Mittleman will coordinate all theater events and work with the board for artists and outside organizations using the facility.  He is currently working on a Youth Theater production of Byrd Baylor’s “Desert Voices”.  Kids will choose an animal and memorize a brief story about it.  “The challenge is that each goes away to learn about his creature and comes on stage as that critter.  Tough, but fun.  And that’s theater, isn’t it?”  He will also direct two plays this season and he organizes the summer reader’s theater program.  He is a graduate of San Diego Mesa College’s Theater Arts program and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.  He has spent many years working and studying in theater and film in San Diego, New York and Los Angeles.  He made a permanent move from LA to Borrego Springs in the summer of 2007, and immediately became involved with PAC as both an actor and director.

Russell Webb attended Mesa College and San Diego State and holds an MA in Theater Arts from Portland State University.  He has spent over 35 years working with theatrical sound and lighting, mostly in Connecticut.  He is a talented stage carpenter as well as an actor.  “We are looking forward to working as a team to bring Borrego Springs an exciting new season of theater,” says Mittleman.