"Frog and Toad" (Bay Area Children's Theater) runs weekends until September 25 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. The show sidesteps heavy-handed morality to portray instead that most ethically …
Ambition, Love, and Terror Clash in Marin by Susan Dunn Marin Shakes' Artistic Director Robert S. Currier introduced his opening night Othello with the proclamation that this production is n…
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…
Rosa del Duca is a writer, journalist, teacher and musician. Her work has appeared in literary magazines like Cutbank, CALYX, River Teeth, and Mission at 10th. When she isn't writing or cran…
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…
Cal Shakes Shakes Up Shaw by Barry David Horwitz Director Lisa Peterson has unfurled an early, hilarious Shaw comedy that forecasts the 20th Century and beyond. "You Never Can Tell" (1896) a…
'The Fire Next Time' in New Thriller by Barry David Horwitz "The Thrush and the Woodpecker" at Custom Made Theater features three gripping performances by three superb actors. For that reaso…
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…
Waiting for Gentrification in the Tenderloin by Barry David Horwitz Plays about housing, gentrification, and exploitation of poor people are beginning to populate local stages. The Bernie Re…
Kevin Marley is a trained scientist who dabbles in the Arts and whatever else life offers up.
Patricia Milton Parodies Empire and Rebels by Barry David Horwitz A touch of soap opera, a lot of political satire, and a dash of silly romantic comedy"toss them all into the hurly-burly of …
Cathleen Riddley Thrills as Independent Nun by Barry David Horwitz In "Grand Concourse," at Shotgun Players, each of the four characters undergoes both change and conversion, following the p…
John Leguizamo, One Hard-Ass Teacher! by Barry David Horwitz " July 22, 2016 When you are in the presence of John Leguizamo, there is fire in the air. Sparks radiate from the stage to every …
Lisa Karson is a child protective lawyer in Brooklyn Family Court, a very dramatic place. She is thrilled to be a New Yorker; loves the energy, the diversity, the arts, the food, and the …
Svea Vikander explores untold and necessary topics in print, web, and radio broadcast. She interviews artists and other cultural producers for Arts In Review (Thursdays on KALX90.7FM) …
Robert M. Gardner, a native of North Dakota, is trained as an archaeologist, with a life-long love of the arts. He taught for many years at at Saint Mary's College of California, teaching co…
Barry David Horwitz has been teaching and reviewing theater for many years"as well as acting and producing plays for The Quixotic Players. He has also acted and worked as Dramaturge with Sho…
Susan Dunn finds a community, inspiration, revelation and joy in Bay Area live theater. Since her move from New York in 1991 she has been on the board or staff or both of Hillbarn Theatre, A…
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…
John Chakan is a father, actor, and youth development professional. He is passionate about kids, theater, and sports"though not always in that order. After graduating from Stanford with a B.…
Kim Waldron is a retired union organizer who grew up with an actor-mother and brother. She loves all theatre, from Shakespeare to musical to Improv and everything in-between. Â
Sweta Chawla PharmD, MS, CDE Author of I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking for Now What ? is an Intuitive Life/Career Coach, and a former Professor of Pharmacy. Her very sleep…
Jeremiah Wall was born in Michigan in the mid-sixties, where LBJ launched his great society. He moved to Quebec in the wake of the Quiet Revolution, when Quebec turned francophone…
Geordie Milne is a 3rd year international student at UC Berkeley in English Literature on exchange from Trinity College Dublin, the alma mater of Samuel Beckett and Oscar Wilde. Previous to …
Buzz Goldberg is an avid theatergoer, as well as a biker, baker, and banjo player. He's an East Coast transplant with an ABD in Comparative Literature from Boston University. He can often be…