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  • George and Martha — Sad, Sad, Sad

    George and Martha — Sad, Sad, Sad

    October 24, 2016

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

  • Peeling the Onion of Truth

    Peeling the Onion of Truth

    September 10, 2016

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

  • Bun in the Oven, Fire in the Loins

    Bun in the Oven, Fire in the Loins

    June 13, 2016

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

  • Costuming Shakespeare

    Costuming Shakespeare

    April 5, 2016

    Local designers open up about designing costumes for Shakespeare productions.

  • A Better Mousetrap

    A Better Mousetrap

    December 15, 2015

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

  • Family Reunion of the Dead

    Family Reunion of the Dead

    September 1, 2015

    Shotgun Players presents an unforgettable Eurydice.

  • Hot Plays for Hot Days

    Hot Plays for Hot Days

    June 4, 2015

    I give a few recommendations of plays and musicals not to miss this summer.

  • Putting the Nick Back in Antigone

    Putting the Nick Back in Antigone

    April 2, 2015

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

  • How Berkeley Can a Play Be?

    How Berkeley Can a Play Be?

    June 13, 2014

    Turns out Berkeley means a lot of different things to a lot of different people.

  • Gant, Get It Out of My Head

    Gant, Get It Out of My Head

    December 18, 2013

    Edward Gant brings his traveling Victorian freak show of heartbreak to Shotgun’s Ashby Stage

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