“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…
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“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…
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),…
Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi
Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi Cal Performances Friday September 27, 2024 8pm Zellerbach Hall UC Berkeley Simply Beautiful! The opera Harawi has many unusual aspects; many were discussed in a varied and complex discussion by scholars before the performance. Yet, no matter…
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo – Jan 27, 2024
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Cal Performances UCB January 27, 2024. 8 PM Wonderful! Oh wonderful to behold! What a pleasure it is to welcome the “Trocs” back to UC Zellerbach Hall. They (the company) have often appeared at…
Wolf Play
Wolf Play Shotgun Theater Berkeley, CA Opening Night September 9, 2023 In a theater seminar at UC Berkeley a professor asked, after the class had read a play, “What is the play about?” Students began to cite the plot. “No!”…
The Triumph of Love
Shotgun Players Berkeley, CA “The Triumph of Love” March 25, 2023. Preview “Love” withstands the test of time… …in the theater with Shotgun’s delightful cast and Patrick Dooley’s direction. Shotgun has remade a 300 year old “commedia” play into a…
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Shotgun Players: Ashby Stage. Berkeley, CA From November 12, 2022-January, 2023 Amazing Event! Have you tried reading “War and Peace” and can’t remember when? Did you read the first 100 pages and…
The Farallonites
The Farallonites Dana Lawton Dancers September 16-28, 2022 Cowell Theater,Fort Mason Center, SF A Dance/Drama for California Dana Lawton and her company have brought a valuable and exciting dimension of dance/theater to Bay Area audiences. “The Farallonites” is not only…