage!

MATT ORDUÑA (Gabriel Maxson) is excited to work with this incredible cast and crew in Laguna Playhouse’s production of Fences. Special thanks to the terrific ten, SCEN Crew, Aperture talent, Tao Management, my wife and my daughter.

K.J. POWELL (Cory Maxson), a Miami native, began his entertainment journey at 14. A Pepperdine University graduate, he made his theatre debut at Laguna Playhouse and has appeared in Double V (ICT) and Farragut North (Theatre 68). Recognized as an August Wilson Monologue Finalist and Spotlight Award recipient, he also earned a California Educational Theatre Association scholarship.

On-screen, K.J. has been seen in “Grown-ish,” “Henry Danger,” “Young Sheldon,” “Station 19,” and “The Secret Life of Cheerleaders”.

SEAN SAMUELS (Lyons Maxson) is thrilled to perform in Fences at Laguna Playhouse. With a diverse career across television, Broadway, and film, his TV credits include “Quantum Leap” (NBC), “Navy NCIS” (CBS), “9-1-1” (FOX), “Family Reunion” (Netflix), and “Jane The Virgin” (The CW). He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for his role in “Giants” (BET+). Broadway credits include SpiderMan: Turn Off the Dark and Tarzan. His regional work includes Cabaret at the Scherr Forum. Film credits include “Toxic Shark” and “Parasites”. Sean is a proud AMDA alumnus, where he earned his BFA. YVETTE FREEMAN-HARTLEY (Director) began her career in the First National and Broadway companies of Ain’t Misbehavin’. She received an OBIE Award for her acclaimed performance as Dinah Washington in Dinah Was. Television audiences know her as Nurse Haleh Adams on NBC’s “ER,” a role she played for fifteen years, and as Irma in “Orange is the New Black”. Yvette recently earned her master’s degree in Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University. Her award-winning short film “Remember” explores early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. She wrote and directed “The Blessing Way” for the AFI Directing Workshop for Women and has directed stage productions of Gee’s Bend, Blues in the Night, and Ain’t Misbehavin’ — which she has helmed numerous times, most recently at Laguna Playhouse.

AUGUST WILSON (Playwright) (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) authored Gem of the Ocean, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars, Fences, Two Trains Running, Jitney, King Hedley II, and Radio Golf. These works explore the heritage and experience of African-Americans, decade-by-decade, over the course of the twentieth century. His plays have been produced at regional theaters across the country and all over the world, as well as on Broadway.

In 2003, Mr. Wilson made his professional stage debut in his one-man show, How I Learned What I Learned. Mr. Wilson’s works garnered many awards including Pulitzer Prizes for Fences (1987); and for The Piano Lesson (1990); a Tony Award for Fences; Great Britain’s Olivier Award for Jitney; as well as eight New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, Two Trains Running, Seven Guitars, Jitney, and Radio Golf. Additionally, the cast recording of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom received a 1985 Grammy Award, and Mr. Wilson received a 1995 Emmy Award nomination for his screenplay adaptation of The Piano Lesson. Mr. Wilson’s early works included the one-act plays The Janitor, Recycle, The Coldest Day of the Year, Malcolm X, The Homecoming and the musical satire Black Bart and the Sacred Hills. Mr. Wilson received many fellowships and awards, including Rockefeller and Guggenheim Fellowships in Playwrighting, the Whiting Writers Award, 2003 Heinz Award, was awarded a 1999 National Humanities Medal by the President of the United States, and received numerous honorary degrees from colleges and universities, as well as the only high school diploma ever issued by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

He was an alumnus of New Dramatists, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a 1995 inductee into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and on October 16, 2005, Broadway renamed the theater located at 245 West 52nd Street - The August Wilson Theatre. Additionally, Mr. Wilson was posthumously inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2007. Mr. Wilson was born and raised in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and lived in Seattle, Washington at the time of his death. He is immediately survived by his two daughters, Sakina Ansari and Azula Carmen Wilson, and his wife, costume designer Constanza Romero.

EDWARD E HAYNES JR. (Scenic Designer) is excited to be Designing another show for the Laguna Playhouse after his work on Ain’t Misbehavin’. Regional credits include: The Geffen Playhouse, The Cygnet Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Muny Opera, Arizona Theater Co., Mark Taper Forum, Ebony Repertory Theatre Co., South Coast Rep, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Berkeley Rep, East West Players, Pasadena Playhouse, Hollywood Bowl, Marin Theatre Co., TheatreWorks, Intiman Theatre, Trinity Rep, Pittsburg City Theater, Alley Theatre, Alliance Theatre, and many he can no longer remember.

Television credits include: MTV’s Spring Break 2012 & 2011, Hip Hop Harry, The Tony Rock Project, and Culture Clash. Ed is the father of twins, Denis and Wesly, and husband to director Elizabeth BellHaynes.

DANA REBECCA WOODS (Costume Designer) is happy to join Yvette & design team for Fences.

