Accused! opens soon

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The third and final play in the Victorian Ladies’ Detective Collective trilogy opens July 13 at the Berkeley City Club. This is the first one where a woman gets to play multiple roles. It has been a joy to work with Kimberly Ridgeway, my director, and a fantastic cast of actors on this piece. Tickets and info here. Background and …

A Reason to Love Theatre from Jiehae Park

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I think a lot about how much I love theatre, and why that is. Playwright Jiehae Park gets at one of the big reasons: the audience’s requirement to be present. “Being in the life that I lead, I think I can be sort of half present. I’ll be watching TV and on my laptop at the same time. Or at …

Adventures in Athens

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David and I spent the late afternoon climbing up to and wandering around the Acropolis. With Athens’ daytime temperatures in the high 90s, we were grateful to have scheduled our visit for 6 pm. Our local guide, Eva, was fantastic. In addition to being a fount of knowledge about Athens art and history, she had a lot of opinions, especially …

“After Frank” plays the Exit Theater in Sheherezade 13

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After Frank — directed by Laylah Muran and featuring Kate Jones and Karen Offereins — is part of a very entertaining and thought-provoking line-up of new short plays in Sheherezade 13, co-produced by Wily West Productions and Playwrights Center of San Francisco. It runs through the end of April at the Exit Theatre in San Francisco. Read the TheatreStorm article …