Put a Little Drama in your Life
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 12/09/03 I was down for the count, not much I could do; I was stranded in bed, laid up with the flu One particular play I was dying to see: Would I go to it or could it come to me? No less than a Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: December 05, 2003 Strip down and expose the naked truth. That's what theater is supposed to do. When you take away the sets, costumes and techno-wizardry, what's left is narrative and personality. Two current shows get back to basics: telling tales and creating characters. "Story Theatre" was devised in 1970 by Paul Sills, son of the doyenne of improvisation, Viola Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 12/02/03 Seeing lots of theater can be hell or heaven; This week I hit Lucky Seven. Seven shows is a lot to have seen; I was like a veritable 'Hamletmachine.' There was heart and music, rhythm and soul From' Oliver,' the 'Grinch,' Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: November 28, 2003 If you've already had enough family drama for this week, why not sample someone else's relative distress? At New Village Arts in Carlsbad, there's a stirring drama that's both savage and spellbinding. In Lyle Kessler's "Orphans," which premiered in 1985, neediness underlies fear, menace and manipulation. Two orphaned brothers live in the city of brotherly love, the older Read More →
By Pat Launer www.sdtheatrescene.com 11/25/03 It was a weekend of dramatic late-nighters... From BRAVO to Orphans to Plays by Young Writers But running around is never a trauma When there's glitter and glitz and true high drama. As the largest event of its kind in the state, Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: November 21, 2003 It's theatrical chiaroscuro; love looked at through dark shadows and filtered through dappled, sunny light. Two vastly different plays, playwrights, countries, eras. But a similar question arises in both: Do you love me for the right reasons? Would you still marry me if I were a carpenter and you were a lady? Love is put to the test in an 18th century Read More →
“San Diego is a hotbed of theater. Every year, I see 200-250 productions. This is fertile ground for new work. In addition to the prodigious local talent, theatermakers from around the country come here to premiere their latest creations. San Diego sends more shows to Broadway than nearly any other city in the U.S.”
-Pat Launer