The Spring 2006 Crawford Lecture Series
"Never Too Late"
The University of San Francisco School of Nursing along with the
Crawford Foundation was pleased to offer 2006's program "Never Too
Late" featuring the Stagebridge Theatre Group. The evening, cabaret
style, attempted to break down the walls of stereotypes associated with
the adult patient and client.The Stagebridge Theatre Group began in 1978 as an acting class at a
senior center taught by Stuart Kandell. Within a year, the actors began
performing original collaborative plays at senior centers and in
elementary schools. Audiences responded strongly to seeing their peers
or grandmas and grandpas on stage. (The average age of the players is
70 years old)
Kandell hired playwright and teacher, Linda Spector, in 1980 and began
a collaboration that has lasted over twenty years. Spector has written
more than twenty plays for the company dealing with issues such as
street crime, depression, volunteering, stereotypes, technology, love
and sex.
Crawford Lecture Archive
