Millennial Notes S.F. Mime Troupe Sets Sail for Affordable Housing by Fritz Mad’Laine Anyone living in the Bay Area today can tell you that we are in the midst of a housing crisis. Class divisions are at an all-time high as the price of living skyrockets, while wages remain pitifully low. With tech tycoons…
Millennial Notes Carol S. Lashof Gives Life to Historical Tituba by Fritz Mad’Laine Those Women Productions, one of my favorites, is back at it again with their world premiere of Carol S. Lashof’s “Witch Hunt.” With reproductive justice rights under attack, Mother Earth in ruins, and the occult making a dramatic comeback among disillusioned…
Millennial Notes Carol Lashof Gives Voices to Salem’s Silenced Victims by Jordan Freed Descending the narrow staircase into La Val’s Subterranean Theater feels right for the eerie mood of “Witch Hunt.” The basement space perfectly recreates the claustrophobia of panicked, paranoid colonial Salem, Massachusetts. A dark, misty forest and townscape spread across the walls, compelling…
Millennial Notes Matthew McCoy Blows Out 60s Race Conflict by Evelyn Arevalo Director Matthew McCoy’s production of “Hairspray” bewitches us with non-stop singing and dancing in this lovable, over-the top, 60s-style musical. “Hairspray” tackles racial tension and body shaming to inspire no-holds-barred love. Baltimore teen Tracy Turnblad (Cassie Grilley) causes ripples with her big…