Austin Zumbro, Andrew Mondello Rock the Show by Nicholas Leither If art is a stuffy, elitist activity that costs a lot of money and produces a lot of sneers, you wouldn't know it watching Ba…
Harold Pinter's 'Common Man' Manipulated by Mom & Mafia by Barry David Horwitz "The Birthday Party" (1958), by Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter, is a scary "comedy of menace" because we …
Athol Fugard's Homage to Art and Friendship Inspires by Kim Waldron I couldn't stop staring at the marvelous room on the stage as I waited for the play to begin. The vividly painted green an…
Drew Lehman grew up in New Haven, Connecticut, and attended plays at Long Wharf Theater, Yale Rep, the Schubert, and Goodspeed Opera House. Theater is an integral part of me. When I lived in…
Millennial Notes Nina Wise Makes Politics Omnipresent by Tyler Jeffreys In her solo show "What Just Happened?" Nina Wise develops her daily recollections into extraordinary political comment…
Maggie Lohmeyer is a Missouri native who was transplanted to the Bay in 2016. She currently manages the Waller Center in the Haight as a retreat and community center. Maggie loves cats, a lo…
Hershey Felder Plays Tchaikovsky, Masterfully by Barry David Horwitz Hershey Felder has come to Theatreworks to embody Tchaikovsky. When Felder, as Tchaikovsky, plays for the Opening Night o…
Millennial Notes Louie Anderson's Comedy Offers Hope, Love, Empathy by Vince Marie Cuison In his solo show "Dear Dad," comic Louie Anderson, a two-time Emmy Award winner, uses his unhappy ch…
John Sklute is a retired professor of English and Comparative Literature. Â A long time resident of San Francisco, he was raised in Brooklyn and received his graduate degrees from Indiana …
Katz and Dietrich Deliver a Timely & Rousing Musical by Robert M. Gardner In the opening scene of "Man of La Mancha," Miguel de Cervantes (striking Edward Hightower) transforms himself o…
Evelyn Arevalo is a Bay Area native, who is passionate about literature, social issues and international travel. You can find her walking aimlessly through museums, getting lost in medina's,…
Don Reed Re-Creates Characters from Oakland to UCLA by Barry David Horwitz When Don Reed flashes his wide, welcoming smile, the whole room lights up. Now that he's a well-known performer on …
Joan Kirsti-Brennan, a lifelong Bay Area resident, Joan teaches horseback riding and trains horses. She also works with the Terma Foundation, an international healthcare nonprofit. She…
Ira Hauptman Mixes Math with Mysticism by Barry David Horwitz The struggle between Indian spirituality and English stubbornness comes to an intimate and exciting revelation, reflecting the P…
 Michael Vincent Rodriguez was born and adopted in San Francisco. He spent his formative years in Vacaville, California. An avid observer of the world around him, he found his academic f…
Director Bruce Coughran Invites Us to Pity Genius by Svea Vikander and Edward Boyda "Partition" is not a play about math. Director Bruce Coughran has made mathematics into a language and a b…
Diane Barnes Journeys from Doctor to Actor by Barry David Horwitz In "My Stroke of Luck," Diane Barnes M.D., learns how to deal with human suffering. She learns compassion. Rather than a tal…
Brian Copeland: A Genuine Christmas Genius by Barry David Horwitz Everyone knows that Brian Copeland, famed for his "Not a Genuine Black Man" solo show that has toured the country and played…
James Carpenter Shows Scrooge Taxing Himself! by Monica Fernandez As San Franciscans talk more about mindfulness, "A Christmas Carol" comes to A.C.T. to remind us about Time and Ghosts a…
Witty Musical Comedy Pornifies Sesame Street by Kim Waldron Songs ranging from "You Can Be as Loud as the Hell You Want (When You're Makin' Love)"Â to "Schadenfreude" to "It Sucks to Be M…
Paula Vogel's Collage of Stories, Songs Touches Hearts by Barry David Horwitz "A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration" embodies the ultimate Advent calendar. Every moment, a …
Jon Tracy Instigates No-Holds-Barred Debate on Race, Class, Gender by Svea Vikander and Edward Boyda In "Participants," twelve short plays by TheatreFIRST at Live Oak Theater, genres spil…
Lillian Hellman Dramatizes Altruistic Actions by Barry David Horwitz Berkeley Rep's choice of  Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine" (1941) plunges us into the pre-World War Two time of …
Millennial Notes Bridgette Dutta Portman's Sci-Fi Pleasures Leap to Life by Gilad Barach To put it simply, "Ageless, or the Revolt of the Flesh" is entertaining! Isn't that the true goal of …
Millennial Notes Mo Willems, Hannah Dworkin Craft Wonderful Ode to Friendship by Rosa del Duca Gerald the Elephant and Piggie are best friends. I mean best, best friends, so devoted that the…