Dale Morris
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
dale@compasstheatre.com
619-293-7904
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Dale Morris
is an actor, director, playwright and
founder of San Diego Theatre Scene, Inc., the
parent organization of Compass Theatre (formerly
6th at Penn Theatre), a 49-seat facility that
has provided more work for actors, directors and
technical designers than any other small to
mid-sized theatre in Southern California. Having
served as the
theatre's artistic director since its inception
in 2001, he steps down from that position on July 1, 2008,
remaining as executive director. SDTS gained
501(c)(3) nonprofit status in 2003.
After seven years of weekly publication,
San Diego Theatre Scene's weekly newsletter now
goes to more than 7,000 local theatre-goers.
Dale also maintains the organization's web site,
SanDiegoTheatreScene.com.
An actor for 30 years,
he is a member of the Screen Actors
Guild (SAG) and Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).
Local appearances include: Backyard
Productions at Cygnet Theatre:
Hysterical
Blindness. 6th @
Penn:
Glengarry Glenn Ross,
Middle-Aged
White Guys,
The Sum of Us,
A
Young Lady From Rwanda,
Antigone, The
Children of Heracles,A Prayer for My
Daughter, (Patte’ Award –
Best Ensemble). Lyceum Theatre:
Raisin in the
Sun. Quentin
Crisp Theatre:
Fit To Be Tied. North
Coast Rep:
The Elephant
Man,
An American
Daughter.
Fritz:
Escape from Happiness,
Unmerciful Good
Fortune.
Sledgehammer:
My Marriage to
Ernest Borgnine.
Diversionary:
Execution of
Justice. Film: The Streetsweeper,
American Daughter, Point Blank, Not Once But
Twice and 'Til Death Do Us Part. TV:
Fashion
House, Silk Stalkings, The O. J. Trial
Re-Enactment and
Angel Street. Other roles:
Oliver in Return Engagements (Aubry Award);
Harold in Orphans, Jerry in Zoo Story,
and Sir Wilfred in
Witness for the
Prosecution.
His
play "A Hundred Birds" was awarded the Pattè
Award for Outstanding New Play in 2007.
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Josh Hyatt
MANAGING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
josh@compasstheatre.com
305-467-7734
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Josh Hyatt
is a transplant to San Diego
from South Florida where he enjoyed both the
film and theatrical mediums. The hats he has
worn include Artistic Director and General
Manager for Main Street Players in Miami
Lakes, member of three theatrical Board of
Directors, and is an
executive producer, director, actor, stage
manager and theater manager.
Film
and television projects include: Executive
Producer for Color Me Olsen (directed
by Darren Stein); lead roles in Air, The
Search for One Clean Breath (IMAX Movie),
The Infernal (TV), Campaign America (webisode
series) and supporting roles in
Forensic Files (CourtTV), The Wager (with
Randy Travis, Bronson Pinchot, Parker
Posey), Trails of Dust, 3 Ways to Sunday,
Camp Laureate and Silent
Footsteps.
Commercials include: State Farm,
Sony Electronics, American Bible Society,
Heinz (spec), and MyNewMarkets.com. A
brief list of stage credits include San
Diego: Searching for Mr. Right,
Beyond Therapy; Los Angeles: Twelve
Angry Men, Men Loving Men; South
Florida: A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum, Sweeney Todd , Man
of La Mancha, Once Upon a Mattress,
Tomfoolery, Bad Habits, My Fair Lady,
The Man Who Came to Dinner, The
Scarlet Pimpernel and Crazy for You
In addition to his acting opportunities,
Josh was the Executive Producer for Man
of La Mancha, directed productions of Searching
for Mr. Right, The Fantasticks,
The World Goes Round, The
Complete History of America,
Complete Works of William Shakespeare,
Born Yesterday ;andAssassins and stage managed Steel
Magnolias and Don't Dress for
Dinner.
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Kelly Lapczynski
ASSOCIATE MANAGING DIRECTOR
kelly@compasstheatre.com
619-281-8755
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Kelly Lapczynski has been an actor for more than 20 years,
but has worked primarily on
and behind Tennessee stages, including a management position in
Nashville's oldest professional theatre, Chaffin's Barn. She
also performed on and off stage for the Mystery.Comedy theatre
program at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and was an ensemble
member of the Parnassus Repertory Company.
Kelly received her degree in Communications from Middle
Tennessee State University and worked for 10 years as a radio
DJ, including several years on a top-rated morning show, before
committing solely to professional theater in 2001. Since that
time, she has continued to produce radio spots and sound cues
for countless professional theatre productions.
Her business background includes management positions in every
job she’s held since the age of 17, from helming the
programming, news, and public affairs departments of several
independent radio stations to the monitoring of a
seventeen-store regional division of corporate furniture stores.
Kelly joins Compass Theatre as Associate Managing Director and
coordinator of San Diego Theatre Scene's "Follow Spot" podcast.
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