Stephen Moorer (born September , ) is a stage actor, director and
producer based on the Central California Coast. He founded the only
year-round professional theatre in Monterey County, GroveMont Theatre
in , renaming the non-profit organization Pacific Repertory Theatre in
, when the group acquired the Golden Bough Playhouse in
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.Moorer was born in Santa Monica,
California. His parents are George Edward Moorer, a retired salesman
and entrepreneur, and Carrol Rothe Moorer, a nurse. When he was years
old, his family moved to the Monterey Peninsula. His mother acted in
amateur performances in the San Fernando Valley, and Stephen got an
early taste of performing in community theatre. His first principal
role was Miles in The Innocents (based on The Turn of the Screw), with
The Rafters Theatre Guild. Moorer attended the Carmel, California
middle and high schools, becoming actively involved in the drama
program, acting in and producing shows. In his senior year, he played
a criminal mastermind in Wait Until Dark. From the age of to , Moorer
also studied theatre at Carmel's Children's Experimental Theatre.After
graduating from high school in , Moorer appeared in a -show repertory
season at Hartnell Summer Theatre (which was later called the Western
Stage). He returned to the Children's Experimental Theatre in for a
paid internship, sponsored by CETA, studying acting and theatre
production. In , he trained in an intensive -week summer season at the
American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.Moorer is married to
Sarah Lapré of Carmel. He was previously married to Jeanne Wooster,
Mickie Mosley, and Julie Hughett, with whom he has one daughter,
Claire. He has two sisters, Jaqui Hope of Monterey, and Catherine
Hudson of Carmel Valley.
producer based on the Central California Coast. He founded the only
year-round professional theatre in Monterey County, GroveMont Theatre
in , renaming the non-profit organization Pacific Repertory Theatre in
, when the group acquired the Golden Bough Playhouse in
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.Moorer was born in Santa Monica,
California. His parents are George Edward Moorer, a retired salesman
and entrepreneur, and Carrol Rothe Moorer, a nurse. When he was years
old, his family moved to the Monterey Peninsula. His mother acted in
amateur performances in the San Fernando Valley, and Stephen got an
early taste of performing in community theatre. His first principal
role was Miles in The Innocents (based on The Turn of the Screw), with
The Rafters Theatre Guild. Moorer attended the Carmel, California
middle and high schools, becoming actively involved in the drama
program, acting in and producing shows. In his senior year, he played
a criminal mastermind in Wait Until Dark. From the age of to , Moorer
also studied theatre at Carmel's Children's Experimental Theatre.After
graduating from high school in , Moorer appeared in a -show repertory
season at Hartnell Summer Theatre (which was later called the Western
Stage). He returned to the Children's Experimental Theatre in for a
paid internship, sponsored by CETA, studying acting and theatre
production. In , he trained in an intensive -week summer season at the
American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.Moorer is married to
Sarah Lapré of Carmel. He was previously married to Jeanne Wooster,
Mickie Mosley, and Julie Hughett, with whom he has one daughter,
Claire. He has two sisters, Jaqui Hope of Monterey, and Catherine
Hudson of Carmel Valley.
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