Archive

Editor's Pick
- Apr 12, 2019 Ubuntu's 'Down Here Below' Perfects The Trick Of Watching The Homeless Vanish Apr 12, 2019
- Apr 6, 2019 Shotgun's 'KILL THE DEBBIE DOWNERS! KILL THEM! KILL THEM! KILL THEM OFF! Is Urgent Apr 6, 2019
- Feb 15, 2019 Ubuntu's 'Mother Courage' Dares, Soars, And Falters All At Once Feb 15, 2019
- Dec 18, 2018 Shotgun's 'Arcadia' Takes Up The Drama Of Those Who Come Last Dec 18, 2018
Interviews
- Mar 1, 2019 Keith Hennessy Interview: Part 2 Mar 1, 2019
- Mar 1, 2019 Keith Hennessy Interview: Part 1 Mar 1, 2019
- Sep 3, 2018 Interview with Phillip Kan Gotanda and Ubuntu Artistic Director Michael Moran Sep 3, 2018
- Jan 15, 2017 Interview with Ubuntu Theater Project Artistic Director Michael Moran Jan 15, 2017
Issues
- Jan 9, 2019 The Best of Bay Area Theater in 2018 Jan 9, 2019
- Oct 19, 2018 Schaubuhne's 'An Enemy of the People' Leads Us To Our Own Interrogation And That's Great Oct 19, 2018
- Dec 18, 2017 The Best of Bay Area Theater in 2017 Dec 18, 2017
- Sep 15, 2017 Fall Theater Preview: The Dramas are Bursting with Extravagant Traumas! Sep 15, 2017
- Aug 9, 2017 Shelton Theater Dust-Up is Minor, But The Conflict it Reveals is Not Aug 9, 2017
- Jan 26, 2017 Lefty Bay Area 'Ghostlight' Theater Protests Point to Conservatism Jan 26, 2017
- Jan 15, 2016 Youth Speaks Makes Some Noise for Martin Luther King Jr. Jan 15, 2016
- Dec 22, 2015 The Wildest Theater of 2015 Dec 22, 2015
Reviews
- Apr 12, 2019 Ubuntu's 'Down Here Below' Perfects The Trick Of Watching The Homeless Vanish Apr 12, 2019
- Apr 6, 2019 Shotgun's 'KILL THE DEBBIE DOWNERS! KILL THEM! KILL THEM! KILL THEM OFF! Is Urgent Apr 6, 2019
- Apr 5, 2019 Cutting Ball's 'La Ronde' Is A Production For The Apologists Apr 5, 2019
- Feb 27, 2019 The Berkeley Rep's 'Metamorphoses' Turns Ovid Into A Church Mouse Feb 27, 2019
- Feb 27, 2019 Aurora's 'The Creditors' Is A Perverse Play Trapped In A Professional Productiom Feb 27, 2019
- Feb 15, 2019 Ubuntu's 'Mother Courage' Dares, Soars, And Falters All At Once Feb 15, 2019
- Feb 8, 2019 ACT's 'Seascape' Dabbles In The Cosmic Feb 8, 2019
- Feb 8, 2019 Campo Santo's 'Candlestick' and SF Playhouse's 'King of the Yees' Dream Of Missing San Francisco Fathers Feb 8, 2019
- Jan 24, 2019 Berkeley Rep's 'Paradise Square' Aims For High-Quality Creativity And Unfortunately Hits The Mark Jan 24, 2019
- Jan 9, 2019 The Best of Bay Area Theater in 2018 Jan 9, 2019
- Dec 18, 2018 Shotgun's 'Arcadia' Takes Up The Drama Of Those Who Come Last Dec 18, 2018
- Dec 15, 2018 Big Dance Theater's '17 C' Demands All Of Our Imagination Dec 15, 2018
- Dec 12, 2018 Golden Thread's 'We Swim, We Talk, We Go To War' Has An Off-Handed Beauty Dec 12, 2018
- Dec 4, 2018 The Aurora's 'Everything is Illuminated' Is A Failure of Jonathan Safran Foer’s Aesthetic and Moral Imagination Dec 4, 2018
- Nov 9, 2018 ACT's 'Men On Boats' Is An Illusion Of True Engagement Nov 9, 2018
- Nov 2, 2018 The Berkeley Rep's 'Fairview' And The Rules Of The Game Nov 2, 2018
- Oct 30, 2018 Shotgun's 'Women Laughing Alone With Salad' Defies Its Own Sense Of The World Oct 30, 2018
- Oct 19, 2018 Marc Kate and Fauxnique's 'Girl' Is A Fragment Of Philosophy In The Guise Of A Lovely Bit Of Performance Oct 19, 2018
- Oct 19, 2018 Schaubuhne's 'An Enemy of the People' Leads Us To Our Own Interrogation And That's Great Oct 19, 2018
- Oct 17, 2018 Ubuntu's 'Hamlet' Is Epic, Crazed, And So Full Of Life That You'll Cry Oct 17, 2018
- Oct 12, 2018 ACT's 'Sweat' Reaches Its Emotional and Political Limit--Too Soon Oct 12, 2018
- Oct 12, 2018 Marin Theatre Company's 'Oslo' Is Entertaining But Not Crazy Enough Oct 12, 2018
