News & Updates:

Sandy Campbell will appear as Sarah in Cygnet Theatre's production of Alan Ayckbourn's legendary comic trilogy THE NORMAN CONQUESTS: Sean Murray and Francis Gercke team up to direct The Norman Conquests, which chronicles a single weekend spent by six hapless characters at an English country estate. Each play in the trilogy depicts the events in a different part of the house (dining room, living room, garden) and is cleverly interwoven with the others to great comic effect. Alan Ayckbourn is one of the world's most popular and prolific playwrights, having written a total of 74 full length plays. Sandy's performance as Ruella in Cygnet's production of Ayckbourn's Communicating Doors earned her the 2007 Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Featured Performance. She is joined in this production by previous castmates Albert Dayan (Noises Off), Jo Anne Glover (The Adoption Project: Triad) and Danny Campbell (Lips Together, Teeth Apart). San Diego standouts Ron Choularton and Frances Rivera complete the six-character cast. The Norman Conquests opens August 7, 2010 for a three-month run. Audiences will have several opportunities (August 7th, September 18, October 9th) to see all three plays in the trilogy in a single day. Check the Cygnet website for complete schedule and ticket information.

Cygnet Theatre presents PASSION in a two-night special event: On April 12th and 13th, 2010, Sandy Campbell, Jason Heil and Amy Biedel led a cast of San Diego standouts in a concert staging of Stephen Sondheim's rarely-performed 1994 chamber musical, directed by Kim Strassburger with musical direction by Mark Danisovszky. Passion was the inaugural presentation of Cygnet's Playwright's Companion Series and constituted a partner piece to its hit production of Sweeney Todd. Passion explores the theme of love as a blazing life force that consumes and enlightens. Sandy portrayed the obsessive Fosca, the role originated on Broadway by Donna Murphy. SDNN.com critic Pat Launer praised the evening as "Impressive and gloriously sung...The ensemble was outstanding. At the center was the superb love triangle: Jason Heil as Giorgio, Amy Biedel as Clara, and Sandy Campbell as the fanatically infatuated Fosca. They were all in excellent voice, their acting was was dazzling and their romantic ardor was red-hot. An exquisite effort all around."

The cast of Cygnet's NOISES OFF named Outstanding Ensemble for 2009: The nine-member cast of Noises Off was awarded the 2009 Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Ensemble by the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle. Director Sean Murray accepted the award on behalf of the group which included Sandy Campbell, Jason Connors, Albert Dayan, Jason Heil, Craig Huisenga, Jessica John, Jonathan McMurtry, Rosina Reynolds (pictured, right, with Sandy), and Kim Strassburger. For photos and a complete list of honorees, visit the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle website.

Sandy Campbell as Belinda Blair in Cygnet Theatre's hit production of NOISES OFF: The San Diego Union-Tribune called Noises Off "breathlessly funny...". Other reviews raved: "A zippy, lavish production that's well-cast in every role..." - Pam Kragen, North County Times; "Director Sean Murray has a creme de la creme ensemble, helping him deliver the comedy's zippy zaniness." - Don Braunagel, sandiego.com; "The performers are a tight ensemble of veterans who have every bit as uproarious a time as the audience" - Charlene Baldridge, San Diego Theatre Scene. "Critic's Choice!" - San Diego Union-Tribune "Best Bet!" - San Diego Theatre Scene Noises Off ran July 2nd through September 6, 2009.

Sandy Campbell and G. Scott Lacy return to Schroeder's Club and Cabaret with NICE'N'EASY: Saturday, May 16, 2009 marked the San Diego premiere of Sandy and Scott's newest collaboration, NICE'N'EASY: A Cabaret Evening With Sandy Campbell. The show featured songs from their CD "Crazy World" as well as favorites from their cabaret repertoire and pop hits by artists such as Laura Nyro, Jimmy Webb and others.

Sandy Campbell, Jessica John and Manny Fernandes team up again in Cygnet Theatre's production of MAURITIUS: The trio, last seen together in Cygnet's award-winning production of Comminicating Doors, appeared in the area premiere of Theresa Rebeck's gripping play about two half-sisters in a dangerous struggle over a potential fortune in rare stamps. The cast also included John DeCarlo (Bug) and Jack Missett (Curse Of The Starving Class). Performances ran April 2nd through May 10th, 2009 at Cygnet's Rolando Theatre. For complete show information, visit Cygnet's website.

THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE: a one-night-only reading as part of KPBS's One Book, One San Diego Kick-off Celebration: Sandy read the title role in an excerpt from the acclaimed bestseller The Zookeeper's Wife at a lecture and booksigning event featuring the book's author, Diane Ackerman. The event was held April 21, 2009 at 7:00pm at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center's Garfield Theater as part of the One Book, One San Diego program, which brings together readers all across town to explore recents books of note, one title at a time. Sandy and fellow actors Linda Libby and Greg Dehm appeared under the auspices of Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company, with direction by Mo'olelo Artistic Director Seema Sueko. The Zookeeper's Wife is "the remarkable true-story of Jan and Antonina Zabinski, the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, who, with extraordinary courage, compassion, and calm under pressure, managed to save hundreds of people from Nazi hands."

Sandy spent the 2008 holiday season appearing in one of Lamb's Players Theatre's most popular "Festival of Christmas" presentations, ANGEL'S ARMS by Kerry Meads: Angel's Arms marked Sandy's ninth Festival of Christmas at the theatre's resident space in Coronado. Visit Lamb's website for photos, reviews, and production information.

Lamb's Players Theatre audiences enthralled by regional premiere of THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA: Sandy had the great pleasure of portraying Signora Naccarelli in the first Southern California regional production of Adam Guettel's Tony Award-winning musical The Light In The Piazza. The San Diego Union-Tribune called the show radiant, moving and luminuous, adding that the production "gives rich voice to Adam Guettel's gorgeous, operatic score and the actors, sets, costumes and other elements work in beautiful harmony to cast a kind of romantic spell." The show received a "Best Bet" nod from San Diego Theatre Scene critic Pat Launer as well as a "Critic's Choice" designation fron the Union-Tribune. The production, which ran September 19 through November 9, 2008, was directed by Robert Smythe, with musical direction by G. Scott Lacy and Charlie Reuter, with Charlie conducting the lush 9-piece orchestra. Visit Lamb's website for photos, reviews, and production information.

Cygnet Theatre's hit production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC inaugurates Cygnet's tenure at the historic Old Town Theatre: Universally stellar reviews and sold-out houses met Cygnet Artistic Director Sean Murray's staging of Stephen Sondheim's romantic, bittersweet musical A Little Night Music. Sandy played the longsuffering Countess Charlotte Malcolm opposite Randall Dodge's brooding Carl Magnus. The production earned such laurels as "Critic's Pick" in The San Diego Reader, "Critic's Choice" in the San Diego Union-Tribune, and "Best Bet" from San Diego Theatre Scene. The show, which started previews March 13, finished its extended run May 11th. For complete production reviews and credits, check out Cygnet's website.

The San Diego Union-Tribune profiles Sandy Campbell for Sunday Arts section: From an interview with Sandy on the steps of the Old Town Theatre, where she will appear in Cygnet Theatre's production of A Little Night Music, the February 3rd piece, by U-T Arts Writer James Hebert, recounts Sandy's work with various area stage companies and focuses on her breakout performance in Communicating Doors. To read the online version of the article, follow this link.

Sandy and Cygnet's COMMUNICATING DOORS recognized at year-end theatre award ceremonies: Sandy's performance as Ruella in Cygnet Theatre's production of Communicating Doors has earned her the 2007 Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Featured Performance. The Craig Noel Awards, named for the longtime artistic director of San Diego's Old Globe Theatre, are chosen by the members of the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle. At the January 21st ceremony, Sandy received her award from Mr. Noel himself (pictured, right). Doors' director, Esther Emery, was also recognized for her work on that show and others with the first ever Jack O'Brien Excellence in Direction Award, with the Hairspray/ Damn Yankees director himself in attendance. For photos and a complete list of honorees, visit the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle website.

Communicating Doors was also recognized as Outstanding Production of 2007 at the 11th Annual Patte Awards For Theatre Excellence, presented by San Diego theatre diva Pat Launer (pictured with Sandy, right) at a January 14th gala. Other Best Production winners included Broadway-bound The Farnsworth Invention at the La Jolla Playhouse and the Old Globe Theatre's Bell, Book and Candle. Visit the Patte website at www.patteproductions.com.