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La Jolla Playhouse's 'Without Walls' Festival Proves All The World Is A Stage

By Maureen Cavanaugh / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Peggy Pico / KPBS Evening Edition Host, Neiko Will / Producer

Published October 6, 2015 at 7:30 AM PDT

This story was published more than 8 years ago.

Photo of The Spheres, part of La Jolla Playhouse's Without Walls Festival

La Jolla Playhouse's 'Without Walls' Festival Proves All The World Is A Stage

GUESTS: Joshua Brody, founder, THE TRIP theater company Marike Fitzgerald, festival producer, "Without Walls"

The La Jolla Playhouse is offering experimental, immersive and multimedia theater pieces during its second "Without Walls" festival this weekend.

More than 20 separate pieces will be presented, not on a stage, but in unexpected places, allowing the audience to interact with players in new ways.

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For instance, in "The Car Plays: Interchange", an audience of two watches the action unfold in the front seat, while they sit in the back. THE TRIP theater company is presenting Anton Chekhov's play "Three Sisters" on a tennis court. The Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater is producing "Dances With Walls," featuring dancers moving against walls.

The last "Without Walls" festival was held in 2013.

Festival producer Marike Fitzgerald from La Jolla Playhouse, and Joshua Brody from THE TRIP will talk about what's in store for adventurous and first time theater goers alike Tuesday on Midday Edition.

For more information about the festival, go to www.lajollaplayhouse.org.

La Jolla Playhouse's 'Without Walls' Festival Proves All The World Is A Stage

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Maureen Cavanaugh has been a familiar voice for KPBS listeners for more than 15 years, serving in a variety of capacities including announcer, host, and producer. As host of KPBS Midday Edition, Maureen has interviewed a wide range of notables, such as comedienne Sandra Bernhardt, actor John Lequizamo, author Chuck Palahniuk, composer Marvin Hamlisch, artist Robert Irwin, and designer Zandra Rhodes. But of all the interviews Maureen has conducted, her most special was with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Before joining KPBS in 1997, she worked as a news anchor for KSDO and KOGO News Radio in San Diego. While working for commercial radio stations in San Diego and in Salt Lake City, Utah, Maureen reported on both hard news and lifestyle features. Maureen has received three "Golden Mike" awards from the Radio and TV News Association of Southern California for economic reporting and breaking news. She has also received a "Best of Show" and “Best Radio Newscast” awards from the San Diego Press Club and the "Flo" Award from Public Radio Program Directors Association for Best Public Radio Announcer in a large market. Maureen is a native of Queens, New York, but after more than 20 years in San Diego she feels she qualifies as a real Southern Californian.

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Peggy Pico served as the host of KPBS Evening Edition. Pico originally joined the KPBS newsroom as the science and technology reporter in 2010 after spending two years covering biotechnology and medical news in the Bay Area. Pico was raised in San Diego and has worked as a broadcast journalist in California, Arizona, and Texas. She previously reported for NBC 7/39 where she worked as a medical and science reporter for five years. Pico has won two Emmy’s and numerous awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Associated Press, and the San Diego Press Club. She also received the USC Health Reporter Fellowship and is a member of California Chicano News Media Association and the Association of Health Care Journalists.

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Neiko Will is a producer for KPBS Evening Edition and KPBS Roundtable.

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