Episode 58: Lesa and April, the Ladies Upstairs
SCERA Spotlight Podcast
English - January 11, 2020 03:35 - 35 minutes - 29.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPerforming Arts Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 57: Junie B. Jones, All Grown-Up
Next Episode: Episode 59: The Ladies Upstairs Part II
No one knows SCERA better than Lesa Pulham and April Berlin. You may never see them on a stage, and not too often in the lobby, but they are here, working their magic in our corporate office, making sure all the pieces of SCERA fit neatly into place. On this episode (the first of two), April and Lesa talk about:
The building, and its 80 years of history Meeting famous SCERA visitors, including Charlton Heston, Debbie Reynolds, and artist Arnold Friberg The groundbreaking and construction of the SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre The addition of the south wing of the building, and the start of indoor live performance seasons The busy, busy days at SCERA during Disney’s Mermaid, Beauty, Aladdin and Lion King golden age in the 1990s Stories about notable performers … and interesting things that have happened during their stayGuests: Lesa Pulham and April Berlin
Hosts: Rachael Gibson and Quin Swallow
Lesa Pulham, left, and April Berlin remember their years at SCERA, and all the remarkable things they've seen