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How the MWT Brought Theatre Back Into Mary Beth Pape's Life
By Jill Carpanini
Mary Beth Pape sweeps into the room like a whirlwind.
Brimming with enthusiasm for her latest task -- directing an evening rehearsal of A Little Princess for the Youth Education/Entertainment Series (Y.E.S) -- it's hard to believe she was up at the crack of dawn f or her day job, running a breakfast catering business on commercial and fashion shoots.
"I have my business 'MB's Food' and I just do breakfasts. I'm out early so that I can go on auditions and pursue my dream," she said. "I'm an actress to the core of my being. My goal is to work like Meryl Streep and no one is going to tell this woman that that won't happen! I believe we create our own reality," Mary Beth said.
She is pictured above at work rehearsing Princess in January, attired in hat and scarf for the (unheated) upstairs rehearsal hall. Read more... |
Steve Weber, Marc Ostroff, & Steven Flowers celebrate at the Geoffrey Awards. Each won an award for his work in the musical The Full Monty. |
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Did You Know? with clickable links
- Welcome to new SMTG member (insert your name here). Find out about supporting live theatre as a member.
- The annual Geoffrey Awards celebration in December was an evening to socialize and recognize the best artistic work during the 2007-08 Mainstage season. The big winners were The Full Monty (7 awards); Intimate Apparel (pictured below, 5 awards); and Piece of My
 Heart (4 awards). If you missed the event, you can view a list of all the individual winners here. Special awards included the Y.E.S. Bigfoot Award to adult mentor-actor Gina Renfrew; the Little Foot Award to the Ladies in Black, and the Godino Award to Jennifer Polhemus.
- Y.E.S. is sponsoring a book drive in conjunction with
 performances of A Little Princess. New and gently used books in English and Spanish will be collected to benefit MWT's neighbor, the Venice Family Clinic. When a young patient completes his/her clinic visit, the doctor will issue a "prescription" for a book to take home and read.
- The new Board of Directors is holding an all-day retreat meeting on Saturday, January 24 at Santa Monica's Ken Edwards Center. Do you have ideas, kudos, or complaints to share? What can
 we do to improve our programs in 2009? Send a confidential email to President Marc Ostroff. Come on, you know you have something to say, or at least something to complain about! |
