Desha Crownover is an award-winning stage director and musical director with over 75 shows to her name, ranging from intimate black-box style plays to fully-staged musicals. She has had the opportunity to direct, teach, and perform across the country for the past twenty-five years where her work has been commended by such theatre notables as Edward Albee, Ming Cho Lee, Patricia Zipprodt, and Timothy Near. She holds a Master’s degree in Theatre from SDSU and a B.A. in Theatre with an emphasis in Performing from UCSD and has served on the teaching faculty of SDSU, Cuyamaca College, and Santa Fe Christian Schools teaching music, acting, theatre history, public speaking, and speech and debate. Her work as a playwright has been produced at UCSD, SDSU, and Santa Fe Christian Schools, as well. Desha currently serves as the Artistic Director of San Diego Junior Theatre where she has taught and directed for the past twenty years.
Directed by Desha Crownover
Music Direction by Kira Blaskovich
Choreography by Emily Shackelford
Music by Robert Reale
Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale
Based on the Books by Arnold Lobel
Based on Arnold Lobel’s beloved children’s books, “A Year with Frog and Toad” is a musical tale of two unlikely friends: the cheerful Frog, and curmudgeonly Toad.
A Play by Rick Elice
Directed by Desha Crownover
Music by Wayne Barker
Based on the Novel by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson
Directed by Desha Crownover
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Jack Feldman
Book by Harvey Fierstein
Based on the Disney Film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White
The Tony-winning play, based on the best-selling novels, upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan boy becomes the legendary Peter Pan.
Directed by Desha Crownover
Choreographed by Marc Caro-Willcox
Adapted for the Stage by Claudia Shear and Tim Federle
Lyrics by Nathan Tysen
Music by Chris Miller
Based on the Novel by Natalie Babbitt
When Winnie Foster meets the Tuck Family she discovers they hold the secret to everlasting life. Should she return to her own family, or join the Tucks on their never-ending journey?
Directed by Desha Crownover
Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Music by Alan Menken
Orchestrations by Robert Merkin
Vocal Arrangements by Robert Billig
Based on the film by Roger Corman
Screenplay by Charles Griffith
"Feed me, Seymour!"
Directed by Desha Crownover
By Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield
Part of Rippledink’s Repertory
San Diego Junior Theatre's 2013 production of The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (abridged).
Directed by Desha Crownover
Adapted for the Stage by Timothy Mason
From the Story by Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer is up to his ’ol tricks again!
Directed by Desha Crownover
Adapted for the Stage by Alfred Bradley
From the Stories by Michael Bond
Music by Bert Chappell
Lyrics by Bert Chappell, Brenda Johnson and Alfred Bradley
San Diego Junior Theatre's 1997 production of The Adventures of a Bear Called Paddington.