[1] Earlier, in 1978, Kinney appeared in Douglas Jacobs’ adaptation of A Christmas Carol at the San Diego Repertory Theatre with local actress Karen Johnson, who went on to perform under the name Whoopi Goldberg.
[1] In 1982, the company formally became the Pine Hills Lodge Dinner Theater and staged half a dozen weekend plays a year, drawing actors from around San Diego County.
[2] In June 1988, the company staged the sought-after Southern California premiere of American dramatist Larry Shue’s Broadway hit The Nerd at the Pine Hills Lodge Dinner Theater.
[7] Following the death of the Kinneys' youngest son, Ian, who ran the stage lights, worked the curtains and acted, they paused the company again, returning in 2016 with A Christmas Carol.
[8] In 2022, the company assisted the East County Performing Arts Association with the stage production of Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters at Julian Town Hall's theater.