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"Writing is the mother of eloquence and the father of artists." Babylonian Proverb from the Library of Ashurbanipal, c. 1600 BCE
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Combining Activism with Artistry, Patricia Causey is an Actor, Singer, Writer, Composer, Producer, Director, and Stage Manager. Her company, Gathering Grove Productions, focuses on "Working for Human Rights through the Arts" on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. |
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Patricia began ballet and gymnastics at age 2 and has been on stage from the age of 7. She is a multi-talented performer, creator, and producer. She is an operatically trained coloratura soprano with a 4-octave range, having studied with Dr. Renée J. Sokol and Dr. Rhonda Fisher. |
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Music
is integral to Patricia’s work. Her
original musical, Witchcraze,
deals with Women's Rights, protection of the First Amendment, and tolerance
for people who are different. Her
new work-in-progress is a children's musical that highlights various Women
in history. Patricia also wrote
three original songs for her original screenplay, Voices On The Wind,
that takes place on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. |
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In February 2006, she directed and produced The Vagina Monologues, raising $5,000 for a local women's shelter/rape crisis center. Patricia is also making a documentary, Surviving KATRINA, to tell the stories of the Mississippi Gulf Coast where Katrina did her worst damage. |
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| Patricia is currently the Production Stage Manager for the new show, I Write the Songs, at the Imperial Palace Casino-Resort-Spa, working with New York Producers Gary Waldman and Jamison Troutman and Musical Director Phil Hinton. Patricia was most recently seen as a “Soloist” with the Gulf Coast Messiah's Easter 2007 program. Some of Patricia's most enjoyable roles include “Cinderella's Stepmother” in Into the Woods, “Fraulein Kost” in Cabaret, “Peg” in Bathroom Humor, “Agnes Cohan” in George M, “Go-To-Hell Kitty” in Chicago, “Ethel Toffelmeier” in The Music Man, “Ermengarde Vandergelder” in Hello, Dolly!, among many others. | ||||
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| A personal highlight includes performing in The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf that won 12 awards regionally before being chosen to represent the United States at the Ch’un Chon International Theatre Festival in Korea where the show won the Grand Prize. Her favorite role on stage, thus far, was “Marion” in On Tidy Endings, which she co-directed. | ||||
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| Other Stage Manager credits include professional repertory productions of Footloose, I’m Not Rappaport, and The Night of the Iguana, and the semi-professional Gulf Coast Opera’s H.M.S. Pinafore. Working with New York Director Richard Harden earned her two offers for Stage Manager work in New York. She was the Backstage Assistant to the Stage Manager for the III, IV, and V USA International Ballet Competitions in Jackson, MS (1986, 1990, 1994). | ||||
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| Patricia has worked as a Stage Manager, House Manager, and Backstage Technician on numerous occasions at the Biloxi Saenger for touring repertory groups as well as the Gulf Coast Symphony. She has also worked on Set and Fly Crews, as a Vocal Coach, Make-Up Designer, Dresser, Assistant Choreographer, to name a few. | ||||
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| Patricia was the Costumer for a local production of Cabaret and Assistant Costumer for the Gulf Coast Opera’s Madama Butterfly. She also worked as the Prop Mistress for Ballet Hysell's Giselle and worked in the Costume Shop and Backstage for Ballet Mississippi under the Artistic Direction of Fernando Bujones. | ||||
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| Ultimately, Patricia is a true lover of the arts and appreciates the hard work behind the scenes as well as the thrill of being in the spotlight on stage. | ||||
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