Harry Davis Lifts Heavy Weight of Young Male Experience by Lynne Stevens Picture a gym in your garage. A bench press and a barrage of rock music to fuel the heavy lifting. Two young men, old friends from junior high, meet to talk about their schoolmates and what everyone is doing in their lives…
Lisa Sanaye Dring Envisions a New Kind of Leader by David Moore Lisa Sanaye Dring’s “Sumo” invites us into the ritualistic world of sumo wrestling. Beneath the physical discipline, “Sumo” displays power and love: who needs it, who gets hurt, and who can transcend into the divine. Playwright Dring and director Ralph B. Peña…
Colman Domingo’s Wild & Bumpy Journey Lifts Us Up by Lynne Stevens Hop into an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme for a crazy trip south to Disney World, where all your dreams come true. That’s what our hero does as he struggles to do the right thing when his mother dies unexpectedly. Gil (sweet Marcus J….
Pearl Ong Speeds to Lesbian Liberation as All-Night Cabby by Zack Rogow Pearl Ong has certainly lived a larger-than-life story. She went from Hong Kong princess to joining the lesbian liberation scene in San Francisco in the 70s, driving a taxi during late-night hours. In “Night Driver,” Ong unfolds her privileged past with quick…