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Joanne Engelhardt

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“The Four Gifts”: Heartfelt & Amazing Life of Local Hero—at Hillbarn

“The Four Gifts”: Heartfelt & Amazing Life of Local Hero—at Hillbarn

August 13, 2022 Joanne Engelhardt

Father Joe Bradley’s Inspirational Story Calls for Sharper Focus   by Joanne Engelhardt “The Four Gifts,” at Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City, shows what happens when a person who is not a playwright decides to write a play about himself. Heartfelt and fast paced, yes.  But theatrical?  No. Father Joe Bradley and his co-author Antonia…

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Joanne Engelhardt

Joanne Engelhardt

February 5, 2022 Joanne Engelhardt

Joanne Engelhardt is a San Jose State University journalism graduate who spent about seven years working at newspapers on the San Francisco Peninsula. Later, she wrote and edited employee publications for Hewlett-Packard. She began writing theater reviews about 20 years ago, first for the now-defunct San Mateo County Times and now for both the Peninsula News/San…

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  • “The Bumpy Road Less Traveled” Exposes School-to-Prison Pipeline—at The Marsh
  • “Employee Dharma Handbook” Exposes Corporate Caste Secrets—at TheatreWorks
  • “Going to St. Ives” Where the Black Theater Movement Tackles Colonialism—at LBP
  • “Scabmuggers” Empowers with Lessons in Courage—at The Freight
  • “Hamlet” Highlights Corruption in Surveillance State—at SPARC
  • “Goat Blood” Conjures Mixture of Race, Lust, & Demons—at Rhino
  • “Absolutely Science Fiction!” Blasts Off with Strangely Familiar Futures—at Z Space
  • “The Fre” Shows Conformity at Its Most Foolish—at OTP
  • “Arab Spring” Wrestles with Tradition vs. Modernity—at Golden Thread
  • “What Is To Be Done?” Fights Depression & Fascism, Brilliantly—at The Marsh
  • “Romeo & Juliet” Illuminates Personal & Political Connections—at The Public
  • “A Few Good Men” Engages in Hard Struggle for Truth—at Royal Underground
  • “Tiny Beautiful Things” Reveals Healing Power of Listening Deeply—at Town Hall
  • “Flight Risk” Offers a Master Class in Empathy—at The Marsh
  • “Girl, Interrupted” Exposes Machinery of Madness—at The Public

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