"Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Echoes the Changing Tides, at Word for Word, S.F. by Carly Van Liere

Millennial Notes Coleridge's Popular Poem Embodied by Seaworthy Actors by Carly Van Liere  A contemporary environmentalist easily sees the logic of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem, "The Ri…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 8:51am on September 24, 2019[SHARE]

"Life Sucks""A Heartfelt Wrestling Match, at Custom Made, S.F. by Carly Van Liere

Millennial Notes Aaron Posner's Passionate Characters Bare Their Souls by Carly Van Liere An aging professor crashes at his first wife's house with his hot young wife. Their arrival shakes t…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 4:18am on May 15, 2019[SHARE]

"Vanity Fair""Comedy Exposes Elite Conspiracy, at ACT, S.F. by Carly Van Liere

Kate Hamill's Social Climber Keeps on Falling Down by Carly Van Liere & Barry David Horwitz Adapting William Thackeray's vast Victorian novel Vanity Fair, playwright Kate Hamill ridicule…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 7:59pm on April 28, 2019[SHARE]

"Time Sensitive""A Poem of Apocalyptic Dread, at Ragged Wing, Oakland by Carly Van Liere

Millennial Notes  Amy Sass Articulates Our Tick-Tock Time Anxieties by Carly Van Liere An iceless world with a city skyline that reaches the horizon . . . We've seen this prediction in ev…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 2:20am on April 12, 2019[SHARE]

"Communicating Doors": Comical Crime Thriller, at Center REP, Walnut Creek by Carly Van Liere

Millennial Notes Alan Ayckbourn's Leading Ladies Escort Us Through Time by Carly Van Liere In Center Rep's production of "Communicating Doors," three valiant leading ladies evade a murderous…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 5:35am on February 6, 2019[SHARE]

"A Noh Christmas Carol""Hypnotic, Haunting Holiday Treat, at Yugen, S.F. by Carly Van Liere

Millennial Notes Nick Ishimaru Switches Up Our Dickens' Lens by Carly Van Liere We've seen A Christmas Carol a million times. On big stages like ACT's, in movies and theaters, on TV Christma…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 1:08pm on December 17, 2018[SHARE]

"Conference of the Birds": A Flutter of Wisdom & Fun, at Ubuntu, Oakland by Carly Van Liere

Millennial Notes Sholeh Wolpé Transforms Church into Spiritual Nest by Carly Van Liere After filing up the long narrow staircase into the second floor aerie of the semi-abandoned Oakland ch…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 8:19pm on December 10, 2018[SHARE]

"In the Heights" Elevates Immigrant Spirit, at Custom Made, S.F. by Carly Van Liere

Millennial Notes  Lin-Manuel Miranda's Strong Women Carry the Barrio by Carly Van Liere It's clear that now is a perfect and poignant time for this awesome musical, as the lights come up …

SOURCE: Theatrius at 12:10am on November 13, 2018[SHARE]

"Uncle Vanya""A Vibrant Cage Match of Discontent, at Cutting Ball, S.F. by Carly Van Liere

Millennial Notes Chekhov Pits City Dreamers against Country Workers by Carly Van Liere The set itself a cage, metal bars and shelves lining two parallel sides of the stage, the audience sits…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 5:47pm on October 11, 2018[SHARE]

"Acid Test" Delivers Insight from Other Dimensions, at The Marsh, S.F. by Carly Van Liere

Millennial Notes Lynne Kaufman Takes a Trip with Ram Dass by Carly Van Liere In "Acid Test, the Many Incarnations of Ram Dass," playwright Lynne Kaufman opens a window into the wild world of…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 6:04pm on October 3, 2018[SHARE]

"Mamma Mia!" I think I'll go AGAIN! to Center REP, Walnut Creek by Carly Van Liere

Millennial Notes Director Marc Jacobs Gives Us an Idyllic Summer of Love  by Carly Van Liere In our constant assault of breaking news and conflict around every corner, we need some time o…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 3:33pm on September 10, 2018[SHARE]

"Woman on Fire" Haunts & Unsettles, at Those Women, Berkeley by Carly Van Liere

Millennial Notes  Marisela Treviño Orta Conjures Supernatural Border by Carly Van Liere The fog seems a slightly spookier shade of night-time orange as we walk out of Berkeley's Live O…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 12:23am on August 30, 2018[SHARE]

Carly Van Liere by Carly Van Liere

  Carly Van Liere grew up in Marin County before getting her BFA in Acting from University of Michigan, in April 2018. She has performed in Marin, Ann Arbor, Berlin, and metro Detroit, mo…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 3:13pm on June 14, 2018[SHARE]