Shotgun Players' 'Mary Stuart' Imagines Paran... Monday, Oct 11, 2010 | 3:33 am | By Ryan Lattanzio "Mary Stuart," adapted and directed by Mark Jackson for the Shotgun Players on the Ashby Stage, works as a proof-text for the notion that a play need not be "mo... | ![]() |
'Wound' Finds Resonance in Homer's Great
Tro... Friday, Aug 27, 2010 | 2:57 am | By Jennafer McCabe Shotgun Players' newest production, part one of "The Salt Plays," entitled "In the Wound," is a theatrical accomplishment: The company has aptly chosen John Hin... | ![]() |
Berkeley's Theater Companies Offer Diverse, A... Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 | 10:01 am | By Gwen Kingston When the weekend rolls around, most people think of going to the movies, a restaurant or a concert; few seem to think of going to the theater. And yet in a city... | ![]() |
Ashby Stage Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 | 10:31 am | By Nastia Voynovskaya Located in South Berkeley, Ashby Stage has all the makings of a 21st-century live theater experience. The venue is home to the notoriously cutting-edge theater... |
Came & Conquered Thursday, Aug 12, 2010 | 4:25 am | By Gwen Kingston The word "trilogy" is often associated with books like "Lord of the Rings," but rarely with contemporary theater. The simple reason is that getting people to se... | ![]() |
Acrobatic 'Stitch' at Ashby Stage Awes With L... Tuesday, May 11, 2010 | 8:58 pm | By Kalesa Ferrucci Rarely does a live performance make you laugh out loud, awe you with spectacle, and move you to tears, but local production "Stitch" does just that. Cohdi Harre... | ![]() |
'A Seagull in the Hamptons' Soars in First Ac... Monday, Mar 29, 2010 | 5:42 am | By Nick Moore The first half of the Shotgun Players' "A Seagull in the Hamptons" is one of the best hours of Bay Area theater seen this year. The set, rotated 45 degrees so a... | ![]() |
Shotgun Players Impress With Their Take on Br... Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 | 8:24 pm | By Sam Stander Long before "American Psycho" or "A Clockwork Orange," Bertolt Brecht created a charismatic monster for the ages. Macheath, the central figure of Brecht's "The... | ![]() |
This Woman's Work Thursday, Sep 17, 2009 | 6:45 am | By Sam Stander The East Bay often wears its political history on its sleeve, but Rosie the Riveter isn't really part of the local symbolic vocabulary. Marcus Gardley's new pla... |