Savannah Reich Stages Hilarious Debate: Farming vs. Hunting by Barry David Horwitz When you enter the great cave at Z Space for Faultline Theater's "Caveman Play" by Savannah Reich, it's fil…
Susi Damilano Movingly Reminds Us"Nazis Turn Out the Lights by Barry Thornton S.F. Playhouse's bright new "Cabaret" puts us smack into the Kit Kat Klub in 30s Berlin, with a great band onsta…
Shakespeare's Dark Comedy Illuminates #MeToo, #Resist by Barry David Horwitz At Marin Shakespeare Company, a rich complement of fine comic actors bring on the fun in "Measure for Measure," a…
Joan Didion Invokes Clear Blue Skies to Revive Her Life by Jesse Marley & Barry David Horwitz In "The Year of Magical Thinking," Stacy Ross, playing Joan Didion with flair and subtle aut…
Jen Silverman's Cat Takes Fabulous Human Form by Barry David Horwitz Once that cat climbs out of his grave and assumes human form"even though he's been skinned alive"all bets are off! And th…
Ray Bradbury Challenges Our Trumpean Hell by Robert M. Gardner Written in 1953, "Fahrenheit 451" is fifty years ahead of its time. We have become the polarized future that Ray Bradbury feare…
Millennial Notes Ray Bradbury's Story Catches Fire, Illuminates US by Michael V. Rodriguez If stupidity keeps on reigning over intelligence, if lies keep beating out facts, then "Fahrenheit …
Millennial Notes Carey Perloff Brings White Feminism to Brown Women by Baela Tinsley At its best "The Fit" lucidly critiques U.S. capitalism and male domination in the Tech world. At its wor…
Hansard & Irglová Transcend Familiar Love by Cynthia K. Lopez "Once," the award-winning musical, reminds us of the unique ability of music to attract and inspire love. In "Once," an I…
Millennial Notes Luis Alfaro Recasts Latinx Curse & Legacy  by Lucas Jose Hernandez We hear the slamming of a prison door, as lights go up on Luis Alfaro's '"Oedipus El Rey," a play …
Millennial Notes Ahren & Flaherty Bless us with Smooth Tunes by Tyler Jeffreys "Once on this Island" portrays a team of Caribbean gods using a young woman's life to construct their doctr…
Millennial Notes Flores & Keyes Investigate Nuances of Gender by Fritz Mad'Laine The Redwood City Play Festival, premiering this year with its theme "Gender Shorts," explores sexism and …
Jonathan Larson Sings across Two Decades"to US by Rachel Norby and Barry David Horwitz After twenty years of fame and fortune, "Rent" has become a star-making machine. Young people from all …
Dvořák's Masterwork Opera Gets a Masterful Production by Pamela Feinsilber A beautiful water nymph yearning for the love of a human; a prince with his own dreams of escape; an enchant…
Millennial Notes John Fisher Exposes Hollywood Horrors by Hamilton Nguyen John Fisher's fresh new play "Action Hero" smashes the rosy view of California and Hollywood. The witty play highlig…
Rajiv Joseph's Comedy Exposes Seduction of Innocents by Barry David Horwitz Could there be a more topical play than Rajiv Joseph's "Archduke"? Here's a new play about young people manipulate…
Millennial Notes Yorkey & Kitt Master the Manic Depressive Musical by Fritz Mad'Laine Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt's smash hit "Next to Normal" shatters expectations for a standard romantic…
Millennial Notes Davis & Clark Reanimate a Baroque Beheading by Fritz Mad'Laine Lights come up on a woman in underwear and heels, her body covered in Saran Wrap as she drags her co-star …
Handel's Baroque Romance Enlivened by Exciting New Star by Pamela Feinsilber It's good to see "Orlando," one of the most famous of Handel's 40-plus operas, in San Francisco again, especially…
Austin Zumbro Creates Layers of Fun by Rosa del Duca As a parent, I'm constantly thinking about how my toddler is interpreting her experiences. Â Often, she comes up with drastically diffe…
Millennial Notes Leguizamo & Taccone Transform Latin Colonial History by Tyler Jeffreys Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.   Â�…
Ionesco's Comedy Disrupts the Known Universe by Barry David Horwitz You can view Director Frank Galati's streamlined version of Eugène Ionesco's 1959 play "Rhinoceros" as a puzzle or a time…
Karina Hull is an English and Public Health double major at UC Berkeley with a passion for theater. She is incredibly grateful to have been involved with BareStage Productions at UC Berkeley…
Rosa del Duca Discovers the True Meaning of Duty by Jennifer Ann Charron                             …
Daryanna Lancet is an English and Theater double major at UC Berkeley. She is passionate about arts education and accessibility and has been honored to work as an actor, singer, dancer, writ…