Francisca Bonita Beach is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama, where she was awarded the Comedy Prize.  She furthered her studies in New York at the H.B. Studio.  She is a classically trained actress, teacher and director.  For the past 30 years she has covered all aspects of theatre in the UK, Canada and the United States.  She has acted in major British repertory companies, the United States and Canada, and taught in schools and colleges throughout these countries.  As Artistic Director of The Torrance Theatre Ensemble, she created their black box theatre in LA's South Bay in 2000.  In 1997 she founded Senga Women's Theatre Company with the aim of promoting and performing the work of women playwrights.  Senga Classic Stage Company is her new theatre group, based in Ojai, California, at the Ojai Valley Grange.