Kathleen Turner’s residency during this year’s UCSB Theater Dept. Michael Douglas Visiting Artist Program was by turns hilarious, rigorously educational and an all around blast. The multiple Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee gave priceless insights into the mechanics and magic of acting on stage and in movies during workshops for students and faculty, and in an “intimate conversation with” moderated by Professor Irwin Appel, which was open to the community. She is also a great entertainer!