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on our upcoming play, "Who Put the Bad In Carlsbad?" This exciting premier production was written
and produced by our own Joanne Brouk.
Tickets are tax deductible and available online or at the door. Suggested donation: $15 each.
Meet our cast:
Tom Hersant (Oz)Tom Began acting in college as Dr. Chumly in Harvey and has performed with the Carlsbad Playreaders and Village Church Community Theatre including The Robe (Pontius Pilate and Caligula). He is President of Carlsbad Sister Citiy Ambassadors.
Malinda Whitelaw (Director)is an experienced director, opera singer and voice coach, having worked with Beverly Sills at Wolf Trap. As a founder of The Gallery Players in Burlington, North Carolina, she has worked in all aspects of community theatre including producing, directing, acting, set design, fundraising, and management. Bringing performance arts to the community is her passion. She is an active member of Aviara Women's Club and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Carlsbad Friends of the Arts and teaches piano at her Vista studio (760-598-0239).
Justin Feinman (Captain Jack) is a senior at Carlsbad High School, a member of their Advanced Theatre Program and President of the Drama Club. He recently appeared in Major Barbara and David and Lisa.
Mackenzie Herr (Dorothy)is 15 and has already lit up the stage in numerous North County productions including Shakespeare's Sonnet, Midsummer Night's Dream, Annie, and Beauty and the Beast.
Morris Pike (Long John Silver)is famous in North County as the irascible and lovable prate Captain Book who appears at libraries, hospitals, and classrooms inspiring children to read. To date he has give away over 54,000 free books to children who otherwise wouldn't have them. The recipient of many service awards and honors, he champions the Treasure Chest Literacy Program and steers his Good Ship Literacy to agencies and schools throughout the county.
Laura Case (Queen of Hearts)is on the Board of Directors of the Carlsbad Community Theatre and recently appeared as Aunt Em/Evillene in CCT's production of The Wiz. Credits as an actor and musical director include: West Side Story, Sound of Music, Dear World, Godspell, Shenandoah and Finian's Rainbow.
Shireen Ayazi (Snow White)is a senior at Carlsbad High School and a member of their Advanced Theatre Program. She recently appeared in Major Barbara and David and Lisa and is good friends with the amazingly talented Justin Feinman.
Carolyn Funes (Witch 1)is an ongoing performer at the Carlsbad Senior Center's Readers. Her credits include Around the World in 80 Days, Our Town, and Lysistrata.
Joanna Swasey (Witch 2/Crow)began acting in high school and jumped into musicals when she joined the Bluth Bros. Productions in Santa Monica. Her acting credits include Damn Yankees, Once Upon a Mattress, Circus Daze and Fiddler on the Roof.
Janel Humphrey (Witch 3/Evil Queen)has appeared at Moonlight, Star Theatre, Sledgehammer, North Coast Rep, and San Diego Rep. Her credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Titus Andronicus Romeo & Juliet, Seven Crimes, Room Service, The Bungler, and Earthquake Sun.
Joanne Brouk (Producer/Playwright)has written and produced programs for theatre, museums, radio, symphony, and Internet, with awards and grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, California Historical Society, National Endowment for the Humanities, Hearst Foundation, Microquest, and California Arts Council. She serves on the Board of Directors of Carlsbad Sister City Ambassadors and is a member of Aviara Women's Club. She lives in Carlsbad and wrote this play as a love letter to her favorite city
European Brewery & Pub Tour 2012 - Survey
Carlsbad Sister City Ambassadors feeds and cares for the two sister city relationships of the City of Carlsbad; Futtsu, Japan and Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic.
Our mission is to promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, cooperation and cultural exchanges. Increasing our community’s interest in international cultural exposure can be done, we feel, through tasty and tempting tours. Our County gets more World Beer Cup awards than any country outside the USA. Hence, a beer focus abroad.
Help us design a 2012 beer tour that includes Munich’s Oktoberfest and the Czech Republic. We want a cicerone to be with us and to maximize our cultural pleasures by visiting not just the important breweries and pubs but historical and architectural sites as well.
Tom, Tonya and Harriet are meeting with the Mayor of Futtsu along with Mayaku, Tomiko san, and Wakanabe san along with members of Futtsu International Relations Asssociation and the Futtsu city council. Tom and Harriet presented a signed print of a local artist's painting of our flower fields. Read Tom'stravel notes.
Our Treasurer Kim returned from Karlovy Vary and provided us with a slide show of the Girl Scout visit as our Junior Ambassadors. In addition The North County Times wrote a nicestoryabout their visit.
Click here to see a slideshowof Tom's recent trip to Karlovy Vary.Click here to read Tom's travelogue from his recent visit to Karlovy Vary to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of our sister city affiliation.
20 Anniversary Commemoration
In 1991 Karlovy Vary of the Czech Republic asked Carlsbad of California (to be distinguished from that one without a beach located in New Mexico) to "expand our historical connection" and become sister cities. Our then Mayor, Bud Lewis, and the City Council happily agreed.
This year marks the 20th Anniversary and our new Mayor, Matt Hall and Council members informed CSCA that they are unfortunately unable to travel to Karlovy Vary to partake in the celebration. CSCA President Tom Hersant will attend the three-day event beginning on May 6 and will present Karlovy Vary's newly elected Lord Mayor, Petr Kulhanek, with some tokens of Carlsbad's appreciation for our long and valued association with his historic city.
Several others have contacted Tom with their presents for the Lord Mayor. If you or your organization would like to have Tom add your (tasteful) appreciation to his presentation please let him know at: Tom@CarlsbadAmbassadors.us. He leaves Carlsbad for Prague on May 3rd.
Click to the right to view details
on our upcoming play, "Who Put the Bad In Carlsbad?" This exciting premier production was written
and produced by our own Joanne Brouk.
Tickets are tax deductible and available online or at the door. Suggested donation: $15 each.
European Brewery & Pub Tour 2012 - Survey
Carlsbad Sister City Ambassadors feeds and cares for the two sister city relationships of the City of Carlsbad; Futtsu, Japan and Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic.
Tom, Tonya and Harriet are meeting with the Mayor of Futtsu along with Mayaku, Tomiko san, and Wakanabe san along with members of Futtsu International Relations Asssociation and the Futtsu city council. Tom and Harriet presented a signed print of a local artist's painting of our flower fields. Read Tom's travel notes.
This a view from their hotel room in Futtsu.