Chen's Dystopian Dramedy Rings Alarm by Paul Ebenkamp Christopher Chen's "A Tale of Autumn" is a will-to-power story that takes corporate-state nihilism, bourgeois obliviousness, and the pov…
Millennial Notes Kheven LaGrone Rips the Mask off Transphobia  by Wes Adrianson In the basement of an abandoned Victorian house, Pink, a vivacious and defiant trans woman, has created her…
Otis Williams Reveals Life Behind Music by Robert M. Gardner "Ain't Too Proud"The Life and Times of The Temptations" takes us on a whirlwind tour of music by The Temptations, The Supremes, a…
Millennial Notes Shakespeare Explores a Labyrinth of Love by Tyler Jeffreys I am ecstatic that my first live Shakespeare play is "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at African-American Shak…
Shakespeare Gets Masterful Acting, Stylish Staging by Kim Waldron At Cal Shakes, Director Tyne Rafaeli has staged a "Measure for Measure" for our time. The striking costumes offer a first cl…
Rebecca Gilman's Documentary Honesty Hits Home  by Jeff Dunn Are you considering a career in social work? Want to be a hero? Well, you will get a whiff of reality at Rebecca Gilman's harr…
Millennial Notes Dominique Morisseau Proves Art Thrives with Activism by Tyler Jeffreys What a spectacle! I'm American, so I thought I knew all about The Temptations. I thought since I've se…
Paula Vogel Provides Tender Moments amid Frenzy by Ishai Padawer Learning to drive, like sex, is a rite of passage. In the new production of Paula Vogel's "How I Learned To Drive" at Custom …
Sarah Ruhl's Vision Resonates in Caroline Clark's Staging by Jeff Dunn Sarah Ruhl's humorous and poignant play seems to be about quaint, yet effective 19th-century sexual vibrators. Later, w…
Sherri Rose Offers Advice for an Uncertain World by Kim Waldron Dressed in somber, nondescript slacks and shirt, Sherri Rose works with minimal props in her solo show "How Not to Die." Initi…
Escott & Mutrux Construct Riveting Musical Time Machine by Rosa del Duca The lights come up inside Sun Records, which used to be an auto body shop. The black and white checkered floor is…
Eric Carle, Simon Trumble Ask, "Still Hungry?" by Nicholas Leither The set is white paper mache. A few books sit center stage. Brianna Grey Rodriguez, dressed in white overalls, pick…
Michael Jeong studies English and Journalism at UC Berkeley. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa to Korean parents, he moved to the coastal city of Durban at age four. Living in post-aparthei…
Brian Copeland: A Genuine Black Genius by Wes Adrianson and Barry David Horwitz With the recent bigoted demonstrations in Charlottesville, anti-Black racism and white nationalism has reached…
Millennial Notes Sixties Tribal-Rock Musical Sage & Aging  by Phil Fagundes  As the 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love draws to a close in San Francisco, Landmark Musical Theat…
Philip Kan Gotanda Strikes a Blow for Truth by Robert M. Gardner Say a lie long enough and loud enough, and it becomes the truth. "Rashomon" In Philip Kan Gotanda's new adaptation of "Ra…
Doyle Ott Takes Toddlers to the Moon and Back by Rosa del Duca "Teddy Bears' Picnic" starts before you even reach the "theater," as you follow a friendly bear strumming a ukulele through Oak…
Kirsten Greenidge Shows What Class Inequality Means by Tyler Jeffreys and Barry David Horwitz Finally, a Black American play that is not about being Black. "Zenith" by Kirsten Greenidge remi…
August Wilson Asks, "What Price Assimilation?" Â by Irene Nelson The lights come up on a room with two pictures on the wall: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Tiger Woods. We are in the office o…
Millennial Notes CherrÃe Moraga Works Our Imaginations to the Limit  by Bhavani Bindiganavile and Ben Sloan CherrÃe Moraga's "The Mathematics of Love" toggles between Mexico's early…
Millennial Notes Marcus Gardley's Epic Tale of Struggle and Perseverance by Adam Kaddoura At Cal Shakes, Director Eric Ting has spectacularly staged Marcus Gardley's spiritual story of A…
Reflections Millennial Notes Jacobs-Jenkins Reveals: The United States Is an "Octoroon" by Ishai Padawer In the early moments of "An Octoroon," the 2014 play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, we le…
"And My Back Bled Tears": CherrÃe Moraga Reclaims La Malinxe by Lisa Manter CherrÃe Moraga's new play "The Mathematics of Love" exposes the heavy burden of history on indigenous and Ch…
Six One-Act Plays Offer Joy for Everyone by Kim Waldron Need a reminder why we're lucky to live in San Francisco in these new-monied, small-hearted times? "Pint Sized Plays" provides one…
Lisa Manter lives in San Francisco and has interests in medieval studies, film, and queer theory. She teaches in the English Department at Saint Mary's College of California, finding time fo…