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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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Review: Women of the Underground: Art by Zora von Burden

Julie Davis — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:41:34 +0000

A collection of in-depth interviews, Women of the Underground: Art takes an inside look at the work of 24 female artists who are “cultural architects, influencing generations with art that is innovative, pushes boundaries, and dares to question, investigate and redefine society in the spirit of the underground.” Perhaps because of these general parameters, Women [&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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