Ollstein to Direct Moon in Anchorage

Ollstein to Direct Moon in Anchorage

Auditions have just been completed for the upcoming Anchorage Community Theatre Production of They Promised Her the Moon. Laurel has been invited to Anchorage to direct this production with rehearsals beginning the end of January. They Promised Her the MoonWritten and...
OTIS College: True Stories

OTIS College: True Stories

In response to the war in Ukraine, fifteen students in Laurel Ollstein’s Creative Action Class at OTIS College of Art and Design interviewed three Eastern European elders about their early lives in Russia and Ukraine and their lives in America now. Through...
A Female Astronaut Left Behind

A Female Astronaut Left Behind

Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb, an American aviator, was the first woman to pass astronaut training in the early 1960s. However, when the now-famous men of the Mercury Seven went to space, she and other women of the Mercury 13 were excluded from the program due to their...
Ollstein Reads at 28th Annual UCLA Publication Party

Ollstein Reads at 28th Annual UCLA Publication Party

On June 8, 7:30-9:00 pm join Laurel Ollstein and other published authors who teach in the UCLA Extension Writers Program for an evening of readings from their recently published works. At the beautiful theatre at the Skirball Cultural Center, you will also have an...
University of Colorado, Boulder to Produce Moon

University of Colorado, Boulder to Produce Moon

The University of Colorado, Boulder is producing They Promised Her the Moon by Laurel Ollstein as their 2021-22 Roe Green Production. The Roe Green Visiting Theatre Artist fund allows them to invite a professional guest artist to campus each year to work with...