Stacy Davies - Wiki

Stacy Davies is the Arts & Culture editor for the IE Weekly and an art writer, theatre critic, and pop culture writer for the OC Weekly, Culture Magazine and ArtScene LA. Stacy's reviews and features have also appeared in the Pasadena Weekly, New Times Phoenix, District Weekly, OC Register, OC Home Magazine, Juxtapoz, Bust Magazine, and on ARTslant.com. 

In 2011, Stacy tied herself for first place in the OC Press Club category "Best Arts and Culture Story" - a first in the press club's history - for her OC Weekly review, "Art Shack-ing Up" and the artist profile, "Laurie Hassold's Creepy Crawlies."

In 2008, Stacy received the "Excellence in Journalism" prize from the Society of Professional Journalists for her art review, "Embrace Your Sexy Menstrual Cycle!" for the IE Weekly.

In 2006, Stacy was the founding editor of the IE Weekly, and 1997-1999, she served as Head of Production for Safari Press Publishing. In 2005, Stacy edited and published the independent literary zine, The Wasteland.

Film & Television

Stacy began her career in the early 1990's as a coverage writer for Jodie Foster’s Egg Pictures and The Sundance Institute, writing synopses and recommendations on over 100 screenplays. In 2007, she was a Coordinating Producer in the development department at E! True Hollywood Story. Stacy has been an assistant director on the short films, Career Virgin (AFI), and Channel 3 in HD! and Love is a Battlefield (Life and Death Productions). Early in her career, Stacy was the executive assistant to Oscar/Grammy/Emmy-award winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman at ASCAP. 

Radio & Voice Over

In 2003, Stacy was an on-air radio host at KKJZ, Long Beach’s jazz station; previously, she was an on-air host at the independent public stations KUCI and KSPC, as well as an engineer at KPFK and KMZT. Currently, Stacy's voice can be heard on industrials and training software for Public Storage, Inc.

Theatre

Stacy directed The Owl and the Pussycat at the Little Fish Theatre in the summer of 2003, and Wen at the Insurgo Theatre Movement that following winter. She was also the production stage manager for Shakespeare by the Sea’s summer stock from 2000 to 2003, and again in 2008 and 2010 for Antony and Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, respectively. In 2010-2011, Stacy was the production stage manager for the Civic Light Opera South Bay Cities' productions of Moonlight and Magnolias and Barefoot in the Park. Stacy is also a playwright, and author of the jukebox musical, Heart of Glass: A rock musical based on the songs of Blondie.

Lecturer

Stacy is an instructor at the University of California at Riverside, Extension, where she has taught the  nonfiction writing courses, "The Creative & Opinion Essay (including Literary Nonfiction)" and "From Traveler to Travel Writer." 

She is currently a lecturer in UCR’s Osher Life Long Learning program and developed the women in film series Iconic Actresses, featuring the courses:  "Vamps & Vixens of the Pre-Code Era, 1930-34"; "Femme Fatales of the Forties"; "Desperate Dames of the 50s"; "Social Issues of the 60s"; "The Independents 1970-80"; "80's Ladies"; "Robert Altman's Women,"; "Black Actresses"; "The Grande Dame Guignol"; and "Sex Over 60." All courses are taught at the Riverside, Rancho Mirage/Annenberg and San Jacinto campuses.

The IA film series was commissioned in 2011 by the Riverside Art Museum for 42 weeks.

Also in 2011, Stacy created a new film series for the Riverside Art Museum, "The Silents Sing!" featuring silent film screenings combined with live vocal and music performances for the museum's rooftop supper club.

Civic

In 2009, Stacy was a judge for the Smogdance International Short Film Festival and is a frequent jurist for the California State Thespian Festival and the Fullerton College High School Theatrical Festival. In 2010, she was a judge for Congresswoman Grace F. Napolitano's annual 38th District Congressional Art Competition.

Non-profit

Stacy is a grant writer and seasonal director of public relations for the Scott Newman Center, a nonprofit organization founded by actor Paul Newman that seeks to rebuild the self-esteem of children and their mothers who are survivors of domestic violence and drug abuse.

Politics

In 2005, Stacy made national headlines as the creator of the Barbara Boxer Rose Campaign, a grassroots effort conducted through the Internet that in a mere two weeks amassed 4,500 roses from single $10 donations. The roses were then delivered en masse to the senator on Valentine's Day to acknowledge her unwavering attempts to bring the myriad deceptions of the Bush Administration to public light during the Condoleezza Rice confirmation hearings for Secretary of State.

Education

Stacy holds a bachelor's degree in English/Creative Writing from California State University at Long Beach and a master's degree  in Professional Writing from the University of Southern California. She was recently admitted on a partial scholarship to Regent's College London School of Film, Media & Performance where she will pursue her second master's degree in screen and stage writing.