"The Mathematics of Love" Recalls Lost Memories, at Brava Theater, S.F. by Ben Sloan

Millennial Notes Cherríe Moraga Works Our Imaginations to the Limit  by Bhavani Bindiganavile and Ben Sloan Cherríe Moraga's "The Mathematics of Love" toggles between Mexico's early…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 6:18am on August 19, 2017☆⚑

"brownsville song" Offers Raw Reality, at Shotgun Players, Berkeley by Ben Sloan

Millennial Notes Kimber Lee Takes Us Behind the Horrific Headlines by Ben Sloan When we watch "brownsville song (b-Side for tray)" at Shotgun Players, we are tasked with a question: Why does…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 3:21am on June 28, 2017☆⚑

"Mother Night" Shines Light on Nazi Trickery, at Custom Made Theatre, S.F. by Ben Sloan

Millennial Notes Brian Katz & Kurt Vonnegut Collude on WWII Drama by Ben Sloan 2017 marks a resurgence of Russian collusion, Neo-Nazis, and American nationalism. What marks the dividing …

SOURCE: Theatrius at 7:11am on June 1, 2017☆⚑

"Overnight" Challenges Capitalist Cathedral, at Flight Deck, Oakland by Ben Sloan

Millennial Notes Anna Shneiderman Spotlights Oakland Gentrification Crisis by Ben Sloan "Overnight," a new play by Oakland's Flight Deck, thrusts "the now" right in your face.  The Flight…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 5:31am on April 21, 2017☆⚑

"A Thousand Splendid Suns" Shines on Women, at A.C.T., S.F. by Ben Sloan

Millennial Notes Sarma Adapts Aghan Novel in Spectacular Style by Ben Sloan American Conservatory Theater has succeeded in putting Khaled Hosseini's best selling novel on the stage in grand …

SOURCE: Theatrius at 3:00pm on February 13, 2017☆⚑

"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Surprises, at Shotgun Players, Berkeley by Ben Sloan

Millennial Notes Albee's Cold War Couple Turns Hot by Benjamin K. Sloan     "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1962)"in the Shotgun Players wonderful new Repertory Season"takes us o…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:20am on December 9, 2016☆⚑

"Safe House" Breaks for Freedom, at Aurora Theatre, Berkeley by Ben Sloan

Millennial Notes Black Lives, White Rules by Benjamin K. Sloan Before the Civil War, hundreds of thousands of African Americans were living in the South as "free" people"a status that consti…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 12:00am on November 23, 2016☆⚑

"The Hard Problem" Bangs Heads at A.C.T. in S.F. by Ben Sloan

Millennial Notes Tom Stoppard's Battle Royale: Faith vs. Science by Benjamin K. Sloan Many millennials have a tendency to  assert  their "truth," impatiently, like angsty preachers who…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 4:53pm on November 1, 2016☆⚑

"It Can't Happen Here""Sinclair Lewis Fires Up Berkeley Rep by Ben Sloan

A Depression Era Play Takes Us Back to the Future by Benjamin K. Sloan I wish that all people of my generation, ages 18-25, could watch Berkeley Rep's "It Can't Happen Here." Maybe we are in…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 12:31pm on October 7, 2016☆⚑

Experimental "Othello" by Director Eric Ting at Cal Shakes by Ben Sloan

Dressed-Down Tragedy Exposes Modern Misogyny by Benjamin K. Sloan Eric Ting's bare stage "Othello" at Cal Shakes modernizes Elizabethan issues from 500 years ago for the U.S. in 2016. Shakes…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 3:20am on September 23, 2016☆⚑

"Speed of Light" at Quantum Dragon, S.F. by Ben Sloan

Space Race vs. Galactic Disaster in the Mission by Benjamin K. Sloan & Barry David Horwitz As soon as the play "Speed of Light" by Sci-Fi writer Bella Poynton begins, with its simple, lo…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 3:41am on September 4, 2016☆⚑

"The Ice Cream Sandwich Incident" at PianoFight, S.F. by Ben Sloan

Space Age Melt-Down of Sex & Treats by Benjamin K. Sloan As a recent transplant from L.A., entering my junior year at CAL, on Saturday I ventured into "The City," the urban playground of…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 6:45pm on August 25, 2016☆⚑

A Millennial's Notes on "Latin History for Morons" by Ben Sloan

Get Down and Dirty with John Leguizamo by Benjamin K. Sloan I came up from LA a couple of weeks ago looking for a place to live, as I enter my junior year at Cal. I'm going to major in Engli…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 5:36pm on August 9, 2016☆⚑

Benjamin K. Sloan by Ben Sloan

Benjamin K. Sloan is an incoming junior at UC Berkeley. A transfer student from Santa Monica College in Los Angeles, Ben is an aspiring thespian and writer of any medium.  He will be stud…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 4:05am on July 5, 2016☆⚑