OC LIVE invites you to join us for “As I Am: An Evening with Stephanie Bast” on Tuesday, February 25th, at 6pm in the beautiful Oxnard College Performing Arts Building.
Join Stephanie Bast and OC Live Director Nicholas C. Pappas for a conversation about acting on Broadway, being adopted, learning to love yourself (no matter what you look like), and turning it all into fuel for writing.
Stephanie Bast was abandoned in Korea, adopted by Italians, and raised in a town so small and white, someone asked: “How are you gonna understand her when she starts speaking?” Fiercely loved and protected, she was taught to fear “the other” while knowing “the other” was herself. She started to write comedy to heal a wound. Now she writes to heal others, creating characters who think they’re not enough, desperate to prove they’re worthy of being saved.
Stephanie lives in Los Angeles and is named one of the Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2025 by ISA, Roadmap’s Diversity Fellow, studied at UCLA extension and placed as a Finalist for Austin Film Festival, Final Draft’s Big Break, CineStory, PAGE and The Writers Lab winner. Awards include: The Writer’s Lab, AFF finalist, Top 10 Big Break, Best Comedy Catalyst Festival, Best Comedy Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices, 2nd place at CineStory.
A Broadway and TV/Film actress in the time when presenting as Asian was a detriment, she has turned the pain of her race into a superpower. Acting credits include: National Tour of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Belle u/s - the first Asian Belle), NINE with Antonia Banderas, Chita Rivera, Jane Krakowski, Mary Stewart Masterson and Laura Benanti (u/s Claudia), SOUTH PACIFIC with Reba McIntyre, Alec Baldwin and Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ensemble), A CHRISTMAS CAROL with Ben Vereen and Terrance Mann (Sally), SYLVIA at the Emelin theatre (Sylvia), and GORILLA MAN by Kyle Jarrow (Mother).
Stephanie writes for everyone who’s adopted.
She writes for everyone who hates looking in the mirror.
She writes for her children, so they may always love their eyes.
Fun Fact: In a pinch, Stephanie can perform a reverse vasectomy.
This is a FREE event that is open to the public. No tickets are necessary. Parking is FREE in Lot “H.” Find all of our livestreams and event information on the web at oxnardcollege/oclive.
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El Colegio de Oxnard no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, discapacidad, edad u orientación sexual.
