So typical! Literally on the heels of yesterday\’s post about the new direction of Gilda Prsesents! since Grey Forge LeFey\’s move to southern California, the artist announces the sudden departure of Gilda herself. According to director Grey: \”I guess it was inevitable. The legendary Gilda is an East Coast lady, and although the intent was …
Howdy, Gilda friends! It\’s been a wild ride the last year backstage with Gilda. When one is the sole power in the producer/director chair, keeping things on track and on schedule when the world spins like a dervish can be quite a challenge. Among the heart-soaring accomplishments with the friends who have been part of …
If you\’re lucky in this life you become friends with someone like David Bowen. He liked to appear crusty and was a bit of a curmudgeon (so naturally we had that in common) but his first response to everyone was kindness and an offering of generosity. He was funny, creative, smart, and brave. And then, …
We wake to a new day and new information and find we need to reassess our position. It\’s always been my intent to make the Gilda company one of kindness and acceptance and tolerance and a safe place. And it\’s been my need to make Gilda shows vehicles for escape and laughter, with maybe a …
Oh, yes, it\’s been a while coming, and here it is. It\’s like Comedy Central when some of our Gilda Shedstecker Presents! players in solo action steal the spotlight. Happy New Year, our first production of 2016 is a party for our audience, our friends! When I directed Tammy Zinkhon Hyde in the one-woman show …
When I was a little tyke, my older sister and my cousins used to occasionally dress me as a girl. My mom thought it was cute. Somewhere there is a black and white photo of me about age 3 in an Easter ensemble complete with hat, gloves, and purse, smiling for the camera. Let me …
Blanche, more people have kissed you than have kissed the Pope\’s ring. Read More »
This past weekend we opened The Lightbearer by Shane Riggs, and it\’s been an exceptional experience. It\’s a perfect example of why Gilda Shedstecker Presents! is more than just doing theatre for us. This cast has had a wonderful rapport, expanding our family with a friend we\’ve been courting for our stage, performed an amazingly …
It gives me great pleasure to share some insight for the future of Gilda Shedstecker Presents! As founder and Artistic Director of this company, my focus will continue to be on presenting the irreverent comedies that I love. There are plans in the works for productions of Golden Girls on stage, a Gilda version of …
Getting personal here for a moment. Yes, I\’ve been a people pleaser most of my life. I\’ve been in advertising and marketing where the focus is to appeal to the broadest audience, and that\’s a hard habit to break. I like having people be happy. But putting the focus on trying to please strangers is …
