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PASADENA SENIOR CENTER’S FALL MASTERS SERIES EXPLORES THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE IN ‘DREAM ON A DIME’ WITH ARCHIVIST ROSS CLARK

Take a journey through the last 100 years of local theater treasure the Pasadena Playhouse in the upcoming Masters Series presentation ‘Pasadena Playhouse: Dream on a Dime’ on Tuesday, October 21 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. onsite at the Pasadena Senior Center.

Presented by the official Playhouse archivist Ross Clark, you’ll learn about the creation of the Playhouse by theater impresario Gilmor Brown, who galvanized the local community to raise funds to build the Playhouse. His vision came to fruition in 1925 with the best equipped theater west of the Mississippi, and a “star factory” college that provided Hollywood with actors, directors and choreographers.

Archivist Clark will take you on a journey from the theatre’s opening to its closing in 1969, rebirth in the 1980s, and to the present when it is once again a powerhouse in regional theater with a regional Tony Award for excellence. 

Tuition for this lecture is only $15 for members and $18 for non-members and reservation are suggested. Register at pasadenaseniorcenter.org, then go to Lectures & Classes, then Masters Series, or call (626) 795-4332.

Ross Clark started his performing career with the National Ballet in Washington, D.C. at the age of seven in the Nutcracker. He was cast in his first Broadway show, “Take Me Along” starring Jackie Gleason two weeks before his tenth birthday and continued to work on Broadway through his teen years. Clark is currently the Director of the Musical Theatre/Children’s Theatre Ensemble at the Pasadena Civic Ballet. He developed the archive computer program for the Pasadena Playhouse where he is the archivist. He recently returned to the Pasadena Playhouse stage as Grandfather Lawrence in the “Little Women Ballet.”

For 65 years, Pasadena Senior Center’s mission has been to improve the lives of older adults through caring service with opportunities for social interaction, fitness programs, basic support and needs services, education, volunteerism and community activism. With 10,000 Americans per day becoming older adults, the center is a leader in addressing issues of aging and provides innovative, cutting-edge, nationally recognized programs for this population group.

As a donor-supported nonprofit, the center operates without any local, state or federal funding and provides more services to older adults than any other organization in the San Gabriel Valley. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. To learn more visit www.pasadenaseniorcenter.org or call 626-795-4331.