Press & News

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stagebridge IN THE NEWS

• Bridging the Age and Distance Gap with New Virtual Programming, Stagebridge Keeps Hope Alive: Theatre Bay Area

• Stagebridge Explores an Infinite Digital Landscape: Lifetime Arts

• Margo Hall, Ely Sonny Orquiza And Donna Washington Lead Stagebridge Performing Classes: Broadway World

• Honoring Unsung Heroes in the Fight Against Dementia: Tri-City Voice

• Storytellers Spin True Tales About Life Under Trump: Oakland Post

• Keep Your Mind Sharp With Improv: Kiplinger's Retirement Report

• New CFCArts program brings creative arts to senior citizens: Orlando Sentinel

• "Creative Aging"- Health Benefits of Elderly Activities: Nikkei BP Online

• Creative Aging: "Come Together, Right Now" : California Health Report

• Senior Theatre is Funny and Cannot Be Stopped!: Nikkei BP Online (Japanese)

• From Grandma to Grandson, Coca Cola Bottle Inspires Family to Push Towards the Positive: cocacolacompany.com

• Older Actors are Taking to the Stage: Wall Street Journal

• Kicking It Up, After 50 and Beyond: Mercury News

• The Age Advantage: American Theatre Magazine

• Stagebridge at Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor R&D Lab: SF Gate

• Oakland Stagebridge Offers Theater Training, Opportunity to Older People: The Oakland Tribune

• Senior Improv? A Burgeoning Art Form: The Huffington Post

• Students improve language, leadership skills through story program: Visión Hispana

• Curtain Call — Senior Theater’s Dramatic Growth: Aging Well

• Seniors sing (and dance and act) for their health: The Washington Post

• Artists Bring Creative Aging to Care Facilities: AARP

2018:

• Older Adults Experience the Positive Effects of Creative Aging

2016

• Miyoko Sakatani: Partner Spotlight, Aroha Philanthropies Blog

• Stepping out of the Comfort Zone: Chicago Now Blog

• Stagebridge Shows How you can be the Star of your own Life: Our Reinvention Generation

2015

• From Grandma to Grandson: CocaCola Journey

2013

• Playwrights Festival Presents Six New Works: SF Arts.org

• The Free Speech Movement: Playwrights Foundation Blog

• Women Artists at the 36th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival: WWSF Blog

2012

• Oral Storytellers Inspire with the Help of PVF’s Artist in the Classroom Program Philanthropic Ventures Foundation’s Blog

• Stories and Music Unite in New Collaboration: Reverberations, the American Orff-Schulwerk Association Newsletter

• Personas de la tercera edad de diversos origenes aprenden a contar cuentos

Press Releases

2019

• Stagebridge Honored with Two Luminary Awards from Masonic Homes of California

• Stagebridge Summer Events and Performances

• Stagebridge welcomes new Executive Director Shannon McDonnell

2018

• Stagebridge’s 40th Anniversary Gala to Celebrate Guest of Honor—and

  Local Treasure—Barbara Johnson

2015

• José Rivera to be New Executive Director of Stagebridge Senior Theatre

2014

• Stagebridge Commemorates the Free Speech Movement 50th Anniversary with Original Play FSM

Awards

2019:

• Stagebridge Honored with Two Luminary Awards from Masonic Homes of California

2014:

• Stuart Kandell Honored as Barefoot Wine “Sole of the Year”

2013

• Stagebridge Founder Stuart Kandell Receives 2013 Milestone Certificate of Appreciation from the National Guild for Community Arts Education

2009

• Stagebridge Wins 2009 American Society on Aging Metlife Foundation MindAlert Award 

Features in academic articles and books

2017

• Programs With Purpose: Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging

2015

• Art and Ageing in the Theatre: Geron Vol. 17

• Theatre and Ageing: Routledge Handbook of Cultural Gerontology

• The Arts, Health, and Aging in America: 2005–2015: The Gerontologist Special Issue, 2015 White House Conference on Ageing

• The Central Role of Creative Aging: The Journal of Art for Life Vol. 4

2014

• Cultural Value - Ageing, Drama and Creativity: a critical review: Arts & Humanities Research Council