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Christina Troup
Square Mama gives good plays a second chance
- Not every play is an instant hit — sometimes a production slips under the radar of critics and audiences or simply fails to impress the first time around.
- Not every play is an instant hit — sometimes a production slips under the radar of critics and audiences or simply fails to impress the first time around.
Silly fun with teens in ‘Emo! The Musical’
- Teen angst — it happens to the best of us. Take a second to reflect upon those melodramatic years and recall the disaffected youth you most identified with: Were you the misunderstood artiste, the perpetually stoned slacker or perhaps the sad-sack scribe of seriously bad poetry?
AfroSolo celebrates 15 years
- For the AfroSolo Arts Festival, an annual celebration of the African-American experience, to reach its 15th anniversary speaks to a certain level of resiliency.
- For the AfroSolo Arts Festival, an annual celebration of the African-American experience, to reach its 15th anniversary speaks to a certain level of resiliency.
Free theater in the gardens
- The San Francisco Theater Festival is a smorgasbord of live performance unlike any other. In the span of just one day, more than 100 acts are set to deliver a truly comprehensive sampling of what the Bay Area’s theater community has to offer. Whether it’s family-friendly theatrics from magician Brian Scott or a snippet of “The Rocky Horror Show” from the folks at Ray of Light
- The San Francisco Theater Festival is a smorgasbord of live performance unlike any other. In the span of just one day, more than 100 acts are set to deliver a truly comprehensive sampling of what the Bay Area’s theater community has to offer. Whether it’s family-friendly theatrics from magician Brian Scott or a snippet of “The Rocky Horror Show” from the folks at Ray of Light
Cutting-edge drama in spotlight
- Modern times call for a modern twist, so it makes perfect sense that Bay Area playwright Eugenie Chan’s latest production, “Bone to Pick,” updates the classic Greek myth of Ariadne to reflect the world’s current state of affair — war.
'Bay Area Now 5' showcases local art
- “Bay Area Now 5,” the multi-disciplinary exhibition of emerging and established local artists, is back with an ambitious four month-long program. Presented by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the triennial event brings the best of the San Francisco Bay Area’s art scene to the public with a rich showcase of cross-generational and cross-disciplinary work.
A campy B-movie to end all B-movies
- A movie about a serial killer genetically mutated in a car wreck and turned into a homicidal snowman woudn’t necessarily be a source of inspiration for budding filmmakers — but that’s exactly what motivated Rick Popko and Dan West to put pen to paper and make a movie of their own.
In the spur of the moment
- When it comes to improvisational comedy anything can happen and, chances are, anything will.
- When it comes to improvisational comedy anything can happen and, chances are, anything will.
ODC summer dance festival kicks off
- At ODC Theater’s three-week summer festival, Bay Area dance trailblazers are mingling with cultural dance leaders and guest artists from across the nation in a showcase of contemporary and traditional works.
- At ODC Theater’s three-week summer festival, Bay Area dance trailblazers are mingling with cultural dance leaders and guest artists from across the nation in a showcase of contemporary and traditional works.
Turning up heat on Fresh Meat
- The Fresh Meat Festival has come a long way in seven years. The annual celebration of transgender and queer performance has become so popular — boasting 20 sold-out shows at the ODC Theater in the past six years — that Sean Dorsey, artistic director and founder of Fresh Meat Productions, realized it was time to move the festivities from their old stomping grounds to the considerably larger Project Artaud Theater to accommodate the growing fan base and highlight larger ensembles.
- The Fresh Meat Festival has come a long way in seven years. The annual celebration of transgender and queer performance has become so popular — boasting 20 sold-out shows at the ODC Theater in the past six years — that Sean Dorsey, artistic director and founder of Fresh Meat Productions, realized it was time to move the festivities from their old stomping grounds to the considerably larger Project Artaud Theater to accommodate the growing fan base and highlight larger ensembles.
There is nothing like a fair
- Whether you’re a San Francisco native or first-timer sporting a fanny pack, there’s really no better way — or cheaper way — to experience The City than by attending a good ol’ neighborhood festival.
- Whether you’re a San Francisco native or first-timer sporting a fanny pack, there’s really no better way — or cheaper way — to experience The City than by attending a good ol’ neighborhood festival.
Found Footage Festival offers bounty of odd video
- Don’t know Jack Rebney, the “angriest man in the world”?
- Don’t know Jack Rebney, the “angriest man in the world”?
Carnaval royalty shakes it
- Everett Harper and Kellita Maloof are total dance nerds. Whether talking shop about stage theory or listening to the subtle shadings in music for choreography ideas, the pair lives for the opportunity simply to “shake it.” So it makes sense that these self-professed dance dweebs are this year’s reigning king and queen of Carnaval.
- Everett Harper and Kellita Maloof are total dance nerds. Whether talking shop about stage theory or listening to the subtle shadings in music for choreography ideas, the pair lives for the opportunity simply to “shake it.” So it makes sense that these self-professed dance dweebs are this year’s reigning king and queen of Carnaval.
Joe Rizzo
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