This story was reported for IVNSanDiego.org in November 2020.
San Diego native Deja Fields said Moxie Theatre changed her life six years ago when she was a junior at San Diego Creative and Performing Arts. The small Rolando theater with a mission to empower women in the theater and arts industry cast Fields as Ermina in “Crumbs from the Table of Joy.”
“Moxie helped fuel my career during a pivotal time in my life,” she said. “It was the first role that I felt like a real actor. I was doing the work that I was called to do.”
Fields, who has since appeared in a handful of productions, said her career came full circle when she returned to Moxie to star in its production of “The Niceties.” She said she returned to Moxie because of the nonprofit theater’s mission to “dedicate themselves in telling the stories of women.”
If Moxie, however, endures further budget cuts stemming from the pandemic, including funding cuts from the city of San Diego — its mission is at stake.
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