Kheven LaGrone Breaks Age Barrier in New Comedy by Barry David Horwitz Kheven LaGrone’s down to earth and funny San Francisco play about being gay in the Bay makes “Group Therapy” a beacon for the many challenges of gay culture. LaGrone, who lives in Oakland, has his finger on the pulse. “Group Therapy” takes…
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…
Mitchell & Trask’s Rock Musical Transforms Marginalized into Stars by K. Marguerite Caronna Shotgun Theater’s “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” dazzles with a rocking, electric journey from lonely despair to exciting redemption—a mythic quest for identity and love. The audience is enticed to wander into the “Ashby Sit & Spin Dive Bar,” one of…