Category: Theater

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…

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…

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…

Kiandanda Dance Theater

Friday, July 1, 2002, ODC Theater San Francisco Presented by SFIAF, San Francisco International Arts Festival “Religion Kitendi-Dress Code” Kiandanda Dance Theater was founded in 2008 in the Republic of Congo. Now based in San Francisco, KDT’s “dance aesthetic is…

ARTS MEDALLION: Helgi Tomasson, Honoree

2021 San Francisco ARTS MEDALLION: Helgi Tomasson, Honoree Bravo! Helgi! Bravo! Jim and Cecilia Herbert, Honorary Co-Chairs! Bravo! Pattie Lawton and Ken Fulk, Event Co-Chairs and the Honorary Committee and Event Committee. Bravo! to the Museum of Performance & Design…

Pilobolus

Pilobolus Cal Performances. October 22, 2021 Zellerbach Auditorium “Big Five-Off” (West Coast Premiere) Jeffry Geffen, Director of Cal Performances, welcomed the large audience on the evening of Pilobulus’ second show at Zellerbach Auditorium. The ‘house’ had been closed, he remarked,…