Defying Labels at the DMV
Don Reed becomes nine unforgettable characters who all chafe at being stereotyped — and at being in the DMV line — in his new solo show at the Marsh.
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Putting the Nick Back in Antigone
Shotgun Players’ Antigonick is the third bold new interpretation of Sophocles’ ancient tragedy Antigone to be produced by a Bay Area theater in the last couple of months.
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Piety in Your Face
Those familiar with Tartuffe or Molière’s work in general might be shocked by how grim this particular production is.
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Munro Doctoring
Word for Word converts Alice Munro’s short stories to plays without changing a word.
Edie’s Got a Gun
The kids are all right, all by themselves:
My review of Crowded Fire’s Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them is on KQED Arts. Read more
Homeric Legend
In post-apocalyptic Northern California, The Simpsons becomes the stuff of myth.
My review of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play is on KQED Arts. Read more
Two Against Thebes
African-American Shakespeare Company and the Cutting Ball Theater each reinvent Antigone.
Dancing Around the Genocide
Earnest young actors get in over their heads grappling with colonialism in Just Theater’s sharply cutting play within a play.
My review of We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, from the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915 is on KQED Arts. Read more
