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High-art Haunted House: Layla Means Night

Setsu Uzume — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 06:43:19 +0000

Just in time for Halloween, “Layla Means Night” by Rosanna Gamson is a high art haunted house that explores perception and intimacy through retellings of 1,001 Arabian Nights. Held at the ODC Theater in San Francisco, audience members are led through the theater in three groups to view performances of the 4th night, 40th night [&hellip

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The Helen Project Gives a Voice to the Face that Launched 1,000 Ships

Setsu Uzume — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:02:44 +0000

You can hardly say the name “Helen of Troy” without the epithet “The face that launched a thousand ships.” Megan Cohen and Amy Clare Tasker dive face-first into the mythos of Helen in their new play, The Helen Project, part of this year’s DIVAFest in San Francisco. The play shows Helen at four ages on [&hellip

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Inevitable by Jordan Puckett: Ignoring the Ticking Clock

Alison Kjeldgaard — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:37:12 +0000

It’s been a long while since I’ve been completely absorbed by a story. I hadn’t come to this realization until seeing Inevitable, Jordan Puckett’s short, brilliant play now at the Un-Scripted Theatre in San Francisco. Many things about Inevitable are surprising: the story itself, which neatly unravels in under an hour; the production’s short rehearsal [&hellip

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Top Ten Theatrical Moments

Alicia Coombes — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:55:01 +0000

As a theater professional, I’ve seen more plays than I can count. Picking favorites is tough since I base my opinion on a number of considerations: the experience as a whole, technical elements, various aesthetic choices…The list goes on. Therefore, it is almost impossible for me to tell people which shows they should see since [&hellip

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Review: The Fourth Messenger

Setsu Uzume — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:29:57 +0000

Talented writer Tanya Shaffer is back with a brand new musical that takes a refreshing, open minded look at spirituality in a modern era. As a local playwright and actor, Shaffer made a name for herself in the late 90s while doing a solo show about her adventures in Africa. In 2005, she honed her [&hellip

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Interview: Christine Young of Works by Women SF

Alicia Coombes — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:18:00 +0000

Christine Young, the Theatre Program Coordinator at the University of San Francisco and director who specializes in new play development, has recently headed up the launch of a new website called Works by Women SF. Based on the grassroots feminist movement in New York called 50/50 in 2020, a movement that promotes gender parity in [&hellip

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Christina Augello Hosts San Francisco Fringe Festival 2012

Setsu Uzume — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 06:32:48 +0000

Theater season is in full swing this fall as the Fringe Festival returns to San Francisco for its twenty-first year. The festival began in Scotland in the 1940s and has been going strong on the international stage, showcasing lesser-known theater in all its scathing, hilarious and outlandish glory. Here in San Francisco, it is hosted by [&hellip

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Interview with Sheila Callaghan, Playwright

Alicia Coombes — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 02:07:51 +0000

Sheila Callaghan wants the theatre world to know that it has not “lost her to television.” Her goal has always been to write for both stage and screen, and right now she’s successfully doing both. She’s settling in to life in L.A. (“after living in denial and Brooklyn for awhile”), has written for the popular [&hellip

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The Beauty of Symmetry: a Look at the Symmetry Theatre Company

Alicia Coombes — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:25:00 +0000

When friends and actors Chloe Bronzan and Jessica Powell noticed that their male counterparts consistently scored higher-paying and more frequent acting jobs, they decided to do something about it. In 2010, they created the Symmetry Theatre Company in San Francisco along with Chloe’s husband, Robert Parsons, also an actor, and produced their first play (Show [&hellip

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