Diane Namm

Writer/Director

Events to Watch For

Winners at the 2008 HollyShorts Film Festival (Diane Namm, back center)

"The Sacrifice" premiered at 2008 HollyShorts Film Festival in West Hollywood, CA August 10. Winner of an "Audience Choice" Award

Diane appears at a RIFSoCal storytime fundraiser in Manhattan Village, Manhattan Beach, CA

The next generation in theater
Diane Namm is the founder of the not-for-profit theater company "West of Broadway," dedicated to providing affordable theater, staging adaptations of classic literature, and promoting literacy.

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FINDING HOPE
Our most recent Project
Diane Namm Wordpress blog
Review of MRS. SCROOGE THE MUSICAL
Exciting updates FALL, 2010
Malibu Times article on "Child Marriage in America" 7-17-08 about "The Sacrifice."
Filmmakers International 2007 Competition Awards
"Greed" 2007 Platinum Prize; logline/​synopsis/​interview with Diane
West of Broadway Theater Company: Literary classics adapted for the stage for the next generation in theater
Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California partners with West of Broadway to promote literacy, classics and a new generation in theater.
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Edgemar Center for the Arts, a non-profit theater for the community, Santa Monica, CA
LA Street Scenes 6-8-06 Malibu Times article
Create Now! a mentoring organization that connects artists, musicians and writers to high-risk youth
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Selected Works

Fiction/Fairy Tale
Sterling Books - Little Acorn Series
Sterling Publishing's Little Acorns are briefly told adpatations of children's best loved fairy tales.
Fiction
Sterling Books/Barnes & Noble Publishing Classic Starts Series
Diane Namm adapts GREEK MYTHS, ANIMAL STORIES, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS.
West of Broadway Easy-Reader Adapatations
"A Christmas Carol," "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," "Tale of Peter Rabbit," and "Ransom of Red Chief."
Fiction-Beginning Readers
Sterling Books/Barnes & Noble Publishing Classic Readers 2006 and 2007
Timeless classics adapted especially for beginning readers.