ABOUT US
Mission Statement
Green Room Theatre Company creates new works, reinvented classics, musical theatre, touring productions, and site-specific performances for the Coachella Valley. It directs its education programs toward young people and underserved communities.
Background
Green Room Theatre Company is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit theatre founded by Board President Karen Lin and Artistic Director David Catanzarite. It has produced a myriad of innovative projects in the thirteen years since its creation, and works with adult performers and youth to bring first-quality theatre and education to our desert communities.
In 2017, Green Room launched Coachella Valley Shakespeare, a combination of productions, readings, and special events that celebrate the life and works of William Shakespeare.
David Catanzarite
Founding Artistic Director
David Catanzarite is a master stage director and expert educator. He has directed 200 professional and college productions in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Prague, South Africa, Toronto, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Catanzarite began his teaching career at the age of 26 as a theatre instructor at Stanford University. He is currently on the Theatre faculty at California State University, San Bernardino/Palm Desert Campus.
At Green Room Theatre, Mr. Catanzarite has directed The Dresser, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Twelve Angry Men, To Kill A Mockingbird, Pop-up Shakespeare, numerous melodramas, and a holiday production of Gift of the Magi that toured African American Churches across the Coachella Valley. For Green Room Summer Conservatory he directed sold-out productions of Annie Get Your Gun, The Pirates of Penzance, Mary Poppins, Oliver!, and Fiddler on the Roof at the Indian Wells Theatre. Most recently he directed Sister Act at the state-of-the-art Indio High Performing Arts Center.
Board of Directors
Karen Lin
Board President
Christopher Manes Esq.
Legal Advisor
Irene Creighton
Secretary
Dee Childs
Treasurer
David Anderson
Human Resources & Diversity
Jacqueline Clare Merritt
Social Media
Jeff Wallach
Board Member
Production History
Past Events, Readings and Productions
Two Gentlemen of Verona in One Hour (April 2022)
Live Streamed for Black History Month - Wine in the Wilderness by Alice Childress
Summer Conservatory - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Live production at CREATE Center for the Arts
Summer Conservatory - The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet, Live production at CREATE Center for the Arts
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Oliphant Theatre
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel, Oliphant Theatre
Fences by August Wilson, Palm Desert Library
The Online Summer Conservatory with Live Streaming Performances and Student Film Projects
King Lear, CREATE Center for the Arts
The Dresser, CREATE Center for the Arts
Popup Shakespeare Festival, Barnes & Noble
An Iliad, Barnes & Noble
Summer Conservatory - Sister Act, Indio High Performing Arts Center
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part 2, La Quinta Library
Spooky Stories and Brew, La Quinta Brewery
The Merchant of Venice, CREATE Center for the Arts
Love and Shakespeare, Oliphant Theatre
Shakespeare Villains and Vengeance, Oliphant Theatre
Popup Shakespeare Festival, Barnes & Noble
6 RMS RIV VU, Barnes & Noble
Summer Conservatory - Annie Get Your Gun, Indian Wells Theatre
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part 1, La Quinta Library
Julius Caesar, Barnes & Noble
To Kill a Mockingbird Barnes & Noble
Boeing, Boeing, Barnes & Noble
Holiday Hustle III, Brookdale Senior Residence
Summer Conservatory - The Pirates of Penzance, Indian Wells Theater
Summer Conservatory - Shakespeare Showcase, The Fountains at Carlotta Senior Residence
Hamlet, Oliphant Theater
Arabian Nights by Mary Zimmerman, Barnes & Noble
Twelve Angry Men, Barnes & Noble
Antigone by Jean Anhouilh, Barnes & Noble
Summer Conservatory - Mary Poppins, Indian Wells Theater
The Coachella Valley Graveyard Tour, Coachella Valley Cemetery
Summer Conservatory - Oliver!, Indian Wells Theater
Winter Conservatory - The Emperor’s New Clothes (The Musical), College of the Desert
Spring Conservatory - 13 The Musical, Palm Desert Charter Middle School Auditorium
Summer Conservatory - Fiddler on the Roof, Indian Wells Theater
Gift of the Magi - all African American cast - touring production for six Black desert churches
Winter Conservatory - Winter Wonderland, A Christmas Story, and Other Short Plays, Oliphant Theater
Spring Conservatory - Once Upon A Time, Children’s Warped Fairy Tales, College of The Desert
Summer Conservatory - You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Palm Springs Air Museum
Spring Conservatory - Loco Motion, A Collection of Short Plays, College of the Desert
Summer Conservatory - Fast Train to the Poorhouse, CSUSB Palm Desert Campus
Summer Conservatory - Desperate Desmond’s Dastardly Deed, Oliphant Theater
Winter Conservatory - Holiday Hustle, A Collection of Short Plays, College of the Desert
Summer Conservatory - The Pony Espresso, CSUSB Palm Desert Campus
At Risk, a new play by Judy Soo Hoo, College of the Desert Pollock Theater
Desperate Desmond’s Dastardly Deed, Oliphant Theater