Weaving Together Middle Eastern Stories with Golden Thread
Golden Thread’s ReOrient festival of short plays gives a strong sense of the diversity of Middle Eastern cultures and voices.
Read my Q&A with Evren Odcikin on KQED Arts. Read more
The Triple Life of Denmo Ibrahim
Actor, playwright, entrepreneur, Denmo Ibrahim keeps busy, and now she’s in Golden Thread Productions’ ReOrient festival.
My interview with her is in the Marin Independent Journal. Read more
Jazz Caravan Through Iran
So an African-American jazz musician and an Iranian movie star walk into a bar…
My feature on African-American Shakespeare Company and Golden Thread Productions’ Isfahan Blues is on KQED Arts. Read more
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
Return to ReOrient
It’s been a while since Golden Thread’s last ReOrient festival of short plays about the Middle East. The festival had been going on an almost annual basis since 1999, but after its 10th anniversary in 2009 the company went on a producing hiatus, reemerging last year for the world premiere of Adriana Sevahn Nichols’s Night over Erzinga. But now the festival’s back in a big way, with two programs of short plays (the second batch for two shows only toward the end of the fest) and a forum of panel discussions at Z Space.
Live Through This
THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Show #92: Honey Brown Eyes, SF Playhouse, September 27.
Show #90: Night over Erzinga, Golden Thread Productions, September 18.
