Comfortably Numb: ‘Ways to Leave a Body’ world premiere at Cutting Ball
Cutting Ball starts off the new decade with two one-act dreams about women whose bodies aren’t theirs.
Dark Skin Don’t Bruise: ‘Inked Baby’ Bay Area Premiere by Crowded Fire Theater
Christina Anderson’s examination of Black bodily autonomy is wonderfully realized by Crowded Fire.
Failing Grade: ‘Transfers’ West Coast premiere at Crowded Fire
Lucy Thurber’s latest is the sort of ill-thought-out treatise on Affirmative Action you’d expect from Fox News.
Ladies’ Nights: ‘Revolt. She said…’ at Crowded Fire and ‘Kursk’ at Theatre Lunatico
A feminist manifesto play and a gender-swapped submarine drama make for two bold (if uneven) evenings of female-driven theatre.
Early Harvest: ‘A Tale of Autumn’ world premiere by Crowded Fire
Clean living and technological harmony collide in a not-quite-perfect script from Christopher Chen.
Same ‘song’: ‘brownsville song (b-side for tray)’ at Shotgun
A strong director and able cast elevate a clichéd story in this Shotgun show.
Only ‘You’: Crowded Fire’s ‘You for Me for You’
A uniquely Asian-American immigrant tale is the focus Crowded Fire’s touching new production.
The Thinking Man's Idiot 