Jocelyn Bioh Bridges Gap Between Cultures with Humor by Patricia L. Morin As one Nigerian sister exclaims, “When it hits, it hits,” and SF Playhouse’s “Nollywood Dreams” has struck gold. In Jocelyn Bioh’s satirical comedy, set in the 1990s Nigerian movie industry, we experience the early stages of Hollywood film-making. Director Margo Hall takes…
Dael Orlandersmith Weaves an Epic on Jazz, Harlem, Hope by Barry David Horwitz “Stoop Stories” could be called “The New York Odyssey” because playwright/poet Dael Orlandersmith has created a tapestry of encounters that bring to life real New Yorkers: a Holocaust survivor, a youthful poet, a Puerto Rican ‘cool’ kid, and an oldster seeking…
Jon Tracy Celebrates Lady Zen’s Magical Memories by Philippa Kelly The central Mexican city of Guanajuato has a strange history of unearthing the dead. It’s home to a “mummy museum” that houses bodies interred during a cholera outbreak in 1833. When a burial tax was imposed in around 1900, those who couldn’t afford to pay…