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.
Monday, 7 December, 2020 · 2 Comments
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’.
Tuesday, 17 December, 2019 · 2 Comments
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.
Saturday, 13 July, 2019 · 5 Comments
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.
Tuesday, 12 March, 2019 · 2 Comments
Missed its Stop: ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ at Ubuntu Theater
Ubuntu’s attempt to deconstruct Tennessee Williams’ classic paradoxically reveals how little they understand of the material.
Monday, 5 February, 2018 · 2 Comments
No Satisfying Answers: ‘The Events’ at Shotgun
Racist direction combines with a confused (and hypocritical) script in pretty-looking production by Shotgun.
Saturday, 13 May, 2017 · 4 Comments
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.