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 TV and in movies in L.A., he comes up to The Marsh on weekends to weave his magic at home. In “Kipling…
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 Partition of India and the looming end of the British Empire. If the British understood their essentially racist role in India, they might have seen the beautiful…
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 tale of suffering, hers is a tale of rebirth. She comes to understand what it means to be a patient, and to…
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 for ten years in San Francisco, is our master story-teller. His gift to audiences during the holidays, “The Jewelry Box,” offers a…