Ariel Craft Conjures a Wonderland of Prophetic Phantoms by Patricia L. Morin Cutting Ball Theater—with Bay Area Theatre Cypher and Mugwumpin—have filmed an impressive paranormal fairy tale, blending Lewis Carroll’s poetic fantasies with post-Pandemic fears. Four visiting Phantoms, and deep voices from the future, taunt imprisoned twins fearful to reunite and become one whole…
Millennial Notes Shakespeare in Nature Makes Magic Times Two by Michael V. Rodriguez It’s not quite midsummer, but the dream has arrived at California Shakespeare Theater in the beautiful Orinda hills. Director Tyne Rafaeli breathes life into Shakespeare’s best fairytale by inspiring his actors to impossible perpetual motion. They prance and dance tirelessly, appearing…
Kushner & Taccone Magically Make “More Life!” by Barry David Horwitz Part One: “Millennium Approaches” More than 25 years ago, I saw the first production of Angels in America at the old Eureka Theater in the Mission, in 1991. Now we can celebrate Angels‘ brilliant connections between our personal lives and U.S. history, thanks…
Caryl Churchill Spins the Numbers Game by Barry David Horwitz Behind a low, white circular barrier, suggesting a petri dish, an anxious son confronts his worried father. In her shocking play “A Number,” Caryl Churchill uses three cloned sons to make us think about the present threat of identity loss. She also catapults us…