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Rob Crisell is an author, actor, teacher, and Shakespearean in Temecula, CA. He teaches poetry and Shakespeare with the Murrieta Valley Union School District as part of its Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) program. He is a Shakespeare lecturer with Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. He has acted in The Merchant of Venice, Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged), Baskerville, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Tempest (Prospero), Macbeth, Othello (Iago), and others. Over the quarantine, he has acted in Much Ado About Nothing and Merry Wives of Windsor (with Nathan Agin’s “A Working Actor’s Journey production) and King Lear (Quarantine Players). He has written and performed several one-man plays featuring Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Shakespeare in America. He’s the author of Shakespeare’s Book of Wisdom: Advice on Living a Wiser, Happier Life from William Shakespeare & Friends (DePortola Press 2018). His 2016 TED Talk is “How NOT to Hate Shakespeare.” His verse adaptation of Sophocles’ Electra will be produced by Full Circle Players in Riverside, California in October 2020. He is a graduate of Yale University and George Mason University Law School. For details, visit www.robcrisell.com or www.facebook/robcrisellactor/.

Sharing “California Avocados” at the Rotary of Fallbrook Village

I had a great time speaking in front of the Rotary of Fallbrook Village today. Thank you Cindy and the rest of the rotarians! If you or your organization would like to have me speak on avocados, wine, or Shakespeare, give me a call!

“Temecula Valley Wineries” Featured on the Tall Mike Podcast

I had the pleasure of being part of the Tall Mike Wine Podcast recently. Of course, I sang the praises of our fantastic So Cal wine region (and my “Temecula Valley Wineries” book!), but there were…digressions. Delightful ones, of course! See link here.

New Review of “California Avocados” from Ventura County Reporter

An interesting and VERY detailed article about my new avocado book in the Ventura County Reporter. The author Alex Wilson based most of it on an interview I gave a few weeks ago.