New Village Arts Theatre launches its 20th Anniversary Season with the world premiere of the musical “1222 Oceanfront: A Black…
Lynne Friedmann
Lynne Friedmann, based in San Diego, is an award-winning, freelance writer of news, feature articles, and blogs on science, travel, and the arts. Her decades-long passion for theater was sparked as a teen when the Inner City Cultural Center commandeered classroom curricula by bringing classic plays to urban high schools in Los Angeles.
In the early days of the American Civil War, a political appointee with no military experience is placed in charge…
Among the hallmarks of 1980s culture were big hair, shoulder pads, yuppies, MTV and a middle-aged Jewish woman with a…
A girl and her brother, a volatile river goddess, and a ripe mango tantalizing just out of reach on a…
First-day-on-the-job jitters take on new meaning when your boss was a judge at the Nuremberg trials for Nazi war criminals….
Two people away from home allow flirtation to lead to a fling. What should be a one-night stand instead stands…
The rules of social engagement undergo a powerful rewrite when discourse between a white professor and a Black undergrad goes…
Speaking truth to power takes on profound new meaning when the parties involved are abolitionist Frederick Douglass and President Abraham…
Two couples utilize the services of a fertility clinic. Good news: There’s now a baby on the way! Bad news:…
A sex scandal leads to the resignation of an elected official and creates a leadership vacuum. Political fodder for today’s…
