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Actress,
director, producer, and educator of theatre arts. She began her
career in Chicago, where she performed with Second City, Old Town
Theatre, and Travel Light Theatre. She was co-director, and one
of the original cast members, along with Whoopi Goldberg, of
Spontaneous Combustion, San Diego's first improvisational comedy
troupe. She produced as well as performed in the inaugural
productions of two one-acts, directed Eleemosynary, and The Lady and
the Clarinet, both critically acclaimed productions for the SDAT. She
directed the popular and long-running productions of Inspecting Carol
and Laughter on the 23rd Floor, for which she was awarded Best Director
by KPBS Radio. Patricia has designed several performance projects
in collaboration with the SD Museum of Art for their Matisse, Mucha,
Monet, Pacific Arcadia, and Eastman Kodak exhibitions. Ms. Elmore Costa
continues as a professional actor featured in radio, television, short
and independent feature films and is Theatre and Speech Arts faculty at
Southwestern and Miramar Colleges. Currently she is an actor and member
of the Board of Directors for the Actors Alliance of San Diego.
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