Theatre Ventoux

Those who dream by night

in the dusty recesses of their minds

wake in the day to find that all was vanity;

but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men,

for they may act their dream with open eyes,

and make it possible.

T.E. Lawrence

 

Theatre Ventoux began as a dream in the heart of a fourteen year old boy in his freshman English class in the year 1979. It slept after that year, only to reawaken in 1985, then again in 1988, then in 1990, and yet once more in 2005. It has, quite stubbornly, refused to go back to sleep, so here we are.

 

And the Dreaming continues to be…something wonderful…

 

Gregory Taber: Director

You see, it’s all about the Dreaming…about finding a way to merge the Dreaming with the everyday act of Living so that the two become One: a single, Wonderful Testament to Beauty and to Love. Because, in the final analysis, all the rest is merely ash and dust.

Lisa Mercier-Taber: Director

I am blessed to be living my dream, which I want to share with as many people as possible. Thank you to everyone who has given so unselfishly of their time and talent in order to make Theatre Ventoux a reality.

 

 

 

Dreamers of the Dream

 

 

Artistic Partners

E. Gerry Hoard: The Fantasy Company

These days Gerry just wants to break even.

 

Chris Campbell/Julieann Keller: California Arts AcademyChris and Julie Ann wear far too many hats to enumerate here. Fortunately for us all, they wear each of them wonderfully.

 

 

Marcel Nunis: Theatre J’Nerique

We’re not worthy! We’re not worthy!

Contributing Artists

Devon Bailey

Acting? For me it’s a lot like scuba diving.

 

Ronald Blackwell

Acting to me is common sense. If the writer has written a good script and I perform it the way it was intended, it will come out pretty good. I want it to sound like it is the first time I have said it every time. I’m not so much an actor as a reactor. I react to things around me, to what is said. I don’t want to get so deep I have to have a psychiatrist straighten me out.

 

 

RJ Blak

You find the real gold on your way to the X.

 

Hal H. Bolen, II

Acting is like breathing: if you want to live, you have to do it. I act therefore I am: to move an audience; to entice you to take a crazed journey with me. Dare to dream, live to act,and laugh every moment you can.

 

 

Michelle Bonanno

Actors are visual journalists. It is the responsibility of the actor to deliver the message of the playwright to a hungry audience with fervor, intensity, and imagination.

 

 

 

Alissa Cummings

Live in the moment and see where it takes you; you never know what tomorrow will bring. And remember to kick some ass and have fun.

 

Evan Ericsen

 

 

Samuel Frank

Acting allows you to put on a mask altering your entire character for a time. This mask not only is refreshing to wear, but it also refuels the person you are when you remove the mask as well.

 

Melissa Geston

Acting is a word so trite for a profession/hobby so profoundly rewarding and enlightening. Acting is being, not pretending. You literally have to pour out your soul and drench yourself in another’s world in order to “act.

 

Tom Janecek

The actor has within himself the universal being, capable of all emotions and actions. He studies and analyzes all that is extraneous to him in terms of character, story, environment, and action. When everything is absorbed into his body and mind, he plays himself like a musical instrument, releasing this, suppressing that, until he looks, feels,sounds, and acts exactly like the character he is portraying.

 

Arthur Koster

Acting is the one thing in my life that balances and entrances me. It’s the one thing that I have that I love to do and absorb myself in. It’s about being able to present a believable character and story with others to touch an audience.

 

Rene Lastreto II

Shakespeare has said, “The Play’s the thing.” I like to think about theatre as “The thing is the play!”

 

Ricci Mazzuca

 

 

Renee Newlove

Being relatively new to the acting scene, I want to learn as much as I can from my fellow actors, directors, and friends. I believe theatre can only become beautiful when all the participants truly want and work for the piece to succeed. I cannot wait to witness and share the beauty.

 

David P. Otero

I am passionate about my interests, serious about my passions, playful in my seriousness, creative in my playfulness, and I believe in having fun… serious fun.

 

Dorian Ranta

I need my downtime, my alone-ness. But there are times when I just need to be part of something bigger. Some people go to church. Some people train for marathons. I act. And to be surrounded by such talent is highly inspirational, and that spills over

into other areas of my life.

 

Jessica Reedy

Creativity is something I like to try to do on stage…because, Lord knows, I can’t do it on the page.

 

Julia Reimer

An actor is a desperate soul who will do almost anything, accept almost any part, just to be in the play–to speak someone else’s words, to think someone else’s thoughts, to live someone else’s life. And then it’s over and the desperate actor asks, “Who next?”

 

Carolyn Robertson

Theatre is a part of me. Without it I don’t feel whole. I use to wonder why I needed it. I no longer question; I accept.

 

 

Mike Robertson

Theatre is what enables me to do everything else I have to do.

 

Joshua Taber

I shall destroy you all.

 

Megan Taber

Rawr!.

 

Stephen Torres

Theatre is dangerous. If I raise eyebrows and offend a few people, I know I’ve done my job.