Millennial Notes Naomi Iizuka Chronicles Richard’s Fall for Our Time by Isa S. Chu Hip-hop and club music play in the house speakers, the first sign that this will not be your traditional Shakespeare. Then, the program reveals a female playwright, female director, and a mostly female cast. I could see myself on stage…
Shakespeare, Lozano, & Ball Surf the Swell in Style by Robert M. Gardner Marin Shakespeare Company’s latest production, set at a surfing beach in Key West, Florida, catches a killer wave. Nina Ball’s surf shack and Tiki-Bar set design, painted in bright blue, orange, and yellow, make a spectacular and charming beach resort. In…
Amelio Garcia Tells Passionate Queer Coming Out Tale by K. Marguerite Caronna There’s no escaping those Greeks. “Red Red Red” is based on Greek scholar Anne Carson’s queer coming of age story called Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse, which includes fragments of poetry by Greek poet Stesichorus. Amelio Garcia’s play tracks Red’s…
Millennial Notes Ashley Smiley Unravels the City’s Gentrification Nightmare by Hamilton Nguyen Playwright Ashley Smiley reveals her touching vision of what is happening to her beloved City, her neighborhood, and its people. “Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad” tells a San Francisco story about people’s lives destroyed by rampant gentrification—in the Fillmore and Hunter’s…