Dennis Beasley, MFA
Artistic Director, Stockton Civic Theatre
Stage Director, Actor, Theatre Educator
Six Degrees
of Separation
Dennis Beasley's direction is a major treasure of the production.
--Phillip Pearce
Performing Arts Monterey Bay
Dennis Beasley's direction is masterful...
--Joe Truskot
Salinas Californian
The Liar
As directed by Dennis Beasley, their battle... produces the funniest piece of stage combat I’ve ever seen.
--Phillip Pearce
Performing Arts Monterey Bay
... it is the direction by Dennis Beasley that makes this offering a most delightful, charming and brilliant play. Hartnell should get a grappling hook and keep him here in Salinas.
--Dodie Barkley
Monterey County Herald
Dennis Beasley...picked a challenging piece and carried it off beautifully... A brisk pace and effective staging keeps everything moving forward and entertainly. We eagerly await more work from Beasley.
--Joe Truskot
The Salinas Californian
Bells are Ringing
...this production’s bubbly energy, winning attitude—and the show’s undervalued score—make it easy to enjoy.
--Jeff Hudson
Sacramento News and Review
It would be a shame if more people didn’t see this excellent production.
--Bev Sykes
The Davis Enterprise
The Little Dog Laughed
The playwright's fastpaced, cleverly comic words are excellently dramatized.
--Broadwayworld.com
Beasley’s staging reveals the script’s depiction of how brutal laughs emerge when people either open up their hearts or deliberately keep them closed.
--Eric Marchese
Orange County Register
Terrific show, excellent actors, great direction!
--Goldstar Member Review
Evita
Gavilan College's production of "Evita" is adeptly directed by Dennis Beasley
--Camille Bounds
Gilroy Dispatch
Les Miserables
This production is more than just a few good songs sung by a few good actors; it is a glimpse into what our community could be doing and what it should be doing.
--Catherine Mifsud
Benito Link
Lippa's Wild Party
...director Dennis Beasley has cleverly staged Lippa’s specialty numbers as vaudeville performances interspersed into the real-time party sequence...Catch this all-around superb production.
--Steven Stanley
Stage Scene LA
Take Me Out
Along with the fantastic acting and scene transitions came the wonderful pictures and overall atmosphere the director Dennis Beasley and his team created.
--Jeffrey Lo
The New University
Songs for a New World
Artistic director Dennis Beasley (a Gilroy High School graduate with a degree in theatre from UCLA) has put together a show I cannot gush over enough.
--Mary Anne McCarthy
Gilroy Dispatch
Ruthless! The Musical
All I can say is DON"T MISS IT! It is a wonderful, funny, thought-provoking and enjoyable production...
--Frank McGill
Letter to the Editor
Gilroy Dispatch
