Mara Nelson-Greenberg's Absurd Office Pranks Hide Mens' Emotional Problems by Lynne Stevens Do we have to accept that there are still so many creeps in the workplace? Do we really need to be…
Reflections David Henry Hwang Reflects Blackface for White America by Kheven Lee LaGrone Shotgun Players presented David Henry Hwang's "Yellow Face," which won an Obie Award for Playwriting …
Lynn Nottage Paints Gripping Portrait of Workers Who Lose Everything by Lynne Stevens I arrived in Palo Alto early and take a stroll in Stanford Shopping Center. With its high-end shops that…
Millennial Notes Tennessee Williams' Haunting Power Trip Fits Our Politics by Isa S. Chu In Tennessee Williams' "Suddenly, Last Summer," we step into an elegant sitting room, refined and imm…
Min Kahng Exposes Senior High Jinx in Raucous Comedy by Mary Lou Herlihy "first published on March 13, 2025, for the TheatreWorks co-production. There may be changes of performers in the Cen…
John Fisher's Solo Masterpiece Exposes Perils of Gay Life by Barry David Horwitz Good News! John Fisher has written, designed, and performed one of his great Essential Service Projects, and …
Millennial Notes Henry David Hwang Skewers Himself in Real-Life Revelation by Kristian Stovall "Yellow Face" begins like a puzzle missing its pieces. A swirl of characters and shifting roles…
David Henry Hwang Takes a Forensic Look in the Mirror by Mary Lou Herlihy At the intersection of Truth and Fiction lies the storyteller. David Henry Hwang's comedy "Yellow Face"Â blurs fac…
JC Lee's Millennial Comedy Salutes Out & Proud Among Us by Barry David Horwitz Lift a glass of bubbly "to my girls," celebrating three generations of gay life"including Generations X, Y,…
Andrew Bergh Exposes Greed & Spies in Sound of Music by Barry David Horwitz If you've ever wondered what went on behind the scenes in "Sound of Music" or how the Nazis gained power in Au…
Lauren Gunderson's Women Keep Shakespeare's Words Alive! by Lynne Stevens Lauren Gunderson convinces us that we must thank women for the very first collection of Shakespeare's plays. If not …
Jiehae Park's Swirling/Peaceful Pool Queries Age/Youth by Barry David Horwitz "the aves" is a rare bird among plays. Set in a lovely park, complete with a beautiful moving pool of water, wit…
Reflections "Who's the Witch in the Witchhunt?" by Jenyth Jo In "John Proctor Is the Villain," Carter Smith, a high school English teacher in Georgia, explains, "Art tries to make sense of c…
Nina Ki Embodies Queer Women as Loveable Furries by Kheven Lee LaGrone Gumiho, a creature in traditional Korean folktales, appears as a nine-tailed, fox shapeshifter who can disguise itself …
Reflections Kimberly Belflower Asks, "Who's the Witch in the Witchhunt?" by Jenyth Jo In "John Proctor is the Villain," Carter Smith, a high school English teacher in Georgia, explains, "Art…
Martyna Majok's Darja Struggles to Survive in New Jersey by Emily S. Mendel Thank you, Oakland Theater Project, for producing "Ironbound," a taut, tense, yet tender and loving exploration of…
Lynn Nottage Revives Crucial Conflict in Civil Rights Era by Kheven Lee LaGrone Playwright Lynn Nottage is the only woman in history to have won two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Her early work…
DeGrandi & Turner Humanize Misunderstood Legend by Corey Finnegan We all contain multitudes. But Joan Crawford contained more multitudes than most. As such, "Joan Crawford Superstar"…
Jon Robin Baitz's Satire Shines in Vivid Vision of Family & Country by Barry David Horwitz Just beyond Palm Springs, a freeway sign points to "Other Desert Cities""where meth labs, addic…
Eric Reyes Loo Serves Heartbreak, Tortas, & Revelation in 90 Minutes by Isa S. Chu In the world premiere of "Simple Mexican Pleasures," playwright Eric Reyes Loo serves up a vibrant, hea…
Shakespeare Warns Us: Give Up Vengeance! by Lynne Stevens In Theatre Lunatico's "Romeo and Juliet," The Chorus (all the cast) take poses depicting scenes we will witness love, anger, dance, …
Ngozi Anyanwu Energizes Paired Monologues with Music, Dance by Zack Rogow Theater and movies about love stories almost always show us the lead-up to a romance. It's rare that we hear about t…
Shakespeare & Christina Anderson's Madcap Update Shines by Kim Waldron "Comedy of Errors" is guaranteed fun; I laughed a lot. It's a Play on Shakespeare co-production"they're the people …
Patricia Milton Strips the Veneer from Precious Antiques by Teri Piccolo & Tracy Allen First produced in Berkeley in 2018, "Bamboozled," a fantastic comedy-mystery by local playwright Pa…
Barrett & Stevens Turn Renaissance Rome into Punk-Rock London by Rachel Norby Amazingly, "It's True, It's True, It's True"Â takes its dialogue from a 1612 rape trial in Renaissance Ro…