Randy O’Hara is the artistic director at Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City, starting off as an actor from the East coast who made his Hillbarn debut as Quasimodo in Hunchback of Notre Dame (2017), soon taking over as the Conservatory Director, creating theatre through innovation during the pandemic, and eventually taking the helms as Artistic Director role at Hillbarn. Randy will be taking on his next adventure at the close of this season moving back to the east coast to start a family with his husband.

Noah and Xandra chat with Randy about challenging young performers to the level of professionals, leading a community theater out of the pandemic, why escapism is back, how working in a restaurant is the best training for theatre leadership, his tale of being thrown on as Roger in Rent with no rehearsal mid-show, and more!

Check out the rest of the Hillbarn season here, beginning with Assassins, playing Jan 26-Feb 12

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