Michael Bernard

The Westmont College Festival Theatre will bring Santa Barbara's treasured cinematic history to the stage in a world premiere.

The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Vancouver Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The latest standings as of Monday, December 12th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Vancouver Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

UCSB has announced the next installment of the Department of Theater/Dance’s 2022-2023 season, The Government Inspector adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the original by Nikolai Gogol, and directed by Michael Bernard, coming to the Hatlen Theater November 16-20, 2022. 

UCSB students get a physical workout in Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, a series of 35 2-minute plays performed in random order based on audience suggestion. It's controlled chaos that ultimately pans out into a sequence of really interesting vignettes that cover the gamut of emotions, offering brief moments of joy, despondency, and humorous absurdity. The cast is a group of players that function as a true ensemble, all matching each other's physical and emotional energy and enthusiasm for this unique play experience.

The Department of Theater and Dance presents Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, a unique ensemble performance that seeks to present 35 plays in 70 minutes. Directed by UCSB lecturer Michael Bernard, the show opens at 1 p.m. on November 6 and runs through November 14. 

The Department of Theater and Dance at UC Santa Barbara has announced another exciting year of performances, this time back in-person. This season includes everything from unique takes on old classics to new and original works in both theater and dance.

Spouses, friends, lovers, family, and everything in between - love comes in all shapes and sizes! Celebrate love this February 14 and support the Citadel Theatre at the same time.

Canadian Singer-Songwriter Michael Bernard Fitzgerald has shared to new tracks – “Good Plates” and “I Love You.'

 The Center for Jewish History (the Center) has been awarded four significant COVIDa?'19 emergency relief grants totaling more than $400,000 to offer new services addressing the crisis, and to support its mission of preserving and providing access to the largest collection of Jewish history in the world outside of Israel.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will air two marathons of the Emmy award-winning inspirational series “Super Soul Sunday” throughout the mornings of Palm Sunday (April 5) and Easter Sunday (April 12) from 6:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET/PT. Wintley Phipps and Pastor A.R. Bernard's episodes will simultaneously live stream on Oprah Winfrey and “Super Soul Sunday” Facebook pages at 9:00 a.m. ET/6:00 a.m. PT. In addition, Oprah's recent Facebook Live interview with Grammy winning artist Alicia Keys will air Saturday, April 4 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT and Sunday, April 5 at 11:00 a.m. ET/PT. Episodes are available on the Watch OWN app and on “Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations” podcast.

The UCSB Department of Theater and Dance presents Hookman, a play by Lauren Yee, directed by Michael Bernard. Hookman is an early play by a rising contemporary playwright, that has been described as a a?oeslasher comedy.a?? The show opens on February 15th and runs through February 23rd in the Performing Arts Theater.

Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller's American tragedy, equates the worth of a man's life with his earning potential and forces characters and audiences alike to examine their expectations around the idea of 'success.'

The Center for Jewish History has been awarded a $364,824 grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources for a three-year project titled "New York Neighbors: The Shared Jewish and Chinese Immigrant and Refugee Experience."

Feinstein's/54 Below presented a priceless evening of songs and stories with actor/author Ron Fassler telling his own personal tales of Broadway from his new book Up In The Cheap Seats, a chronicle of the time when he saw more than 200 Broadway shows as a teenager, all for as little as $2.

'One Man, Two Guvnors' is based on Carlo Goldoni's 'Servant of Two masters,' a 1746 commedia dell'arte piece featuring the Truffaldino harlequin as a prospecting errand boy who works for two different men, constantly confusing what tasks he's supposed to be performing for which boss. As the title suggests, 'Guvnors' mirrors this plot, though the action takes place in 1960s Brighton. Francis (Michael Bernard) is a portly loafer who stumbles into the employ of Rosco Crabbe (who is actually Rosco's dizygotic twin, Rachel (Shannon Saleh), in drag). Francis, who suffers from a constant, voracious appetite (and an equally anorexic bank account), takes another gig on the sly: working for Stanley Stubbers (Dillon Yuhasz), Rachel's boyfriend and Rosco's killer.

The Theatre Group at SBCC will continue the 17/18 season with Richard Bean's hilarious comedy, ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, music by Grant Olding, directed by Rick Mokler, October 11-28 in the Garvin Theatre.

The Theatre Group at SBCC will continue the 17/18 season with Richard Bean's hilarious comedy, ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, music by Grant Olding, directed by Rick Mokler, October 11-28 in the Garvin Theatre.

The Theatre Group at SBCC will continue the 17/18 season with Richard Bean's hilarious comedy, ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, music by Grant Olding, directed by Rick Mokler, October 11-28 in the Garvin Theatre.