Previously designed at Laguna Playhouse: Blues in the Night. Other design work includes: Steel Magnolias directed by Elizabeth Carter; Jitney, Pipeline, The Reclamation of Madison Hemings directed

by Ron Parson; Wine in the Wilderness, What I Learned in Paris directed by Lou Bellamy; The Addams Family, The Color Purple for Broadway Sacramento; Intimate Apparel at Orlando Shakes; new musical and plays, Come Get Maggie; A Medusa Thread; The Story of Biddy Mason; and Miss Maude. Dana has taught at UCF, UCLA, International Theater Festival.

DONNY JACKSON (Lighting Designer) is an award-winning Lighting Designer based in Los Angeles. Work highlights: Black Cypress Bayou (Geffen Playhouse)-Stage Raw Award, Move Kill Paradise (Odyssey Theatre)-Ticket Holders LA Award, In the Heights (La Mirada Theatre) -Orange Curtain Award, If I Forget, directed by Jason Alexander (Fountain Theatre), Closely Related Keys (ICT Long Beach) -Stage Scene LA Award, Four Clowns- New York Premiere (La Mama), When God Looked Away, starring Al Pacino (Macha Theatre), KJAZZ Concert 2017 (Wallis Annenberg) and Transition (Lounge Theatre)-NAACP Award. Recent projects: Is God Is (Lobby Theatre), What the Constitution Means to Me (ICT Long Beach) and Fences (Costa Mesa Playhouse). He is Chair of Theatre Arts at Cypress College and holds an MFA in Lighting from UCLA. www.DonnyJackson.com JESSE WORLEY (Sound Designer) Originally from Spokane, WA, Jesse Worley has had the pleasure of designing sound across the nation for Arizona Broadway Theatre (Phoenix, AZ), The Wick Theatre, (Boca Raton, FL) The San Pedro Playhouse (San Antonio, TX), Fort Peck Summer Theatre (Fort Peck, MT) The Modern Theater (Spokane, WA) and Lake City Playhouse (Coeur d’ Alene, ID). Some of his favorite sound designs include: The Wild Party, Next to Normal, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Newsies, Once, The Bridges of Madison County, Daddy Long Legs, Baskerville!, The Spitfire Grill, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, and Hello Dolly.

LANNY HARTLEY (Original Music Composition) grew up in a church environment that nurtured his love of gospel music. While studying Music Education at Indiana University, he was mentored by the legendary David Baker. His career has spanned roles as a pianist, composer, musical director, teacher, and solo performer. Lanny has shared the stage with a remarkable array of artists, including Linda Hopkins, Ernie Andrews, The Fifth Dimension, Joe Tex, Hugh Masekela, David Clayton-Thomas, Wes Montgomery, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Collette, Bennie Maupin, and James Newton (Luckman Jazz Orchestra), as well as Grant Gershon (L.A. Master Chorale), to name just a few. He is a graduate and instructor of Lyle “Spud” Murphy’s system of Horizontal Composition, a unique approach to music theory based on equal intervals. As musical director for numerous productions of Ain’t Misbehavin’, Blues in the Night, Billie! Backstage with Lady Day and Dinah Was, Lanny has earned nominations from the NAACP Theatre Awards, Ovation Awards, and New York’s Obie Awards.

Dinah Was proved to be a turning point in both his personal and professional life—it was there he met, collaborated with, and married his wife of twenty-nine years, Yvette Freeman.

MICHAEL DONOVAN, CSA (Casting) Michael Donovan is the recipient of 9 Artios awards, presented by the Casting Society of America for Outstanding Achievement in casting. Richie Ferris has 3 Artios awards. The company’s credits include shows produced at the Ahmanson Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum, the Hollywood Bowl, the Wallis Annenberg, Pasadena Playhouse, Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Geffen Playhouse, the Getty Villa, the Soraya, La Jolla Playhouse, the Garry Marshall Theatre, Ebony Repertory Theatre, San Francisco Symphony, Arizona Theatre Company, Arkansas Rep, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Rep, the Totem Pole Playhouse, and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Other credits include numerous films, TV shows and commercials. Michael is President of the Board for the Foundation for New American Musicals, and serves on the Board for Camp Bravo.

KEVIN WILLIAMS (Properties Designer) Recovering actor and L.A. native, Kevin has spent over two decades working as a designer, art director, fabricator and consultant for clients such as Walt Disney Imagineering, HUB Network, Red 5 Studios, Buena Vista Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox among many others. Notably, he was the Resident Production Designer for interactive theatre company, Delusion, for seven years: Lies Within (2014), His Crimson Queen (2016), Lies Within VR (2017), The Blue Blade (2018) and Reaper’s Remorse (2021). Kevin is the Prop Department Supervisor for UCLA’s School of Theater, Film & Television and lives in Orange County with his incredible family.

