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  • Costuming Shakespeare

    Costuming Shakespeare

    April 5, 2016

    Local designers open up about designing costumes for Shakespeare productions.

  • Family Reunion of the Dead

    Family Reunion of the Dead

    September 1, 2015

    Shotgun Players presents an unforgettable Eurydice.

  • Heavy Viewing

    Heavy Viewing

    October 10, 2014

    A play about a 600-pound man, performed by a skinny guy in a fat suit, is a tricky proposition.

  • Swinging for the Fences

    Swinging for the Fences

    April 16, 2014

    Marin Theatre Company goes back to the August Wilson well with Fences.

  • Listening to the Bengsons

    Listening to the Bengsons

    March 4, 2014

    A young couple decides to live a full 60 years together in the 100 days they have left.

  • Fire in the Home

    Fire in the Home

    April 17, 2013

    How far would you go along to get along? Find out when Mark Jackson directs a new translation of Max Frisch’s 1958 play The…

  • If You’re Happy and You Know It

    If You’re Happy and You Know It

    April 9, 2013

    Walter Wells is happy.  Way, way too happy. So happy that you know that playwright Julie Marie Myatt has it in for him in The Happy…

  • A Cesspool to Celebrate

    A Cesspool to Celebrate

    December 13, 2012

    A poor young soldier in a sleepy town, Woyzeck is freaking out. Not so much about being a poor young soldier, although he’s certainly…

  • Blood Red, White and Blue

    Blood Red, White and Blue

    October 18, 2012

    The presidential debates are upon us, Election Day is just a few weeks away, and two local theater companies are getting into the spirit…

  • But We Regress

    But We Regress

    April 8, 2012

    French playwright Yasmina Reza seems particularly interested in how small things become blown out of proportion. In her ubiquitous play Art, the close friendship…

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