Cymbeline for Philistines

Marin Shakes’s Cymbeline is a madcap hodgepodge — and a musical.
Read my review in the Marin Independent Journal. Read more
Old School Oppression

Tarell Alvin McCraney is back with a heartbreaking coming-of-age drama at Marin Theatre Company.
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Flying High on the Mountain

If you want to believe a boy can fly, there are few better sites than a mountaintop.
My review of the Mountain Play’s Peter Pan is in the Marin Independent Journal. Read more
Amen to That

James Baldwin’s first play, The Amen Corner, makes a surprisingly good case against religion.
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Oh Pioneers

If there’s a lesson to be learned from Mona Mansour’s new play about the limitations of the pioneer spirit, it’s that pluck and optimism will only take you so far.
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Headline of Review

The title of the show is [title of show]. That should give you some sense of what you’re in for.
Divided Loyalties

Danai Gurira’s The Convert is a wrenching battle between traditional culture and colonial “civilization.”
The Family That Hates Together Grates Together

Imagine spending time with a family full of absurdly inconsiderate people who can’t stand each other and constantly push each other’s buttons. And it’s not even your family. My review of The Lyons at Aurora Theatre Company is in the Marin Independent Journal.
Lament of the Landless

AlterTheater’s Landless eulogizes the empty storefronts it performs in.
My review of Larissa FastHorse’s new play is in the Marin Independent Journal. Read more