Company in the News April 2021

See what PlayGround-LA Writers, Alumni, and Company Members are up to as we get ready for the April 12th Best of PlayGround-LA Gala. 

Jerome Joseph Gentes‘ TigerBear Productions, the creative production company of PlayGround writer and board member, is collaborating on a special experience for Modernism Week 2021 in Palm Springs, CA. Attendees will tour the 1971 mid-century modern Butler-Jaffe house and simultaneously experience onsite, live storytelling as well as Bird Songs performed by Bird Singers and Dancers from the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Inside and around the grounds, the Nickerson-Rossi Dance company will connect the traditional Bird Songs to their own live, modern choreography. Inspired by Kent Mackenzie’s 1961 film, the event draws and expands on the connections between migration, movement, and modernism, while honoring the Native Americans whose land the house inhabits. Shows take place on April 10-11; April 10th is sold out. To get your tickets for April 11th, here is the link!

Jully S. Lee was nominated for this year’s Ovation Award for Best Featured Actress for the role of Shapeshifter in HANNAH AND THE DREAD GAZEBO. She will also be directing in PLAYMAKING for the Los Angeles Music and Art School next month, and performing “Double Invasion” for Creative Center’s Monologue Showcase in New York on April 9th.

Allie Costa has a recurring role on the new series “My Big Fat Blonde Musical,” which is now streaming. She also plays a sweet little puppy on the new podcast “The Kit Bull Story.” She recently appeared in a dance film, a comedic play, and a dramatic musical. Many of her scripts are currently in rehearsal for productions in various locations, including New York, London, and Bangkok. For more information about any of these projects, please visit HERE! and HERE!

Evan Baughfman writes short horror fiction in addition to plays. Five of Evan’s dark drabbles (100-word stories) have been published inside “April Horrors,” an anthology about “harmless” pranks gone terrifyingly wrong. The book is published through U.K.-based Raven & Drake Publishing. Evan’s stories are titled CAN’T CHANGE ITS STRIPES, STIRRING UP TROUBLE, SURPRISE AT THE SHOPPING CENTRE, THE GUY WHO CRIED GOLF, and THEIR LAST DM’S. To find more information, please visit HERE!

Krystal Mosley just wrapped on a big feature film and can currently be seen on CBS “Young and the Restless!”

Sylvia Cervantes Blush is directing Milta Ortiz’s play PILAR AND PALOMA for The Bipoc Reading Series presented by Launch Pad and NNPN. Link to watch: HERE! Series info: HERE! And, on April 8th she will be teaching a virtual 90 minute Improv workshop for 7-10 year olds through the Spring Break Workshop Series presented by Stay Arts. More info on this and other art based workshops visit: HERE!

Uma Incrocci recently recorded an audiobook of the novel “A Time to Wander” with her husband, Christian Pedersen. Now available on Audible. To find more information, please visit HERE!

Diana Burbano is please to be performing in American Mariachi at SCR Outside in San Juan Capistrano. To find more information, please visit HERE!