Benjamin Britten & E.M. Forster Explore Evil vs. Innocence by Pamela Feinsilber Watching the opera "Billy Budd," set on a violent, claustrophobic British man-of-war during the French Rev…
Stephen Karam Looks at US from a Funny Angle by Barry David Horwitz What if aliens were observing us from another world, watching our daily lives? Would they be amused? In other words, w…
Millennial Notes Doherty & Barclay Reclaim Participation in Politics by Fritz Mad'Laine As the final numbers trickled in on the night of the 2016 election, Americans watched in horror as…
Nina Meehan Creates Baby Bus Driver School by Rosa del Duca From the start, it's clear parents and toddlers are in for an interactive experience at Bay Area Children's Theatre's latest produ…
Millennial Notes Ike Holter Evokes Teachers at Breaking Point by Daryanna Lancet & Barry David Horwitz An "Exit Strategy" only becomes necessary when we are losing the battle. Ike Holter…
Annie Baker Delivers Atypical Family Healing by Jennifer Ann Charron Psychological insecurity is the heart of Annie Baker's "Body Awareness." Despite being billed as a comedy, Directors John…
Millennial Notes Oscar Wilde Finds Comedy in 'Pay to Play' Politics by Evelyn Arevalo  It's London in 1895: Love and politics are everywhere, including cocktail parties where politica…
 Lynne Stevens became enthralled with theater after her fourth grade teacher showed a Royal Canadian Theater production of Oedipus Rex. She gained further respect for the theater by gett…
Shakespeare's Roman Empire Strikes New Trumpean Notes by Barry David Horwitz I have always avoided this play. It's a horror show of grotesque, gory, and ghoulish murders, rapes, and tortures…
Millennial Notes Annie Baker Gives New Meaning to Daily Grind by Beau McGlasson Popcorn, soda bottles, and wet lettuce litter the floor of a run-down suburban movie theater. Annie Baker's "T…
Natasha Munasinghe a Los Angeles native who fell in love with the Bay Area after attending UC Berkeley as an English Major (Class of '18). She currently lives in Oakland and works at Google.…
Tanvi is a native New Yorker who graduated with honors from UC Berkeley in May '19. They studied Theater & Performance studies, as well as American Studies, for which they wrote their…
August Wilson's Twenties Saga Traces 'Race' Records by Barry David Horwitz "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" burns with suppressed Jazz Age anger: "How to deal with the white man?" Accomplished sin…
Millennial Notes Leslie Martinson Turns People & Props into Time Travelers by Jose Martin Aveldanes After a night out in an London musical hall in 1935, a banal Englishman, Richard Hanna…
Millennial Notes Sarah Ruhl Delights, Shocks with Dirty Laundry by Evelyn Arevalo "The Clean house" embodies quintessential elements of a hilarious comedy: A long winded joke in a mysterious…
Madhuri Shekar Unmasks Our Lies: Joy, Freedom, Equality by Robert M. Gardner & Barry David Horwitz Madhuri Shekar's "House of Joy" delivers ancient Indian spectacle, gorgeous costumes an…
Millennial Notes Kevin Blake Enchants with Charm & Wit by Jordan Freed Halfway through the show, Kevin Blake places an envelope onstage; he claims it contains step-by-step breakdowns of …
Mischief Theatre Captures Us with British Slapstick by Jennifer Ann Charron With the daily headlines hitting "11" on the unbelievably ridiculous meter these days, "The Play That Goes Wrong" …
Millennial Notes S.F. Mime Troupe Sets Sail for Affordable Housing by Fritz Mad'Laine Anyone living in the Bay Area today can tell you that we are in the midst of a housing crisis. Class div…
Molly Smith Metzler Demystifies Motherhood's Demands by Jennifer Ann Charron Molly Smith Metzler dishes up a plate of delicious social class issues, and director Molly Aaronson-Gelb, deliver…
August Wilson Brings Ma Rainey to Life in Jim Crow America by Barry Thornton August Wilson's 1920s Jazz Age play opens with a mic check in a small recording studio in Chicago, as Irvin and M…
Regina Y. Evans Demands, "Ain't I Somebody's Baby!" by Robert M. Gardner "52 Letters" isn't for the faint of heart. Regina Y. Evans pulls back the curtain on America's dirtiest secret. Evans…
John Fisher's One-Man Army Triumphs! by Barry David Horwitz John Fisher is obsessed with WWII. When he was a kid in the Marin suburbs, John Fisher found a way to escape his family's bigoted …
Scott Silven Connects His Guests to Each Other, Magically by Barry David Horwitz Scott Silven, a consummate storyteller and performance artist, artfully connects an elegant dinner, mind-bend…
Millennial Notes Carol S. Lashof Gives Life to Historical Tituba by Fritz Mad'Laine Those Women Productions, one of my favorites, is back at it again with their world premiere of Carol S. La…