(front) John Seibert & Natalie Storrs; (back) Jacque Wilke & Max Macke. Photo by Aaron Rumley.

The Outsider

San Diego,
A sex scandal leads to the resignation of an elected official and creates a leadership vacuum. Political fodder for today’s newsfeed? Nope. These actions fuel the engine of the most astonishing election campaign to emerge in what is already  ...
Photo: Kevin Berne/Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Culture Clash (Still) in America

Berkeley,
In their fifth appearance at Berkeley Rep, Culture Clash, kings of provocative, politically charged comedy with a Latin flavor, have not lost their mojo. After their 35 years performing together, the three Mission District natives, Richard Montoya, Ricardo Salinas,  ...
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THE DAY

San Francisco,
“I remember the day…” On the surface, “THE DAY” is a multilayered performance with iconoclastic cellist Maya Beiser and retired ballerina turned dance experimentalist, Wendy Whelan. This collaborative project, done in two parts, is the inspiration  ...
Richard Montoya, Herbert Siguenza, and Ricardo Salinas. Photo: Kevin Berne/Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

(Still) in America

Berkeley,
Culture Clash’s “(Still) in America” is written and performed by Richard Montoya, Ricardo Salinas, and Herbert Siguenza. It features comedic sketches meant to satirize culture in the Americas.  The LA-based trio first appeared at Berkeley Rep in 2002 with  ...
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Gloria

San Francisco,
“Gloria,” a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist, starts off on an average day in the culture department of a dysfunctional New York City magazine, where employees spend more time bitching, gossiping, trading quips, and net surfing than they do working.  ...
Joffrey, Lanna

Q & A with Lanna Joffrey

Washington,
“A Thousand Splendid Suns”, a new play based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Khaled Hosseini (“Kite Runner”), focuses on the lives of two women in war-torn Afghanistan. Adapted for the stage by Ursula Rani Sarma and directed  ...
Photo: Mark Barton.

Gatz

Berkeley,
“Gatz,” the extraordinarily creative and intelligent combination of an oration and recreation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, “The Great Gatsby,” opened on February 13, 2020, at Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theater to well-deserved bravos and huzzahs.  ...
Jenn Harris as Pam Annunziata and Rami Margron as Diane. Photo by Jim Cox.

Hurricane Diane

San Diego,
Hurricane Diane is about two-thirds satirical comedy and one-third social activism. The comedy part is fantastic. Set in a (mostly) pristine New Jersey cul-de-sac, the show pits the Greek god Dionysus against four Jersey housewives. Bored  ...
Sarah Glinko, Ross Beschler and Steven Rishard in Rajiv Joseph's Describe the Night (photo: Joanna Austin).

Describe the Night

Philadelphia,
The Wilma Theater has been redesigned as a multi-tiered amphitheater to frame Rajiv Joseph’s provocative 2017 political play ‘Describe the Night.’ A sterile sunken stage lined with hundreds of file boxes, and looming behind, a distant forest in Poland  ...