NEWS
Media Spotlights
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.
The Kids Are the Stars: Green Room Theatre Company Shows Off Its Summer Students’ Work in a Huge Production of ‘Sister Act’
We are the most rigorous and comprehensive summer theater training program in the Coachella Valley. We are professionally oriented; we teach the kids professional work habits … and we work fast. We will have had 23 days of rehearsal before we open on Wednesday, and it’s really exciting for (the kids), because they love it.
A Stage Review of ‘Annie Get Your Gun’
The Green Room Theatre Company and their astoundingly talented ensemble have continued their winning streak with the latest production of “Annie Get Your Gun,” at the Indian Wells Theatre in Palm Desert.