Okay, at best: ‘Una Great Movie’ – 2021 SF Indiefest
Jennifer Sharp’s Hollywood satire is two interesting films that make up a single uneven film.
Cinema Dentata: ‘I Blame Society’ – 2021 SF Indiefest
Grace Horvat’s ultra-violent feminist-revenge satire of Hollywood deserves all the buzz it’s generating.
Don’t Steal My Shine: ‘The Light’ online at Shotgun Players
Misogynoir is taken to task in Shotgun’s virtual production of Loy A. Webb’s breezy script.
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.
Christmas Movie Round-Up 2019
A Christmas screen-hop features Black Power, White romance, and Sci-Fi. Guess which one I loved?
Not the Worst Witch: ‘Becky Nurse of Salem’ World Premiere at the Berkeley Rep
The second Witch Trial play I’ve seen in a week is an imperfect misfire for Sarah Ruhl and the Rep.
The Witch is Back: ‘Vinegar Tom’ West Coast Premiere at Shotgun
Ariel Craft is at the helm of Shotgun’s nearly-perfect remount of the Feminist take on ‘The Crucible’.
Better off Broken: ‘Bull in a China Shop’ Bay Area Premiere at Aurora Theatre
Aurora’s final 2019 is a winning dramatic-comedy set during the Women’s Suffrage Movement.
‘The Tempest’ on a Trapeze: Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Amaluna’ in San Francisco
The Bard’s “stormy” story is the basis for Cirque du Soleil’s latest grand spectacle.
Loud AND Ladylike: ‘The Daughters’ World Premiere (Sandbox Series) by SF Playhouse
The changing face of SF’s Lesbian community is wonderfully realized in this Sandbox world premiere.
The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III) 