Northern Highlights

It’s time once again for my top 5 Marin theatrical productions of the year–combined with Barry Willis’s top 5 to make…let me see here…the
We Don’t Need Another White Savior

AlterTheater goes deep into the question of who gets to tell the story of a people’s struggle.
Read my review in the Marin Independent Journal. Read more
Best of the North

Once again Barry Willis and I pick five shows apiece for the Top 10 Marin theater productions of 2015!
Check it out 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.
Read my review in the Marin Independent Journal. Read more
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
Northern Highlights

It’s that time again… time for the Top 10 Marin productions of 2014! I only tackled five of them, but… well, you’ll see.
Read all about it in the Marin Independent Journal! Read more
Methed-up Fellowship

A Frodo-obsessed wannabe gangster, a rampaging bear on meth, and an escaped senior citizen with dementia.
My review of Ignacio Zulueta’s comedy The Fellowship is in the Marin Independent Journal. Read more
Daddy’s Girl

Denmo Ibrahim’s one-woman show creates two compelling characters who carry your heart with them on their travels.
Altered Shepard

AlterTheater revives Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love in a San Rafael storefront, directed by the play’s original Old Man, where it will run in repertory with Marisela Treviño Orta’s The River Bride. My review is in today’s Marin Independent Journal.
Bride of Fishingstein

It’s my first show of the year, and it’s a good one: Marisela Treviño Orta’s lyrical fairytale set in a Brazilian fishing village.
My review of AlterTheater’s The River Bride is in today’s Marin Independent Journal. Read more