- Oct 3, 2018 Cutting Ball's 'Vanya' Tries Everything Oct 3, 2018
- Oct 3, 2018 FACT/SF's 'death' Is Stunning, Sly, And Filled With Sorrow Oct 3, 2018
- Sep 26, 2018 Anton's Well's 'dirty butterfly' is poetic, then something else Sep 26, 2018
- Sep 24, 2018 Crowded Fire's 'Church' is Daring, then Fun Sep 24, 2018
- Sep 24, 2018 Berkeley Rep’s 'A Doll's House Part 2' Misperceives Marriage Sep 24, 2018
- Sep 24, 2018 The Aurora’s ‘Detroit’ is Serious Fare without Serious Artistry Sep 24, 2018
- Sep 5, 2018 Ubuntu's 'Pool of Wonders' Imagines the End of Trauma Sep 5, 2018
- Sep 5, 2018 Shotgun's 'Kiss' is laced with Acid Sep 5, 2018
- Sep 5, 2018 Cal Shakes goes epic with 'The War of the Roses' Sep 5, 2018
- Mar 16, 2018 ACT's 'Vietgone' Lands Somewhere Between Brilliant and Awful Mar 16, 2018
- Mar 6, 2018 TheatreFirst's 'Between Us' Explores Complicity, Social Justice and Art Mar 6, 2018
- Feb 27, 2018 At Center Rep, 'Red Speedo' is a Terrifying Mask for Our Unethical Age Feb 27, 2018
- Feb 9, 2018 'Skeleton Crew' Tries to Capture the Corpse of an American Tragedy Feb 9, 2018
- Jan 25, 2018 The Mysteries of Harold Pinter's 'Birthday Party' Change Over Time Jan 25, 2018
- Jan 19, 2018 ‘Bondage’ Unleashes a Destabilizing Force Between Black and White Jan 19, 2018
- Dec 18, 2017 The Best of Bay Area Theater in 2017 Dec 18, 2017
- Dec 13, 2017 Two Sly Inversions of the Epic at CounterPulse's 'Diaspora 2017' Dec 13, 2017
- Dec 7, 2017 Keith Hennessy Embraces the Christmas Spirit in ‘Sink’ As Opposed to Actual Christmas Shows Dec 7, 2017
- Nov 23, 2017 Shotgun's Daring 'Black Rider' Aims for, and Pierces, the American Heart Nov 23, 2017
- Nov 17, 2017 The Dangers of being Earnest: ‘The Royale’ and Jack Johnson Nov 17, 2017
- Nov 12, 2017 In 'Circus Veritas,' Sly, Dazzling Deceit Takes Center Ring Nov 12, 2017
- Oct 19, 2017 Hip-Hop 'Animal Farm' Grapples With Orwell's Vision of Political Decay Oct 19, 2017
- Oct 12, 2017 A Marriage that Never Was Dreams Up New American Myths and Values Oct 12, 2017
- Oct 5, 2017 Shotgun Players' 'Blasted' is a Complex Portrayal of Despair Oct 5, 2017
- Sep 28, 2017 'Ain't Too Proud' Desecrates the Temptations at Berkeley Rep Sep 28, 2017
- Sep 19, 2017 Gorgeous 'An American in Paris' Musical has Soulless Lead Character Sep 19, 2017
- Sep 15, 2017 Fall Theater Preview: The Dramas are Bursting with Extravagant Traumas! Sep 15, 2017
- Sep 13, 2017 CounterPulse's 'Combustible Residency' Toys with Technology Sep 13, 2017
- Sep 5, 2017 Premieres From SF Playhouse and Ubuntu Jolt Our Sense of Goodness Sep 5, 2017
- Aug 24, 2017 Campo Santo Channels Banksy and Descartes in 'Ethos de Masquerade' Aug 24, 2017
- Aug 17, 2017 ‘Black Odyssey Channels Emmett Till, Hurricane Katrina…and Homer Aug 17, 2017
- Aug 4, 2017 'The Making of a Great Moment' is Fun... at Moments Aug 4, 2017
- Aug 1, 2017 What Sam Shepard Meant to the Bay Area Aug 1, 2017
- Jul 12, 2017 ‘An Octoroon’ Wallows in America’s Racial Quagmire Jul 12, 2017
- Jul 6, 2017 Breitbart Mime Troupe Freakout Tests NEA Funding Assumptions Jul 6, 2017
- Jun 12, 2017 ‘Grandeur’ Misses the Haunted Splendor of Gil-Scott Heron Jun 12, 2017
- Jun 2, 2017 Cal Shakes' 'As You Like It' Evokes Ghost Ship and Tent Cities Jun 2, 2017
- May 24, 2017 ‘Monsoon Wedding’ Soars in its Understanding of Love & Marriage, Arranged or Otherwise May 24, 2017
- May 16, 2017 In 'The Events,' We Cannot Escape the Killer In Our Community May 16, 2017
- May 10, 2017 92-Year-Old Theatrical Rebel Peter Brook Rages with 'Battlefield' May 10, 2017
