Written by Jeff Whitty & James Magruder, Directed by Christine Mani, Prod. by Solano College Theater. Head Over Heels is a delightful laugh-out-loud love story set to the music of the iconic 1980’s all-female rock band The Go-Go’s, including the hit songs, “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” and “Mad About You.” A […]
Written by JD Murphy, Directed by Nancy Carlin, Prod. by Ken Savage & Marin Shakespeare Company. Inspired by Guy de Maupassant’s 1880 short story, Boule de Suif, J.D. Murphy’s Buttercup reimagines this Franco-Prussian war fable with a healthy dose of mirth and absurdity. Motivated by apparitions of her heroine Joan of Arc, French courtesan Buttercup
Written by James Ijames, Directed by Margo Hall, Prod. by SF Playhouse. Critically-acclaimed playwright James Ijames reinvents Shakespeare’s masterpiece with his new drama, Fat Ham. Juicy is a queer, Southern college kid, already grappling with some serious questions of identity, when the ghost of his father shows up in their backyard, demanding that Juicy avenge
Written by Yasmina Reza, Directed by Emilie Whelan, Prod. by Shotgun Players. A long friendship between three men implodes when one purchases an expensive piece of modern art. What is it all worth? Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play, ‘Art’ is well known for its celebrated wordplay. Under the direction of Emilie Whelan,
Written by Drue Robinson, Directed by Timmia Hearn DeRoy, Prod. by UC Berkeley, TDPS. This modern-verse translation of Aristophanes’ classic comedy blends heightened language and 21st-century sensibilities to explore the power of the sex strike. Now set in a futuristic, drag-influenced, underground bar, this production will address issues of bodily autonomy, sexual and gender agency,
Written by Marcus Gardley, Directed by Michael Socrates Moran, Prod. by Oakland Theater Project. From the beloved playwright of black odyssey and screenwriter for The Color Purple comes an extraordinary tale of friendship between two Black women and their families, from their wartime work in the Oakland shipyards to the fulfillment of a dream: their
Written by Noël Coward, Directed by Tom Ross, Prod. by Aurora Theatre Company. Intimate. Insatiable. Insufferable. Five years into their supposedly happy marriages, Jane and Julia’s perfectly polished lives are thrown into delightful disarray when an old flame announces his sudden return to London. Past passions and present desires – along with generous helpings of
Written by Tony Kushner, Directed by Michael Socrates Moran, Prod. by Oakland Theater Project. New York City, 1985. Amid the AIDS crisis, two couples struggle to navigate their relationships, families, careers, illness, and dreams. As the lives of Prior, Louis, Joe and Harper unfold, so do questions of cosmic justice. In Tony Kushner’s multi-award-winning American
Written and Directed by Ebony Noelle Golden, Prod. by The Apollo & The National Black Theater. Feverish floods and land-quakes unfold when three mother trees vanish. The mystical and magical town of Here is swept up in the undertow. Sisters Teeny and Vetiver spiral. The people must decide. Return to their ancestors’ ways or perish
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Written by Tanya Barfield, Directed by Darryl V. Jones, Prod. by Aurora Theatre Company. Intimate. Intrepid. Inspired. Tanya Barfield’s two-man play puts Lewis, a high-achieving Black mathematics professor, in conversation with three generations of his ancestors over the course of a fevered dream or night of sleepless delusion as he wrestles with his own sense of
