birth_place influences nationality birth_date article_title occupation
la jolla , california , united states joan baez , judy collins , joni mitchell american april 17 , 1952 sands hall
 writer , theatre director , actor , musician
sands hall

sands hall -lrb- april 17 , 1952 -rrb- is an american writer , theatre director , actor , and musician .
the daughter of novelist oakley hall , she was born in la jolla , california , and graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts in drama from the university of california , irvine .
she earned two master of fine arts degrees from the university of iowa , one in theatre arts and the second in fiction from the iowa writers ' workshop .
she also studied at the american conservatory theatre advanced training program .
hall 's writing work includes the play `` fair use `` which explores the long debated plagiarism in wallace stegner 's `` angle of repose '' , and the novel `` catching heaven '' -lsb- http://www.sandshall.com , a random house reader 's circle selection and a 2001 willa award finalist for best contemporary fiction .
she has taught writing for the university of california at davis extension programs , and the iowa summer writing festival .
she is currently visiting assistant professor of creative writing at franklin & marshall college in lancaster , pennsylvania , and on the staff of the community of writers at squaw valley , california .
her work in the theatre includes seasons at the oregon shakespeare festival , colorado shakespeare festival , lake tahoe shakespeare festival , the old globe theatre and internationally at the maxim gorky theatre in vladivostok , russia .
she is currently an affiliate artist with the foothill theatre company in nevada city , california .
