Pasadena Playhouse may be dead (our prediction: it will return), but Theatre Americana is rising like a phoenix. The theater group, which has its roots in the WPA work of the Great Depression, went under in the year 2000, but is now coming back to life again at its old home turf, Davies Auditorium at Farnsworth Park. Janette Allen of PSN has a great feature on the theater's revival under the direction of co-presidents Donna Scarantino and Jim Hensley.
(We interviewed Scarantino for our own story, but the notes are locked in the dead computer that's in the shop! We've learned a lesson here!)
We won't retread PSN's story here, but we WILL remind you that Theatre Americana is offering a reception and staged reading on Feb. 13 of Scarantino's original play, Polterheist. More information and tickets are available at the Theatre Americana website. Proceeds go to the Farnsworth Park after-school program.
