Only a Fraction of an Idea: ‘An Octoroon’ at Berkeley Rep
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength …
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A ‘Big’ Love: ‘The Big Sick’
“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.” – Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest *I saw The Big Sick …
The ‘How’ and Why: ‘How to Be a White Man’ by Faultline Theater
“My mother and father were always pushing me away from secondhand answers—even the answers they themselves believed. I don’t know …
Saying what ‘You Mean’: ‘You Mean to Do Me Harm’ by SF Playhouse
“In the Chinese language, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters, one representing ‘danger’ and the other ‘opportunity’.” – …
Playground Double-Feature: ‘Hedge’ and ‘Kano + Abe’
Playground is one of those local theatre things that seems to have been attended by everyone but me. I’ve known …
No Satisfying Answers: ‘The Events’ at Shotgun
“It’s very dramatic when two people come together to work something out. It’s easy to take a gun and annihilate …
‘Get’ It!
“In this country ‘American’ means ‘white’. Everybody else has to hyphenate.” – Toni Morrison, interview with The Guardian (29 January …
Deafening ‘Silence’
“[F]aith is like a glass of water. When you’re young, the glass is small, and it’s easy to fill up. …
‘Hidden’ Talents
“You guys know about vampires? You know, vampires have no reflections in a mirror? There’s this idea that monsters don’t …
Swinging for the ‘Fences’
“My greatest influence has been the blues. And that’s a literary influence, because I think the blues is the best …
