Artistic Director, Stage Director
MASTER CLASS
By Terrence McNally
Directed By Dimitri Toscas
OVATION NOMINATED: Best Production of a Play
OVATION WIN: Best Actress in a Play, Carolyn Hennesy
Starring Emmy-winner Carolyn Hennesy as Maria Callas, with Roy Abramsohn, Jeff Campanella, Maegan McConnell, Landon Shaw II, and Aubrey Trujillo-Scarr.
Inspired by world-renowned Opera diva Maria Callas’ magnificent JuiIliard master class series, Terrence McNally’s Tony Award-winning play spotlights the tour-de-force artist and vulnerable woman known as La Divina. Join Callas as she relentlessly coaxes, prods, and edifies her young students, motivating them to give the performances of their lives, while revealing her humor, her demons and her genius.
"Heartbreaking...gorgeous production...[it’s] mighty, poised, prickly, opinionated, disdainful, luminous, and utterly enthralling.” -Broadway World
"Highly recommended! Powerful, passionate portrayal of Maria Callas." -LA Splash
"Wow! Carolyn Hennesy gives one of the year’s most dazzling performances...it is its own master class."
-StageSceneLA