Stephen Peithman
Connections / Musical Stages Host
Stephen hosted the weekly radio program, "Musical Stages," on
KXPR from 1984-2008, and is author of The Annotated Tales of
Edgar Allan Poe (Doubleday) and a series of seven theater
books for Heinemann Books (including one on musical theater). He
was founding editor of Stage Directions magazine for 11
years, and currently is Consulting Editor. He has served on the
board and as Vice President for Public Relations of the American
Association of Community Theatre, which represents more than 7,000
theaters across the country and abroad. He has taught research
writing and American musical theatre for California State
University, Sacramento; literature and writing at UC Davis; and
literature and media studies at American River College. He has led
seminars in theater and literature for Elderhostel, and provided
pre-performance lectures for the Mondavi Center for the Arts at UC
Davis. Since 1992 he has produced and hosted a fundraising concert
for Citizens Who Care, a Yolo County organization providing respite
services those who care for the frail elderly.
A lifelong theater buff, he has played leading roles
in many productions. He is co-author of The Pirates
of Casablanca and A Streetcar Named Mikado, the
latter winning the award for best original script from the
Sacramento Area Regional Theatre Alliance (SARTA).
In his real life, he is Public Information Officer for American
River College in Sacramento.
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