- May 2, 2017 Simon McBurney's 'The Encounter' is an Elevator Pitch Disguised as a Play May 2, 2017
- Apr 27, 2017 CounterPulse Pushes Performers to the Edge — In a Good Way Apr 27, 2017
- Apr 17, 2017 Miles Davis and Jean Cocteau Suffer Love Pangs in 'Needles and Opium' Apr 17, 2017
- Apr 11, 2017 Wooster Group Reimagines Crazed 1971 Feminist Debate with Norman Mailer Apr 11, 2017
- Apr 5, 2017 'To the Bone' Explores Workers' Lives Outside the Law Apr 5, 2017
- Feb 24, 2017 Ubuntu's Novel-Yet-Lacking 'Death of a Salesman' Looks to a New Age Feb 24, 2017
- Feb 23, 2017 Black Choreographers Festival Points to Black Bodies in Crisis Feb 23, 2017
- Feb 14, 2017 'The Christians' Isn't so Much a Play as a Strange, Brilliant Sermon Feb 14, 2017
- Feb 1, 2017 'Fun Home' Musical Diminishes Alison Bechdel's Coming Out Feb 1, 2017
- Jan 19, 2017 On MLK Day, Youth Speaks Poets Raise a Voice Against Injustice Jan 19, 2017
- Dec 22, 2016 The Startling Brilliance of a Somewhat Troubled Year: Bay Area Theater in 2016 Dec 22, 2016
- Dec 15, 2016 Why Holiday Plays are Often as Perilous as the Holiday Season Dec 15, 2016
- Dec 1, 2016 Cirque Du Soleil and Kinetic Arts Fall Deep Into the Dark Pleasures Of Circus Dec 1, 2016
- Nov 11, 2016 Baryshnikov and Wilson Excavate Nijinsky's Diary in 'Letter to a Man' Nov 11, 2016
- Nov 8, 2016 'Rainbow Logic' Catches Only a Fraction of Remy Charlip's Strange Talent Nov 8, 2016
- Nov 1, 2016 'Black River Falls' Throws Jonestown Massacre into Sharp Relief Nov 1, 2016
- Oct 27, 2016 Shotgun Players' 'Who's Afraid...?' Raises Edward Albee From The Dead Oct 27, 2016
- Oct 21, 2016 Thrillpeddlers' Annual Theatrical Bloodbath High on Guts, Low on Art Oct 21, 2016
- Oct 19, 2016 The Startling Daring of Shotgun Players' 25th Season Oct 19, 2016
- Oct 13, 2016 Berkeley Rep's 'It Can't Happen Here' is All Play and No Politics Oct 13, 2016
- Oct 5, 2016 Crowded Fire’s ‘The Shipment’ is a 21st Century Minstrel Attack Oct 5, 2016
- Sep 28, 2016 Lenora Lee Tells Story of Historic Cameron House Through Film & Dance Sep 28, 2016
- Sep 22, 2016 Tom Sachs Leads Space Mission to Jupiter's Europa Without Leaving Earth Sep 22, 2016
- Sep 16, 2016 Shotgun Players' Clever 'Caught' Gets Caught Up in its Own Lies Sep 16, 2016
- Sep 5, 2016 As Days Grow Dark in the Fall, so Does Theater Sep 5, 2016
- Aug 19, 2016 Little-Known G.B. Shaw Play Has the Last Word on Love At First Sight Aug 19, 2016
- Aug 18, 2016 Carole King and Stripper Nomi Sing for Their Lives in 'Beautiful' & 'Showgirls!' Aug 18, 2016
- Aug 4, 2016 Tech CEOs and Ancestral Spirits Collide with Mixed Results in 'Campo Maldito' Aug 4, 2016
- Jul 27, 2016 Ubuntu's 'Hurt Village' is Set in Memphis, but is Really About Oakland Jul 27, 2016
- Jul 19, 2016 5 Political Shows that'll Get You Thinking this Election Season Jul 19, 2016
- Jul 14, 2016 Solitary Confinement Play 'The Box' Thinks Outside the Box...For a Bit Jul 14, 2016
- Jul 1, 2016 Grace Jones and Athol Fugard were going to War in 1982 Jul 1, 2016
- Jun 17, 2016 Rug Store Provides Unsettlingly Peaceful Setting for Violent 'Othello' Jun 17, 2016
- Jun 10, 2016 After a Contentious Birth, 'Blank Map' Acts Out Its Own Disappearance Jun 10, 2016
- Jun 10, 2016 Shotgun Players' 'The Village Bike' is a Reckless, Obscene, Wild Ride with a Bike Jun 10, 2016
- Jun 2, 2016 As if Michael Jackson were a Shakespearian Actor in 'Much Ado About Nothing' Jun 2, 2016
- May 26, 2016 Rattle Your Soul: A Guide to Summer Theater Focused on Radical Disruption May 26, 2016
- May 25, 2016 Ray of Light's 'The Wild Party' is a Wild Party May 25, 2016