Leah Tutman (pictured above right), played Anne Frank in the 2007 Pisces Moon Young Company production of And then they came for me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank. Leah, her parents and her brother, Avi, have created a multi-tiered production Heart and Mind,
inspired by Anne Frank's short but powerfully influential life. To read more, please click here.
Teaching Tolerance Magazine - Spring 2009
Dead Man Walking, Pisces Moon Young Company plays and our work in schools to promote social justice theatre have been featured in the Spring 2009 Issue of Teaching Tolerance a publication of the Southern Poverty Law Center in the article "Flipping the Script on Bias and Bullies" by Scott Hewitt
An excerpt from the article:
"To ... Pisces Moon Theater Company in Santa Cruz, Calif., doing social justice theater means choosing edgy, issue-oriented plays — and drawing on perspectives from the community ... When Pisces Moon was preparing to stage ... Dead Man Walking, [Artistic Director Susan Myer] Silton worked with a local high school to develop a broad interdisciplinary look at capital punishment. 'They went all across the curriculum,' she said. 'There were courses in the history of the death penalty, writing, political activism, and forensic science — even political cartooning and art, which led to the creation of marketing materials for the play.'"
... click here for more from"Flipping the Script on Bias and Bullies"in Teaching Tolerance, Spring 2009
Pisces Moon Co-Founder Susan Myer Silton has been honored with a 2009 Gail Rich Award
In running her
Santa Cruz theater company Pisces Moon Productions, Susan Myer Silton
isn't interested in mere entertainment. To her, theater is a direct
avenue to open people's eyes and improve their lives. Under Susan's
direction, Pisces Moon has, for instance, staged the sobering drama
"The Laramie Project" three times, including last fall to mark the 10th
anniversary of the anti-gay hate crime that inspired the play. To
Susan, staging "Laramie" is about making a community statement about
violence and tolerance. She started her theater career as an aspiring
playwright, switched to acting and found her stride as a director,
overseeing Pisces Moon in productions ranging from gripping dramas to
satirical comedies, but always with a heartfelt humanist bent. Pisces
Moon has also established youth outreach programs and has collaborated
with local schools in such productions as last year's harrowing death-penalty meditation "Dead Man Walking." As it marks 10 years in the community, Pisces Moon has become the tool for Susan to express her beliefs in community and humanity.
-- Wallace Baine, Santa Cruz Sentinel, January 4, 2009
the 2009 gail rich awards ceremony is now playing on community television of santa cruz county
program schedule for a schedule of dates and times of upcoming broadcasts of the 2009 Gail Rich Awards ceremony, please click on the icon to the right
Kristen Vaughan as Sunny in Retro Productions' "Mill Fire"
former Pisces Moon company member Kristen Vaughan was nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role for Sunny in Mill Fire
Pisces Moon Co-Founder Christopher Sugarman and former Pisces Moon company member Flynn Witmeyer wrap up principle photography on the second film with their company Synchronium Films
