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Reviews and features about Green Room Theatre and its productions.
Pictured (L to R):
Rita Gonzales – GRTCCV Board President
Karen Lin – GRTCCV Founding President
David Catanzarite – GRTCCV Founding Artistic Director
Nila Rodrigez – Tammis Day Foundation Executive Director
Allan H. Jensen – GRTCCV Managing Director
Kristine Gula – GRTCCV Education Manager
The local performing arts scene is about to get a major upgrade ahead of the upcoming autumn performance cycle. The Green Room Theatre Company Coachella Valley officially announced it has secured a transformative 100,000 dollar grant from the Tammis Day Foundation earlier this month. This substantial financial infusion marks a major step forward for the non-profit organization and expands on an initial 2,500 dollar seed donation provided by the foundation back in December 2025 that first kickstarted their philanthropic partnership.
american Moor is a Hit!
“Award-winning actor Eddie Stephens has the gift. He delivers an extraordinary, non-stop performance as a seasoned Black actor (Keith) who comes to an audition for the role of Shakespeare’s Othello, secure in his conviction that he understands the character and can bring both his performing and life experiences to the role. The less-experienced, pedantic White director, stunningly portrayed by Ronald Douglass, opens the audition by making remarks in stark contrast to the actor’s perception of his character. Kaboom!”
– June August, Broadway World Palm Springs.
The Green Room Theatre Company – Art imitating life with Orwell’s “1984” – By Dee Jae Cox.
This article highlights our latest production: An Interactive Stage Reading of George Orwell’s 1984, adapted for the stage by Michael Gene Sullivan and directed by Jerome Joseph Gentes.
CV Weekly – Gary Soto’s Play “Novio Boy” Touring the Coachella Valley
Award-winning local theatre company, Green Room Theatre Company Coachella Valley (GRTCCV), debuts Gary Soto’s award-winning “Novio Boy” and takes it on the road to the people.
Green Room Theatre’s production of “Novio Boy” premiers this Saturday
Eye on the Desert highlights a Coachella Valley tour of Gary Soto’s Novio Boy!
Green Room Theatre Company Awarded TWO California Arts Council Grants
State funds support a Coachella Valley tour of Gary Soto’s Novio Boy, plus site-specific performances, a new works festival, and education programs for underserved communities.
The Greenroom Theatre Company; empowering youth in the desert
The Greenroom Theatre Company; empowering youth in the desert By Dee Jae Cox There is something about a creative partnership that inspires magic when it’s the right duo. Paul McCartney and John Lennon, were highly competitive song writing partners who frequently challenged one another to reach new creative heights. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, used their magic to […]
Divine Sisterhood – Palm Springs Life
Green Room Theatre Company is a professionally oriented company featuring union actors from stage, film, and television during their October-to-June season. The 501(c)(3) nonprofit theatre company also offers an educational program in the summer for Coachella Valley children and youth to hone their skills in acting, dancing, singing, and other professional skills.
Green Room Theatre Company Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Summer Conservatory Performance Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy
Green Room Theatre Company Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Summer Conservatory Performance Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy By Chris Clemens Green Room Theatre Company’s Summer Conservatory will open its 10th Anniversary season with the Broadway and West End smash hit musical comedy Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy, directed by David Catanzarite, at Indio High […]