Millennial Notes Chekhov Pits City Dreamers against Country Workers by Carly Van Liere The set itself a cage, metal bars and shelves lining two parallel sides of the stage, the audience sits, divided into two, facing itself. The characters bounce off the walls and climb the structure, hands stretched wide as they palm and…
Millennial Notes Lynne Kaufman Takes a Trip with Ram Dass by Carly Van Liere In “Acid Test, the Many Incarnations of Ram Dass,” playwright Lynne Kaufman opens a window into the wild world of Richard Alpert, the Harvard professor and pioneer of the 60s LSD scene. As Alpert, solo actor Warren David Keith floats…
Millennial Notes Director Marc Jacobs Gives Us an Idyllic Summer of Love by Carly Van Liere In our constant assault of breaking news and conflict around every corner, we need some time off to remember fun in the sun. Well, we found it at Center REP. “Mamma Mia!” gives us love, friendship, spectacular visual…
Millennial Notes Marisela Treviño Orta Conjures Supernatural Border by Carly Van Liere The fog seems a slightly spookier shade of night-time orange as we walk out of Berkeley’s Live Oak Theater, after catching “Woman on Fire” by Marisela Treviño Orta. The supernatural hovers over Those Women’s production. Each cast member’s energy is intensified by…