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Continue reading →: Frohman’s poetry informs new medium in solo show ‘Esto No Tiene Nombre’ at MACLAWhen Denice Frohman stood on stage at the famed Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe in Manhattan’s Lower East Side and came out as queer at 19 while delivering a poem, honesty and urgency finally took over her soul, firmly lording over the crippling fear that consumed her. Pushing away from authenticity within…
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Continue reading →: An examination of Black art and artificial intelligence takes focus in Finch’s ‘Shipping & Handling’ at Crowded FireWhat does it mean to have humanity wither in front of you? With the advances of artificial intelligence, when heartwarming poetry or scintillating music can be duplicated by a computer-generated brain, the artistry of a human has been severely compromised by a soulless set of high-tech chips. San Franciscan playwright…
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Continue reading →: ‘Camp Monologa’ from Plethos Productions readies for fun, funds and communityKarin Richey doesn’t believe in failure, only growth. “My motto is you win or you learn; there’s no such thing as lose.” That speaks massively to her character and vision, as she and her allies fight to keep theater alive and thriving in the East Bay, where theaters are nowhere…
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Continue reading →: Tom, Amanda and the unbearable whiteness of being – some thoughts on ‘The Glass Menagerie’In one of the many insightful comic bits from Chris Rock in his 1999 special “Bigger and Blacker,” he drops some critical commentary about his lot in life, and the lot of white folks who don’t have his money, fame or prestige. “There ain’t a white man in this room…
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SFBATCO’s New Roots Festival celebrates community through art
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Continue reading →: SFBATCO’s New Roots Festival celebrates community through artSan Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company is working hard to make their New Roots Festival, running Friday through Sunday, Nov. 10 – 12 a staple of the Bay Area’s theatre event scene. New works by fresh, young creatives and an opportunity for artists to showcase exciting diverse works at their…
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Continue reading →: Narratives of humanity explored in Golden Thread’s signature ‘ReOrient Festival’The ReOrient Festival is a critical part of the identity of San Francisco’s Golden Thread Productions. It’s a premiere event that features the cream of the crop of new Middle Eastern plays, based on sheer numbers alone. For this year’s festival, more than 100 scripts were sent in for consideration,…
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Continue reading →: Bay Area theater company isn’t bad meaning bad but BAD meaning goodBAD Musical Theatre puts diversity and inclusion at the forefront.
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Continue reading →: ‘An incredible process’: Crowded Fire shakes up leadership structureIn these trying times for the world of American theater, with stories dropping daily about the challenges that spaces all over the country are facing, one local company is making a full recalculation about how things have been, and where they want things to go. Those things at Crowded Fire…
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Continue reading →: Comedy pioneers Palacios and Gomez set to host big April events at Brava in S.F.It’s safe to say that Bay Area comedy would not be the same without Monica Palacios and Marga Gomez. The comic luminaries, the only two women who were part of the founding of comedy troupe “Culture Clash,” are the closest of friends and longtime collaborators, now preparing for two special…
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Gluckstern’s ‘Forever Wave’ aims to make a radio splash
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Continue reading →: Gluckstern’s ‘Forever Wave’ aims to make a radio splashThere are those for which the term multi-hyphenate does not even begin to tell the whole story. Nicole Gluckstern is firmly entrenched in this camp. Name a job in theatre and she has done it, doing it, will do it. House manager, director, playwright, fundraiser, lighting designer – and that’s…
David John Chávez
Bay Area theater critic/reporter, Executive Chair – American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association, Two-time Pulitzer Prize for Drama jurist (’22-’23). Follow me on socials and say hi! #hellatheatre
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