Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Laughs at Himself, and US, Too  by Irene Nelson My seat mate poked me, snorted and said,"Look at the program. This actor bio has her thanking her sorority sisters, d…
Peter Brook Lays Bare the Bones of War  by Kevin Marley    Based on The Mahabharata, an ancient rambling Indian epic, "Battlefield" trims away every extraneous element t…
Jonathan Kane Takes Rachel from Martyrdom to Poetry by Jeremiah Wall I went to "My Name is Rachel Corrie" by Sawtooth Productions at the Magic Theatre, expecting to hear the words of a strid…
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Asks, "What's in a Name?" by Sweta Chawla "Autobiography of a Terrorist" by Golden Thread Productions ponders xenophobia, CIA cover-ups, Middle-Eastern wars, and childh…
Simon McBurney Gears Up Sounds of Amazon Beaming by Irene Nelson We see a man standing on stage in front of us, but through our headphones we actually hear him standing behind us, then to ou…
Alandra Hileman Casts off Our Expectations by Tyler Jeffreys Finally, some theater for fantasy nerds! Quantum Dragon Theatre presents "Spell Eternity" by Alandra Hileman at The Mojo Theatre …
Deborah Cox Steals the Show as Rachel Marron by Rosa del Duca "The Bodyguard" begins with a literal bang that will send your heart straight into your mouth. And then, as your heart settles b…
The cost of uninvited lust runs high. by Victor Cordell Death, betrayal, incest, intrigue, mendacity. Just another day in the lives of the ancient Greeks. This installment, Jean Raci…
Janelle Lutz Sings the Highs, Lows of Judy Garland's Life by Robert M. Gardner It is 1968 in a hotel room in London at the Ritz where Judy Garland (the spectacular Janelle Lutz) arrives with…
Power of the people keeps the flame growing strong. by Victor Cordell American society is a web of contradictions. We have broken the mold of change by creating new cultures, mores, inst…
Philip Kan Gotanda Recreates Post-Internment Japanese Family by Suraj Ramrakhyani Playwright Philip Kan Gotanda gives us the feel and taste of a Japanese-American family's isolation, when th…
Millennial Notes Anna Shneiderman Spotlights Oakland Gentrification Crisis by Ben Sloan "Overnight," a new play by Oakland's Flight Deck, thrusts "the now" right in your face. The Flight…
Danny Cozart's Musical Satire Shines with Young Stars by Sydney Roberts Imagine a world where water is in short supply, where environmental funding is cut, where the world is run by a tyrann…
Shakespeare Remains All Too Timely by Irene Nelson An ensemble of 13 actors plays Shakespeare's tragedy of ambition and tyranny with a black wall, three wooden crates, and a handful of props…
Millennial Notes Dan Giles Creates Comedy Couples Bursting with Babies by Suraj Ramrakhyani Playwright Dan Giles presents "Breeders," still warm and throbbing, full of love, passion, queerne…
Millennial Notes College Students Take Education by the Reins by Tyler Jeffreys On Thursday, March 16, the U.C. Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies offered its 2017…
Sarah is a Berkeley native, now living in Richmond. A stay at home daughter of aging parents for a time, happily she is once again out and about, enjoying theater and musical events. She lov…
Gabrielle Myers is a writer, teacher, and chef. Her memoir, Hive-Mind, details her growth and confrontation of tragedy on a small organic farm run by a female farmer. Check out links to her …
 Tracy Held Potter is a playwright and screenwriter based in Los Angeles and San Francisco. She is the Artistic Director of All Terrain Theater, Co-Founder of the 31 Plays in 31 Da…
Donal O'Kelly Wages War on War with Soldiers' Memories  by Tony Urgo Playwright Donal O'Kelly refuses to shy away from political debate. In fact, he barrels toward issues like a historian…
Jeff Dunn is a Hollywood-born composer and photography judge who's had careers as a National Park ranger, geology professor, IT project manager, and music critic for various publications. Hi…
The Wooster Group Reignites Feminist Fireworks by Barry David Horwitz New York's experimental Wooster Group has brought us "The Town Hall Affair," a docu-drama with the emphasis on the Drama…
Cynthia Wands Reaches for Wit and Whimsy by Rosa del Duca At the center of "The Lost Years" are secrets. The first is that teacher and poet Humphrey Bludgepot (a peppy Ben Knoll) is not exac…
Robert Lepage Flies High in Search of Time Recaptured by Barry David Horwitz "Needles and Opium" bursts out of the sky, a spectacle of acrobatics, jazz, and human creativity. If you want to …
Not Your Typical Pet, Not Your Typical Musical by Rosa del Duca Buzz (Benjamin Nguyen) really wants a pet, but instead of going to the animal shelter, he packs some gadgets into his little r…