Tim Pinckney’s Sparkling Script & Cast Conjure Hope by Barry David Horwitz In honor of World Aids Day on December 1st, “Still at Risk” melds the 80s with today, showing how the intimate battle with AIDS continues and escalates with COVID. “Still at Risk” jolts us right into our role in history. While Reagan,…
Millennial Notes Jeanne Sakata Summons Supreme Court Struggle by Evelyn Arevalo reviewed live at TheatreWorks, on July 26, 2018 Playwright Jeanne Sakata brings to life the terrors of the U.S. Japanese concentration camps during WWII in a gripping one man show. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the removal and relocation…
Michael Gene Sullivan & Merry Pranksters Ridicule Police Wars by Barry David Horwitz In 2015, the San Francisco Mime Troupe celebrated its 56th Season offering Free Agit-Prop political theater all summer long. On Independence Day Weekend, they knocked it out of Dolores Park for hundreds of happy, laughing picnickers. Now, the Mime Troupe is…
John Fisher Highlights Gay Liberation Pioneer by Patricia L. Morin John Fisher’s brilliant solo portrayal of astronomer and gay activist, Frank Kameny, shines as bright as the stars Kameny studied. Greeting us in a tight 50s suit and striped tie, Kameny’s uniform for his activism, Fisher channels Kameny’s unabashed and tenacious personality. With amazing…