Topdog/Underdog is a taut, often uncomfortable meditation on poverty and family dysfunction. It won Parks a Pulitzer in 2002 for…
Josh Baxt
Josh Baxt has an MFA in creative writing from San Diego State University and writes for a local nonprofit. His play, Like a War, was produced for the annual Fritz litz. Josh's short fiction has been published in the anthologies Sunshine Noir and Hunger and Thirst, as well as the journal City Works.
Begin Again is a redemption story, wrapped in a conflict between art and commerce, embedded in a love letter to…
I’m always fascinated by how directors disconnect Shakespearean plays from their own period to… the wild west, the fascist 1940s,…
Measure for Measure is a play about political and sexual corruption and general moral decay. Considered one of Shakespeare’s “problem…
Kim’s Convenience is an award-winning play, and it’s easy to see why. The show is funny, the observations acute and…
At one point in “Hedda Gabler,” Hedda (Katie Holmes) says: The most romantic thing we can do is destroy. It’s…
Shakespeare’s comedies often thrive on confusion, and Comedy of Errors may be the most confusing of the lot. This mistaken…
All’s Well That Ends Well is considered a problem play, and it doesn’t take long to understand why. Billed as…
“One of the Good Ones” is a funny but uneven meditation on Mexican identity in Southern California – and perhaps…
“House of India “is an engaging, sometimes quite funny, take on South Asian immigrants in the American Midwest. Set in…
Empty Ride is a ghost story that kind of wants to be something else. The ghosts have to compete with…
The Seven Fingers is a group of acrobats/dancers/actors that tells stories through movement. Last year, they came to the Old…