TIME FOR A BRIEF RESPITE

As some of you have noticed and mentioned to me, THEATERMAVEN has slowed down in recent weeks. Unfortunately I have not been attending or reviewing as many shows as usual, due to health problems with which I have been dealing since the winter. I have been unable to meet my planned schedule and, therefore, have not been covering most of the many productions which have been mounted in March and April and are planned for May. For this I am sorry and apologize, but health must come first.

Now it is almost summer and time to travel around the country to meet family obligations as well as get away from those 100 degree temperatures. So I have decided that I will cut short this theater review season for THEATERMAVEN and recuperate completely. In that way I will be fresh and raring to go when things start up again in September. Enjoy the shows that will be presented in May and June and have a wonderful summer. See you in the Fall, I hope!

ABOUT THE REVIEWER:

Paula Shulak is a graduate of the State University of New York (SUNY Albany) where she majored in English and Theater.

She lived in Delaware for over 40 years, but moved to Mesa after retirement from her position at Delaware Technical and Community College.

For 45 years she immersed herself in the arts in the Mid Atlantic Region as a folk dancer, actress, director, and art museum docent.

For twelve years, she wrote a column as the cultural arts critic for Community News, a weekly paper.

She has experience in community, dinner and semi professional theaters in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

In Arizona she keeps busy teaching acting classes and directing.  Since 2005, she has worked at the Hale Centre Theatre, NVC Playhouse, Mesa Encore Theatre, Tempe Little Theatre and East Valley Children’s Theater.