Michael Gene Sullivan Fleshes Out Orwell’s “Big Brother” by Erin Weitzman and Barry David Horwitz George Orwell’s notorious sci-fi novel 1984 has haunted the modern world since 1949. Michael Gene Sullivan, Resident Playwright at the San Francisco Mime Troupe, brings Orwell’s prophetic story to life in his fiery adaptation, with six powerful actors assembled…
Greg Sarris Explores Gentle Native American Point of View by Barry David Horwitz Masterful short story writer Greg Sarris has crafted a subtle and striking story of a naïve Native American youth, who travels back from Mexico to his birthplace in Santa Rosa, California. What he finds there at his deceased mother’s home is…
One Acts Offer Revelations—from “Stamp Me” to “Suicide Bomber” by Barry David Horwitz What a wonderful evening of six one act plays by six young Middle Eastern playwrights who bring us a wild and funny rainbow of comedy and terror. The “ReOrient” 2023 Festival of plays is presenting a bouquet of surprising new plays….
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…