Choppy Choppy

Choppy Choppy

Berkeley’s Impact Theatre has a taste for blood, particularly in its Shakespeare productions but also in the new plays that make up most of its fare. So it’s hardly surprising that its latest assemblage of short plays, Bread and Circuses, is themed around violence as entertainment. In fact it’s really an appreciation of Impact as a company, with most of the shorts written by playwrights who’ve done full-length works with the theater in the past, including

Steve Yockey, Lauren Yee, Prince Gomolvilas, Lauren Gunderson and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Read more

Pick a Card, Any Card

Pick a Card, Any Card

Playwright/storyteller Prince Gomolvilas and singer-songwriter Brandon Patton are back at Impact Theatre with another hilarious round of Jukebox Stories, a show that’s different every night because the playlist’s chosen by the luck of the draw. Read my review over at KQED Arts.

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