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, […]
2017 has been a tough year for Gilda Shedstecker Presents! Our productions were derailed by trials and tragedy these past 8 months. It began at the beginning when we grimly determined that our initial offering of Driving Miss Daisy in January would have to be cancelled when her leading lady, our Miss Kitty Deames Burgett, was diagnosed with cancer
\”Just tell me, Mary, are we the parents of the groom or the parents of the bride?\” Although some communities choose to celebrate on a different schedule, June is generally regarded as LGBT Pride Month, in honor of the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan that were pivotal in launching a national movement of acceptance and
There\’s a first time for everything. I\’ve said from our inception 5 years ago that there is enough drama in real life and that Gilda Shedstecker Presents! would be dedicated to the honorable and worthy goal of making the world laugh. Well, chiefly we make each other laugh, and then invite you all to come
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
