2025
December 2025
- “A Christmas Carol” Offers Love, Diversity, Change—at Center REP
- “Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley” Combines Romance & Revolution—at TheatreWorks
- “Before I Forget” King of ‘Shroom Cure’ Conjures AI Hilarity—at The Marsh
- “Ada & the Engine”: Bold Young Woman IS Godmother of Tech—at The Pear
- “Into the Woods”: Fairy Tale Musical Exalts Connectivity—at SF Playhouse
November 2025
- “Cabaret” Seduces Young & Old into the Holocaust—at OTP
- “Sunday in the Park with George” Explores Love, Life, Music—at Shotgun
- “Mother of Exiles”: A Melting Pot Imperiled—at Berkeley Rep
- “King Hedley II” Exposes the Weight of Survival—at Lower Bottom Playaz
- “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” Provides Loving Laughs—at Spreckels
- “The Break-Up! A Latina Queer Torch Song”: Blending Belly Laughs and Tears—at The Rhino
- “Catch Me If You Can, The Musical” Makes Lying Fun Again—at Masquers
- “Drapetomania”: The ‘Disease’ of Freedom Calls Us to Action—at The Marsh, Berkeley
- “The Seat of Our Pants” Invokes Music to Decipher Eons of Chaos—at The Public
- “Mary Jane” Delivers a Mother’s Compassionate Revelation—at Magic
- “The Hills of California” Finds Its Voice in the Past—at Berkeley Rep
- The Play’s The Thing: Eps 101
October 2025
September 2025
August 2025
“What Is To Be Done?” Fights Depression & Fascism, Brilliantly—at The Marsh
“Twelfth Night or, What You Will” Highlights Our Humanity—at The Public
“The Tempest” Mixes Magic, Old Feuds, & New Love—at Marin Shakes
“The Return” Investigates Repression & War—at Golden Thread
“Some Things You Should Know About My Mom” Summons the 60s—at Exit
“Scat-ter Brain: The Music of ADHD” Celebrates Spontaneity—at The Marsh
“The Return” Reveals the Cost of Forbidden Love—at Golden Thread
“Home?”: Palestinian Woman Enacts Her Amazing Story, Brilliantly—at Z Space
July 2025
“Jurassiq Parq, A Musiqal Parody”: A Wild Joy Ride!—at Oasis
“Night Driver”: Hong Kong Princess Navigates S.F. Queer Scene—at The Marsh
“The Magnolia Ballet”: A Bold, Black Father-Son Love Story—at Shotgun
“Les Blancs” Delivers the Truth about Colonialism—at OTP
“Execution of Justice” Exposes the ‘Twinkie’ Defense—at Chautauqua
“Les Blancs” Exposes Hypocrisy of Imperialism—at OTP
“My Fair Lady” Hits Perfect Pitch of Cockney Comedy—at SF Playhouse
“Ride the Cyclone Returns”: Death-Defying, Wild, Musical Ride—at NCTC
“My Fair Lady”: Lush Update of a Musical Masterpiece—at SF Playhouse
“Takes All Kinds”: Tour Kick-Off, One Night Only—at The Marsh
“Aztlán”: A Fiery Journey to Mexican Myth—at The Magic
“DISRUPTION” – A Musical Farce” Ignites Politics & Comedy—in CA Parks
June 2025
“The Last Goat” Explores Trio of Treachery—at Central Works
“5 & Dime: A New Musical” Reckons Who We Were—at TheatreWorks
The Laramie Project” Resurrects Chilling Gay Murder—at Rhino
Annunciation” Looks Back in Wonder, Illuminating a Woman’s Growth—at Z Space
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: A Whirlwind of Magic, Mischief, Movement—at Marin Shakes
“Do You Feel Anger?” Stirs Up Feelings of Annoyance & Pain—at Marin
“Yellow Face” Echoes African American History—at Shotgun
“Sweat”: A Gut-Wrenching Drama of Rust Belt America—at Palo Alto
“Suddenly, Last Summer” Conceals Cruelty in Velvet Fist—at Altarena
“Happy Pleasant Valley, A Senior Sex Scandal Murder Mystery”—at Center REP
May 2025
“Yellow Face” Reveals Rainbow of Comic Hypocrisy—at Shotgun
“Yellow Face” Exposes Playwright’s Secrets & Lies—at Shotgun
“To My Girls”: A Brilliant, Hilarious Toast to Gay Family—at NCTC
“Radicalization of Rolfe” Reveals Young Gay Choosing Nazis—at Safehouse Arts
“The Book of Will” Proves Where There’s a Will, There’s a Play—at Ross Valley
“the aves” Flies Like Doves in Dangerous Storms—at Berkeley Rep