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DANIELLE RICHTER (Wig Designer) is thrilled to return to Laguna Playhouse as Wig Designer for Fences, having previously designed Blues in the Night. Her work includes Disney’s “ENCORE!” on Disney+, and productions at the Wallis Annenberg Center, LA Philharmonic, El Portal Theatre, A Noise Within, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She has served as Associate Wig Master at LA Opera, and has worked as Assistant Wig Designer at the Geffen and Pasadena Playhouses. With a deep passion for character driven design, she brings storytelling to life strand by strand.

MARC ANTONIO PRITCHETT (Fight Coordinator) is a Director, Fight Coordinator and Session Singer in the Los Angeles area. He has also served as an Artistic Director at Sacred Fools Theatre Company. Recent fight credits include To Each Their Own at the Atwater Village Theatre, Brushstroke at the Odyssey, The Mousetrap at Theatre Palisades, Tangled at Morgan-Wixson, Sweat at the Chance Theatre, True West at Group Rep and @Playaz at Moving Arts. He is represented by Nucleus Talent Management.

NATALIE FIGAREDO (Production Stage Manager) is very excited to be back at Laguna Playhouse having previously stage managed A Shayna Maidel, Ain’t Misbehavin, The Rainmaker, Staged, and Island of the Blue Dolphins. Her other stage management credits include the first national tour of My Fair Lady, The Nutcracker, Noah’s Ark (Pacific Festival Ballet). Regional Theatre: The Incredible Book Eating Boy, Joan, Little Shop of Horrors, The Old Man and the Old Moon, La Havana Madrid, Avaaz, Snow White, A Shot Rang Out, American Mariachi, Poor Yella Rednecks, Amos and Boris, Little Black Shadows, Junie B Jones Is Not A Crook, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Yoga Play, Mr. Poppers Penguins, Orange, Going To A Place Where You Already Are, A Year With Frog and Toad (South Coast Repertory), The Cake (Geffen Playhouse and Echo Theater Company), With Love and a Major Organ (Boston Court Pasadena) and What You Are and Twelfth Night (The Old Globe). At the Disneyland Resort she was previously an assistant stage manager on Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Dance Off!, Disney Junior Dance Party, and Mickey’s Trick and Treat. She trained at CSULB and The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. DAVID ELLENSTEIN (Artistic Director) Born into a theatrical family, David has been working in professional theatre for the better part of five decades - from San Diego to Portland, Maine and from Miami to Anchorage, Alaska - and most places in between. Now, he serves as the Artistic Director for both Laguna Playhouse and North Coast Rep. At Laguna Playhouse, credits include directing The Remarkable Mister, Holmes Eleanor, A View from the Bridge, Holmes and Watson, A Shayna Maidel, The Angel Next Door, Chapatti, Alexandros, and playing “Einstein” in Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Other directorial credits include The Chosen at Paper Mill Playhouse; Halpern and Johnson and Sonia Flew at Coconut Grove Playhouse; The Glass Menagerie, Rocket City and Honky Tonk Angels at Alabama Shakespeare Festival; His Royal Hipness at 59E59 in NYC; and Long Day’s Journey into Night at Renaissance Theatre. As Artistic Director at North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach since 2003, over 60 directorial credits including Way Down River, The Tempest, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Outsider and The Homecoming. David’s career includes acting credits of playing the title roles in Hamlet at LA Theatre Center and LA Rep; Richard III at California Shakespeare Festival; Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof at Moonlight Stage; Jonathan in Sight Unseen, Max in Laughter on the 23rd Floor and Matt in Talley’s Folly at North Coast Rep as well as over three dozen film and television episodes.

JUNE 11 - 29

The thrilling follow-up to Murder on the Links!

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Production Assistant................................................ Devon Rieckhof Deck Crew........................................................................Josh Collins Wig Maintenance........................................................ Alma Romero Child Performer Supervisor........................................ Alicia Erlinger

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Laguna Playhouse offers year-long conservatory classes for students ages 4-19 from September through May. New student auditions are in late August. Please follow us on Facebook and Instagram and check our website for updates.

In Conservatory, students learn important acting techniques and methods that are later utilized in full-scale youth productions. With seven levels, the conservatory program is for passionate individuals who have a desire to learn professional skills, have fun, and explore their creative voices with other committed students.

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THE JESSICA HERRON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Laguna Playhouse gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Dana Klein and Jay Herron who have established the Jessica Herron Memorial Scholarship Fund in loving memory of their daughter, a former student of the Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre.

This designated gift to the theatre’s permanent Endowment will help provide scholarship assistance to talented young people seeking to expand their knowledge and skills though our youth conservatory.

Student scholarships available for our year-long conservatory!

Check our website for how to apply.

June-August: Fun, musical themed, week-long, half day camps for students ages 4-11!

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June 16-July 18: For students ages 12-19, we are excited to premiere our Laguna Youth Theatre Ensemble where students will spend 5 weeks experiencing dance, playwrighting, acting, casting, improv, and more under the tutelage of industry professionals to create and perform their own production.

For more information, please email education@lagunaplayhouse.com or visit www.lagunaplayhouse.com/youth-theatre/summer-programs-2025/

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