Aphra Behn enjoys a comeback in Liz Duffy Adams play.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:21PMThe Seafarer is a familiar type of play-- or rather, two familiar genres rolled into one.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:21PMLiz Duffy Adams' 'Or,' presents a thoroughly entertaining look at a 17th-century feminist icon; it plays through Dec. 6 at Berkeley City Club.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:22PMConor McPherson's dark comedy about a Christmas Eve poker game plays at Live Oak Theatre in Berkeley through Dec. 20.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 08:37AMOne of Shakespeare's less popular comedies gets the musical treatment.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:40PMHayward's Douglas Morrisson Theatre is mounting the musical adaptation of the Shakespeare comedy through Nov. 19
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:24AMOne month after becoming a new dad, what could possibly be more appropriate than unveiling my Medea play?
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:32AMMarin Theatre Company takes us deep in the lives of busboys.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:32AMThose Women remix legends, fables and folk tales with a sinister twist.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:04PMBerkeley Playhouse produces its very first adult show.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:04PMPlaywright E.M. Lewis tries to inject some nuance into the gun debate in a new solo show.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:04PM"For the most part, you actually can’t get an agent, you are gotten by an agent.”
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:04PM'Gun Show' plays at La Val's Subterranean in Berkeley through Oct. 10, and some of its observations might surprise you.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 12:53PMMarin Theatre Company gets in on the Sarah Ruhl action with The Oldest Boy.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:00PMTheatreFIRST tries its hand at free Shakespeare in the park with Much Ado.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:00PMUbuntu Theater Project's Waiting for Lefty is a powerful reminder of what Labor Day is all about.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:41PMWas there more to Rosemary Clooney than ethnic novelty songs in an egregious Italian accent?
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:18PMGolden Thread’s ReOrient festival of short plays gives a sense of the diversity of Middle Eastern cultures and voices.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:18PMEverybody's screwing around in Stoppard's unromantic love story.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:38PMActor, playwright, entrepreneur, Denmo Ibrahim keeps busy.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:38PMLack of chemistry hurts this production of Tom Stoppard's look at infidelity, which plays in Point Richmond through Sept. 26.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 09:49PMShotgun Players presents an unforgettable Eurydice.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 04:28PMIs it worth it for theatrical designers to get an MFA?
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:16PMOffice comedy Eat the Runt has an entertaining gimmick: the audience casts the play.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:16PMActors Ensemble and Inferno Theatre's Lear is visually appealing but lacks impact.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:16PMSharp Lynn Nottage satire takes on old Hollywood's treatment of African Americans.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:16PMThe biting comedy by Lynn Nottage plays through Sept. 30 at Douglas Morrisson Theatre in Hayward.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 08:04PMDespite some fine acting, the free Actors Ensemble production robs Shakespeare's tragedy of some of its power.
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