Tanya Barfield’s Professor Faces His Demons, Brings Us to Tears by Lynne Stevens After a bout of terrible insomnia, math professor Lewis (the stellar Michael J. Asberry) is visited by the ghosts of his African American ancestors. They want to explain his life and they won’t take no for an answer. In tee shirt…
Ghassan Kanafani Exposes Endless Pain in Palestine & Israel by K. Marguerite Caronna Golden Thread Productions courageously dedicates their season to Palestine. In its West Coast Premiere, their opening play “Returning to Haifa” examines the personal tragedy of a war and occupation that have continued in the Middle East for decades. Director Samer Al-Saber…
Torange Yeghiazarian Pairs Passion with U.S./Iran Conflict by Lynne Stevens What makes “The Tutor” different from any other love triangle? Well, there are more than three players in this affair. An Iranian couple and their friendly “tutor” play out their entanglement against sharp political conflict. The fourth player is Iran, itself, during the 2022…
Millennial Notes Roger Q. Mason Illuminates 1928 Mae West Drag Show by Eli N.T. “We are all individual lions, but we must never forget that we are one pride.” —Gaven D. Trinidad “The Pride of Lions” takes a snippet of LGBTQ history and gives it an attention-grabbing update. It’s 1928, and anti-cross-dressing laws suppress…