Entertainment Ojai Playwrights Conference names new leader at a critical juncture for new play development — and… Eli Pacheco Mar 23, 2023 The Ojai Playwrights Conference, which has provided crucial support for new play development for a quarter century,… Read More...
Entertainment Robert Egan ‘is Ojai’: Longtime Playwrights Conference artistic director takes a final… Eli Pacheco Aug 7, 2022 As theater economics go from bad to worse, new play development programs are quietly disappearing. The Humana Festival… Read More...
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LifeStyle Baker Kate Pepper elevates Ojai mornings at the Dutchess Taner Halicioglu May 22, 2022 Baker Kate Pepper’s co-workers at the Dutchess like to call her Brigitte Bar-dough. (Dania Maxwell/Los… Read More...
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