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“Rocky Horror” Waxes Winning & Warped in Santa Rosa

“Rocky Horror” Waxes Winning & Warped in Santa Rosa

October 29, 2016 Jacob Dickerman

70s Cult Classic Bridges Decades of Decadence by Jacob G. Dickerman For two hours, Santa Rosa’s 6th Street Playhouse transforms into the most depraved place in the Bay Area—and that’s saying a lot!  In a debauched presentation of Richard O’Brien’s “The Rocky Horror Show,” Director Craig A. Miller encourages the house to unleash their…

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“It Can’t Happen Here” Happens at Berkeley Rep: Two Views

“It Can’t Happen Here” Happens at Berkeley Rep: Two Views

October 7, 2016 Jacob Dickerman

Acting and Activism Meet in Depression Era Fantasy by Jacob G. Dickerman & Barry David Horwitz Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 novel It Can’t Happen Here still resonates with us 80 years later. The novel, adapted for the stage in 1936, by Lewis, himself, and John C. Moffitt, has been rewritten by Berkeley Rep’s Tony Taccone…

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Jacob G. Dickerman

Jacob G. Dickerman

July 5, 2016 Jacob Dickerman

Jacob G. Dickerman has written for local publications The Daily Californian and Bulbes. A fifth year student at UC Berkeley, Jacob puts the super in super senior and the ic in critic. He studies music cognition and creative writing, and he has an amorous relationship with grammar.

Current Shows

  • “Hamnet” Looks at Shakespeare through Women’s Eyes—at ACT
  • “Come From Away”: A Layover Arouses Humanity—at TheatreWorks
  • “How to Make an American Son”: Hard-Working Dad vs. His Privileged Son—at NCTC
  • “Lost in Yonkers” Finds Tenderness in Tough Love—at Center REP
  • “The Monsters”: An Intense Sibling Love Story—at Berkeley Rep
  • “Flex” Features Black Female Athletes Yearning to Break Free—at SF Playhouse
  • “The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?” Tears the Veil & Confronts Us—at Shotgun
  • “Public Charge” Proves Diplomacy Is Difficult & Worth Pursuing—at The Public
  • “Macbeth” Updated to 70s New York, A Vital New Vision—at Magic
  • “Pass the Nails & Shame the Devil” Lifts Up Black Women Changemakers—at The Marsh
  • “Assassins” Reveals What Triggers Alienated Americans—at OTP
  • “||:Girls:||:Chance:||:Music:||” Celebrates Young Women Coming Up—at ACT
  • “Jesa”: Sisters’ Reunion Goes Inevitably Awry—at The Public
  • “Gods & Monsters” Evokes Tragedy & Laughter in Gay Hollywood Life—at NCTC
  • “Takes All Kinds” Celebrates US, with Wit & Wisdom—at The Marsh

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