January 12, 2015
“Cornerstone has become the gold standard for a now-established brand of socially engaged, community-embedded theatre.” – American Theatre Magazine This month Cornerstone Theater and its statewide year-long, California Bridge Tour is featured in American Theatre magazine. Click here to read the full article.
October 2, 2014
Grayson and Westley are small agricultural towns in Stanislaus County. These are towns where people know what’s happening with their neighbors, music and the sound of family celebrations underscore Saturday afternoons, and children ride their bikes after dark. Since July, we’ve made monthly visits to the Grayson United Community Center leading Creative Seeds events. In…
September 26, 2014
Here are some fun photos from our time on the road with the California Bridge Tour! 1. Shakespeare in the sea! (Well, Lake Isabella to be exact) Click here to see the video. 2. Epic hikes in the California mountains. 3. Taking selfies with the cast & crew. 4….
August 28, 2014
Amid the dusty vineyards at the foothills of the San Joaquin Valley is a heartline of the California mythology. The setting of John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath, is now where Cornerstone begins our own migratory journey. In a small town called Weedpatch, we are kicking off a tour that will cover over 3000 California miles….
August 6, 2014
Hear about Alonzo’s experience as a community actor in Love on San Pedro and how he’s more confident and motivated to pursue theater after being in the play. Click here to see more videos in our Community Voices series.
Get the inside scoop on California: The Tempest in this exclusive video trailer. Click here to learn more about the tour!
June 19, 2014
KCET’s Artbound created a beautiful video documenting the work of Teatro Jornalero Sin Fronteras in Guatemala. Watch this amazing video here and please leave feedback in the comment area of the article. Your feedback is important to us. Enjoy!
June 9, 2014
I walk into the vault that is Bliss Point rehearsal headquarters and a sea of new faces greets me. The towering large room buzzes with excitement and so much potential and bundled up enthusiasm that the space almost quivers. Fragments of chitter-chatter—‘pleasure to meechou’s, bubbling laughter, intermingled with familiar schmoozing and dry administrative tidbits like…
May 28, 2014
Our community Production Assistant, Lizzie Cantey, works everyday as a member of the Stage Management team to organize, coordinate and maintain order in a very busy rehearsal room. Lizzie shares her journey with addiction and recovery and about her experience working on Bliss Point. Before the script was written, the venues chosen, the roles cast…
May 14, 2014
Meet Amelia Yokel who plays Lara Lyton in our upcoming production of Bliss Point. Amelia shared with us how she came to be involved in the production and what the process has been like to step into her character. I first heard about Bliss Point when I walked past the Cornerstone office and saw…
