Jay Bedwani’s Brilliant Docu-Pic Unfolds San Francisco Story by Robert M. Gardner Director Jay Bedwani’s new documentary, Donna, subtly follows the growing self-acceptance of Donna Personna, San Francisco trans cabaret singer. The story centers on Donna’s involvement in a play about the 1966 Compton Cafeteria drag uprising, an event that brings up unsettling memories…
Millennial Notes Michael Socrates Moran Invokes Song & Story in Mythic Spectacle by Jeanette Quick “Exodus to Eden,” Michael Socrates Moran’s ambitious new play, breaks new ground in both its staging and its themes of otherness, environmental destruction, and homelessness. The haunting voice of graceful Nkechi Live as an Exiled Angel fills the room,…
Adrienne Price Rocks & Shocks with No Apologies by Robert M. Gardner When will we realize that difference is not dangerous, but rather enhances and strengthens US. In “The Red Shades: A Trans Superhero Rock Opera,” Adrienne Price celebrates the trans and queer superheroes who fought San Francisco Police at the 1966 Compton Cafeteria…