Baking Up a Revolution
S.F. Mime Troupe writer Michael Gene Sullivan whips up a satire about a revolutionary baking circle for Central Works.
Marital Mindbender
Local playwright Christopher Chen borrows from fabulist Italo Calvino to create a dizzying web of fantastical fragments about marriage.
The Dark Night of the Diva
“Post-post-modern diva” Meow Meow muddles through an evening of hilarity and despair through sheer force of personality at Berkeley Rep.
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Once More into the Fringe
I checked out 10 and a half consecutive hours of the San Francisco Fringe Festival, and boy is my everything tired.
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The Fall of Bay Area Theater
The sheer volume of great theater going on around the Bay Area can be daunting. I’ve picked out a
few likely standouts to get you started. Read all about ’em on KQED Arts. Read more
Kids Reenact
In the wake of a child murder and a school massacre, a town’s kids congregate to remember the events the adults want to forget. My review of 99 Stock Productions’ Millicent Scowlworthy is on KQED Arts.
Our Stars, Ourselves
Marissa Skudlarek’s Pleiades reimagines the mythological star-sisters as 1970s debutantes discovering feminism.
Theatre Saves TV–Maybe
Can live television be saved? What, in 2014? Is that even a thing? Find out in Thunderbird Theatre’s Show Down! Or you could
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Singing About the City
Hey, another musical about San Francisco! And another, and another…a different one every night!
My review of Un-Scripted Theater Company’s Foglandia on KQED Arts. Read more
The Forgotten Veterans
Bindlestiff Studio unveils the story of the neglected Filipino veterans of World War II, still fighting for their military benefits 50-plus years later.
My review of The Guerrillas of Powell Street is on KQED Arts. Read more
