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.
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’.
Romance is Dread: ‘Elevada’ at Shotgun Players
A good cast can only do so much of this “satire” of rom-coms that supports their worst tropes.
This ‘Flick’ Needs an Editor: ‘The Flick’ at Shotgun
Incredible technical work can’t quite make up for Annie Baker’s bloated, meandering text.
Salvation at last: ‘Kill Move Paradise’ at Shotgun
Shotgun delivers one of the year’s best shows with James Ijames’ meditation on Black lives ended too soon.
The Shoddy Politic: ‘Kings’ at Shotgun Players
Shotgun’s latest production is an ultimately toothless “satire” of politics in the AOC era.
Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing: ‘Women Laughing Alone with Salad’ at Shotgun
Shotgun’s latest falls flat with a deafening roar of self-important, casually racist “satire”.
Silly Shakespeare Double-Feature: ‘Caesar Maximus’ by We Players AND ‘War of the Roses’ by Cal Shakes
Two of the Bay Area’s best companies make the same miscalculation when adapting The Bard.
Drowning in White Tears: ‘White’ at Shotgun Players
Shotgun hosts the West Coast premiere of James Ijames’ scathing satire of White privilege in art.
Desperate ‘Measure’: ‘Measure for Measure’ at Cal Shakes
Shakespeare and sexual politics collide in Cal Shakes’ version of one of The Bard’s infamous “problem plays”.
The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III) 