“John Proctor Is the Villain”: Teens Do the Teaching—at Saint Mary’s
“Gumiho” Updates Traditional Queer Asian Folklore—at Rhino
“Ironbound” Reveals Polish Immigrant’s Risky Life—at OTP
“Crumbs from the Table of Joy”: A True American Story—at Aurora
“Joan Crawford Superstar”: Loving Bio of Screen Icon—at Theater 33
Other Desert Cities” Exposes Palm Springs’ Reaganauts Hilariously—at Masquers
April 2025
“Simple Mexican Pleasures”: Truth & Tenderness in Mexico City Fever Dream—at NCTC
“Romeo & Juliet”: Feuding Families Forge Their Folly—at Lunatico
“Last of the Love Letters” Explores Aftermath of Great Passion—at Crowded Fire
Comedy of Errors”: Fasten Your Seat Belts—at ACT
Bamboozled”: A Comedy-Mystery Exposes Liars & Cheats—at Benicia
“It’s True, It’s True, It’s True”: An Acting Showpiece—at Marin
“Two Trains Running”: Reclaiming Land & Love in Civil Rights Era—at ACT
“Macbeth at Fort Point” Confronts Wild Winds, Cruel Rulers—at WE Players
“AZAD (the rabbit & the wolf)” Unleashes People & Puppets—at Golden Thread
“Here There Are Blueberries”: Nazis Dreaming, Eating the Future—at Berkeley Rep
“Doodler”: Unsolved Castro Murders Still Scary—at SafeHouse
“Government Housing” Invokes AfroFuturism, Reveals Hard Truths—at LBP
“The Roommate”: Da Bronx vs. Iowa in Hilarious Culture Clash—at Center REP
“The Heart Sellers” Steals Our Hearts in Immigrant Tale—at TheatreWorks
“Izzard Hamlet”: Trans Genius Transcends Gender—at ACT
“Grease” Evokes Memories of Sock Hops, Happy Days—at Altarena
March 2025
“Fat Ham” Lights Up “Hamlet” for Potent Contact High—at SF Playhouse
“Fat Ham:” Sexy Family Comedy Pits Older vs. Younger Generations—at SF Playhouse
“Fat Ham” Turns Tragedy to Comedy—at SF Playhouse
“Angry Black Woman 101”: A Modern Sojourner Truth Speaks Out—at The Marsh
“I Am My Own Wife”: Notorious Gay Life under Hitler, Stalin, US—at OTP
“Mrs. Krishnan’s Party” Delights with Laughter & Love—at Marin
“Push/Pull” Exposes the Price of ‘Perfection’—at Central Works
“Sumo”: A Tale of Power, Leadership, Redemption—at The Public, N.Y.
“Wild with Happy”: A Comedy Road Trip to Enchanted Kingdom—at NCTC
“Night Driver”: Hong Kong Princess Navigates S.F. Queer Scene—at The Marsh
“Art” Challenges Friendship in Explosive French Comedy—at Shotgun
“Nobody Loves You”: Hilarious Musical Mash-Up of The Bachelor—at ACT
“Happy Pleasant Valley, A Senior Sex Scandal Murder Mystery Musical”—at TheatreWorks
“Push/Pull”: Great Show, Bring on Act Two—at Central Works
“Doomers”: A Wild Struggle for the Future—at Pallas Gallery
February 2025
“Cuckoo Edible Magic”: Hilarious Rice Cookers Attack—at SFBATCO
“Living the Shuffle”: Amazing Life of Legendary Black Actor—at The Marsh
“Uncle Vanya”: A Clarion Call for Change—at Berkeley Rep
“Doodler”: Unsolved Castro Murders in Brilliant Return—at Rhino
“Froggy” Jumps Off the Page & into Our Lives—at Center Rep
“Waste”: Stellar Cast Unveils Edwardian Woman’s Tragedy—at Marin
“The Heart Sellers”: Moving Comedy Reveals Immigrant Secrets—at Aurora
“Much Ado” Brings Forth a Fresh Claudio—at Marin Shakes
“Calendar Girls”: Charming Comedy of Yorkshire Ladies—at Masquers
“Exotic Deadly: Or the MSG Play”: Seasoned with Skaters & Comedy—at SF Playhouse
“The Thing About Jellyfish”: Gorgeous Glimpse into a Girl’s Mind—at Berkeley Rep
“The Thing About Jellyfish” Explores Tween’s Crisis & Quest—at Berkeley Rep
“Fairview”: Comedy Turns the Tables on White Gaze—at CCCT
“Daisy” Exposes Fear & Manipulation in U.S. Elections—at Hillbarn
January 2025
“Living the Shuffle”: Visionary Actor Tells Truths—at The Marsh, Berkeley
“The Spitfire Grill” Serves Up Helpings of Hope—at Ross Valley
“Grand Horizons” Exposes A Family’s Generation Gap—at Altarena
“Rachmaninoff & the Tsar”: Russian Genius Conjures Cruel King—at TheatreWorks
“Takes All Kinds” Celebrates US with Wit & Wisdom–at The Marsh