Millennial Notes Lauren Yee Scores Big with Basketball Comedy by Hamilton Nguyen Inspired by a young San Francisco Chinatown basketball player, “The Great Leap” blends sports, family, and a University of San Francisco team trip to Beijing. Center REP has cast four top-notch actors to explore Chinese American identity at a crucial moment in…
Lloyd Suh Pits Business Values vs. Ancient Human Caring by Erin Weitzman & Barry David Horwitz Like a mirage, the ideal country constantly eludes us. “The Far Country” shows the true cost of giving up your home. The walls of Angel Island in San Francisco Bay are covered with poems written by imprisoned Chinese…
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…
Josh Kornbluth Proves We’re All in This Together! by Barry David Horwitz What a show! What a Genius! “Citizen Brain” is a one man show by the extraordinary solo truth-teller Josh Kornbluth. Josh became a UCSF Brain Fellow, along with being a master storyteller and comedian. Have you ever been at a solo comedy show…