Author: Joanna G. Harris

The Tempest: Marin Shakespeare Festival

“The Tempest” Marin Shakespeare Company Saturday, August 16, 2025. 7 PM “The necessity of theater.” The quote above, “The necessity of theater” is from the “Director’s Notes” in the program for an earlier production at the Marin Shakespeare Company. (Signed…

“Pyramus and Thisbe”

“Pyramus and Thisbe” in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Marin Shakespeare Company Saturday, June 14, 2025. 7:30 PM “Pyramus and Thisbe“: a play within the play is performed at the end of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” as ‘preferred’ entertainment for the…

Marin Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Marin Shakespeare Company Saturday, June 14, 2025 7:30 PM Adapted, Choreographed and Directed by Bridgette Loriaux A BRILLIANT, DELIGHTFUL PRODUCTION This production of “Dream” which opened in the company’s amphitheater Marin County setting (just outside San…

Mark Morris “Pepperland”

Mark Morris Dance Group “Pepperland” (2017) Cal Performances UC Berkeley Friday, May 9. Sunday May 11, 2025 Musical Theater ala Morris The Mark Morris Dance Group presented a weekend of three performances at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley this past weekend.…

Oakland Ballet: Angel Island Project

Dancing Moons Festival 2025 Oakland Ballet May 4, 2025 Paramount Theater Oakland “Angel Island” The Oakland Ballet returned to the Paramount Theater this past weekend (May 4, 2025) with an unusual, fascinating and brilliantly performed event: “Angel Island”. The ballet…

SF Ballet – Van Manen: Dutch Grandmaster

San Francisco Ballet Wednesday, April 9, 2025 7:30 pm “Van Manen: Dutch Grandmaster A Superb Evening of Dance Hans Van Manen, choreographer for the Netherlands Dans Theater, has enlivened the San Francisco Ballet repertory in several previous years. His work…

ART – Shotgun Players

“ART” a play by Yasmina Raza Shotgun Players Thursday, March 27, 2026 7:30 pm “What sort of friend are you?” The sentence above is on the cover of Shotgun Players current production of “Art”. Three men, actors Woody Harper (Yvan),…

SF Ballet – Frankenstein

San Francisco Ballet “Frankenstein” March 20, 2025. 7:30 PM Opera House, SF The Legend: Dance/Drama The “Frankenstein” story goes back to 1818 when Mary Shelly wrote the novel which, in later story and film history, became a well-known film. Boris…

SF Ballet: Raymonda

Raymonda San Francisco Ballet Saturday, March 1, 2025, 8 PM So Much…Raymonda! San Francisco Ballet, under the leadership of director Tamara Rojo, has brought a revised production of Raymonda to an appreciative audience. Rojo is also credited with direction and…