Millennial Notes Adam Strauss's Epic Personal Story of Psychedelic Quest by Rudy Namikis For those who are experienced trippers or curious about the mystic world of psychedelics, Adam Straus…
Garry Graves Goes Subterranean, Seeking Strange Fungus by Barry David Horwitz What is Gary Graves' "Edward King" really about? What does the voluble Edward King (the vital John Patrick Moore…
Adam Strauss Takes Us on a Fabulous, Perceptive Trip! by Kevin Marley and Barry David Horwitz We find comedians a trip. Now imagine a tripping comedian. Adam Strauss brings his New York Frin…
David Grieg Exposes Our Innermost Fears by Robert M. Gardner Caleb Cabrera (The Boy) is a wild force of nature. A lithe, seething, multi-faceted actor, Cabrera moves as easily across the sta…
Samm-Art Williams Delivers a Lyrical Epic of Great Migrations by Irene Nelson The words of Samm-Art Williams' "Home" knock me out"down-home country dialogue or poetic narrative, it's all wov…
New York Notes Lynn Nottage Exposes a Struggling America by Lisa Karson "Sweat" goes a long way to explain the rise of Donald Trump. Lynn Nottage 2017 Pulitzer Prize-wining play gives vital …
Rajiv Josef Unearths Tortures that Haunt US by Barry David Horwitz Rajiv Josef has written a mind-boggling play that flows lyrically from a powerful writer, winning the 2016 Obie Award for B…
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Laughs at Himself, and US, Too  by Irene Nelson My seat mate poked me, snorted and said,"Look at the program. This actor bio has her thanking her sorority sisters, d…
Peter Brook Lays Bare the Bones of War  by Kevin Marley    Based on The Mahabharata, an ancient rambling Indian epic, "Battlefield" trims away every extraneous element t…
Jonathan Kane Takes Rachel from Martyrdom to Poetry by Jeremiah Wall I went to "My Name is Rachel Corrie" by Sawtooth Productions at the Magic Theatre, expecting to hear the words of a strid…
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Asks, "What's in a Name?" by Sweta Chawla "Autobiography of a Terrorist" by Golden Thread Productions ponders xenophobia, CIA cover-ups, Middle-Eastern wars, and childh…
Simon McBurney Gears Up Sounds of Amazon Beaming by Irene Nelson We see a man standing on stage in front of us, but through our headphones we actually hear him standing behind us, then to ou…
Alandra Hileman Casts off Our Expectations by Tyler Jeffreys Finally, some theater for fantasy nerds! Quantum Dragon Theatre presents "Spell Eternity" by Alandra Hileman at The Mojo Theatre …
Deborah Cox Steals the Show as Rachel Marron by Rosa del Duca "The Bodyguard" begins with a literal bang that will send your heart straight into your mouth. And then, as your heart settles b…
The cost of uninvited lust runs high. by Victor Cordell Death, betrayal, incest, intrigue, mendacity. Just another day in the lives of the ancient Greeks. This installment, Jean Raci…
Janelle Lutz Sings the Highs, Lows of Judy Garland's Life by Robert M. Gardner It is 1968 in a hotel room in London at the Ritz where Judy Garland (the spectacular Janelle Lutz) arrives with…
Power of the people keeps the flame growing strong. by Victor Cordell American society is a web of contradictions. We have broken the mold of change by creating new cultures, mores, inst…
Philip Kan Gotanda Recreates Post-Internment Japanese Family by Suraj Ramrakhyani Playwright Philip Kan Gotanda gives us the feel and taste of a Japanese-American family's isolation, when th…
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…
Danny Cozart's Musical Satire Shines with Young Stars by Sydney Roberts Imagine a world where water is in short supply, where environmental funding is cut, where the world is run by a tyrann…
Shakespeare Remains All Too Timely by Irene Nelson An ensemble of 13 actors plays Shakespeare's tragedy of ambition and tyranny with a black wall, three wooden crates, and a handful of props…
Millennial Notes Dan Giles Creates Comedy Couples Bursting with Babies by Suraj Ramrakhyani Playwright Dan Giles presents "Breeders," still warm and throbbing, full of love, passion, queerne…
Millennial Notes College Students Take Education by the Reins by Tyler Jeffreys On Thursday, March 16, the U.C. Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies offered its 2017…
Sarah is a Berkeley native, now living in Richmond. A stay at home daughter of aging parents for a time, happily she is once again out and about, enjoying theater and musical events. She lov…
Gabrielle Myers is a writer, teacher, and chef. Her memoir, Hive-Mind, details her growth and confrontation of tragedy on a small organic farm run by a female farmer. Check out links to her …