Millennial Notes Christina Anderson Reveals the Fight for Recreation by Tyler Jeffreys Christina Anderson joins the trending Black Joy movement with her world premiere of “the ripple, the wave that carried me home” at Berkeley Rep. We see so much Black oppression porn on TV, we don’t need more oppression stories that cater to…
Marcus Gardley’s Modern Verse Version Shakes US Up! by Lynne Stevens At Cal Shakes, Co-directors Eric Ting and Dawn Monique Williams have staged a first-rate “Lear” with all its rage and fury. In his new, modern verse adaptation, playwright Marcus Gardley uses Bay Area Black history to modernize Shakespeare’s King Lear. The smartest play…
Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen in the Dog House by Lynne Stevens Sunlight filters through the redwoods as a gentle breeze mingles with the music of the band before the play begins. Curtain Theatre’s delightful band, under the direction of Don Clark, plays traditional and original music throughout the play. Some Italian tarantellas help to establish…
Millennial Notes José Rivera’s Soldier Brings Gulf War Home to California by Amy Deng As the moon takes over the surreal California desert, the night sky and thorny cactus glow fluorescent blue. Beside an elongated green statue of a woman, a lustful wild Coyote (Gabriel A. Ross) and a spoiled house Cat (Alexandra Wahl)…