Kate Cortesi’s Exploited Women Demand Pay-Back by Patricia L. Morin “Love” swims in the gray area of consensual versus manipulated sexual relations. Playwright Kate Cortesi asks profound questions about honesty, morality, and reciprocity. In 2004, Penelope (Clea Alsip), a smart-ass Stanford grad who talks way too much, applies for an intern job, letting the…
Laurel Ollstein Flies High with Jerrie Cobb’s Dream by Patricia L. Morin The true story of hopeful astronaut Jerrie Cobb inspires us to reach for the heavens, and to pursue what we most love. At TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, in Palo Alto, Jerrie (magnetic Sarah Mitchell) stands alone in a spotlight, with a control tower…
John Fisher Unravels the Metamorphosis of a Politician by Patricia L. Morin In a nation shrouded in political strife, John Fisher’s “Radical” is a laugh-out-loud release of bi-partisan anxiety with a message. Self-determined Jack (dynamic John Fisher) has decided to run for District Supervisor in San Francisco as he picks up trash off the…
Arthur Miller’s Brooklyn Lawyer Foresees Our Tragedy by Patricia L. Morin At 6th Street Playhouse, Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge” embroils us immediately in the struggle between immigrants, “illegals,” and the law. In a 50s Brooklyn tenement, lawyer and participant-observer Alfieri (dynamic Joe Winkler) watches local longshoremen scrape out a living. Italian…