"Kandace is a true multi-hyphenate theatre artist. She is as skilled a director as she is an actor as she is an intimacy professional, and I have learned so much from working with her in each of her capacities. As a director, she has an incredible sense of play, bringing a sense of joy and discovery to her rehearsal rooms, while still maintaining a flawless high-level vision of the production. As an actor, she is a fount of joy, creativity, and beautiful vulnerability. As an intimacy professional, she is specific, flexible, and deeply caring, respectful of both the actors’ boundaries and the director’s vision. Collectively, this means that any room that Kandace is a part of is rich with a sense of nurturing collaboration, and that regardless of which hat you hire Kandace to wear, you reap the benefits of her whole wealth of experience, her whole self. I smile whenever Kandace walks into a room, knowing that I am not just in safe hands, but in hands that can sculpt something magnificent." --Kate Rose Reynolds, Director of Operations, Loud Fridge Theatre Group
Cygnet Theatre, now in Arts District Liberty Station, presents Broadway Musical Phenomenon "Dear Evan Hansen." "Dear Evan Hansen" delivers a heart‑pounding, deeply human story. With a Tony Award‑winning book by Steven Levenson and a soaring, generation‑defining score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, this modern classic follows Evan, a teenager who’s always felt unseen—until a sudden tragedy gives him the chance to reinvent himself. As his web of well-intentioned lies begins to unravel, Evan is forced to confront the fact that the price of belonging may be far steeper than he bargained for.
Previews start September 9.
Tickets at www.cygnettheatre.org.
Directed by Blake McCarty.
Intimacy by Kandace Crystal.
When Mary Toft - a human woman - begins giving birth to rabbits - the small, rodent-like mammals - the 18th Century medical establishment is thrown into a frenzy that reaches as high as the royal palace as the wonders of the "female body, mind, and temperament" are exulted and extolled.
One night only--September 14 at 7pm.
Tickets at https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=313502 Written by Rachael VanWormer.
Susan Tiller played by Kandace Crystal.
Charlotte Brontë has a confession about how one sister became an idol, and the other became known as the third sister. You know the one. No, not that one. The other, other one… Anne. This is not a story about well-behaved women. This is a story about the power of words. It’s about sisters and sisterhood, love and jealousy, support and competition. Sarah Gordon’s new play is an irreverent retelling of the life and legend of the Brontë sisters, and the story of the sibling power dynamics that shaped their uneven rise to fame.
One night only--October 5 at 7pm.
Tickets at https://carlsbadplayreaders.com/
Directed by Kim Strassburger.
Emily Bronte played by Kandace Crystal.