George and Martha — Sad, Sad, Sad

George and Martha — Sad, Sad, Sad

The booze and barbs flow in Shotgun’s stylized new take on Virginia Woolf. 

Read my review in the East Bay Times and Mercury News. Read more

Peeling the Onion of Truth

Peeling the Onion of Truth

Christopher Chen’s Caught at Shotgun Players keeps peeling the onion of untruths. 

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Bun in the Oven, Fire in the Loins

Bun in the Oven, Fire in the Loins

Shotgun Players gets uncomfortable with Penelope Skinner’s The Village Bike. 

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Costuming Shakespeare

Costuming Shakespeare

Local designers open up about designing costumes for Shakespeare productions.

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A Better Mousetrap

15 December, 2015 Theater No comments
A Better Mousetrap

Shotgun Players plays ubiquitous Agatha Christie whodunit with just enough camp to make its flaws into virtues.

Read my review in the San Jose Mercury News. Read more

Family Reunion of the Dead

1 September, 2015 Theater No comments
Family Reunion of the Dead

Shotgun Players presents an unforgettable Eurydice.

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Hot Plays for Hot Days

Hot Plays for Hot Days

Way over yonder on KQED Arts, I give a few recommendations of plays and musicals not to miss this summer. Head on over and

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Putting the Nick Back in Antigone

Putting the Nick Back in Antigone

Shotgun Players’ Antigonick is the third bold new interpretation of Sophocles’ ancient tragedy Antigone to be produced by a Bay Area theater in the last couple of months.

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How Berkeley Can a Play Be?

How Berkeley Can a Play Be?

Turns out Berkeley means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Dan Wolf wrote a play about it for Shotgun Players.

My review of Daylighting: The Berkeley Stories Project is in the Marin Independent Journal. And you can read my interview with Wolf in the East Bay Monthly! Read more

Gant, Get It Out of My Head

18 December, 2013 Theater No comments
Gant, Get It Out of My Head

Edward Gant brings his traveling Victorian freak show of heartbreak to Shotgun’s Ashby Stage. My review is on KQED Arts.

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