Marilyn Abad-Cardinalli
Marilyn Abad-Cardinalli is the Executive Producer of the Gavilan College Educational Channel-GavTV 18 in Gilroy, California. Marilyn has an extensive career in directing and producing theatre and television production for over 30 years. She is a professor of theatre and television at Gavilan College in Gilroy, California. During her thirty years at Gavilan College, she directed and produced over 100 plays and founded the Summer Theatre Arts Repertory "STAR" program which has been introducing young people to the performing arts for over 21 years. For the past four years she has been creating and producing programs for the Gavilan Educational Channel-GavTV Cable channel 18. In addition to producing and directing, Marilyn has written plays and television scripts which have been produced by the college and El Teatro Campesino (ETC). She is collaborating with Jide Osikomaiya to produce Peppersoup Junction for GAVTV.