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“THE SANTALAND DIARIES” at Diversionary Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 12/3/19 RUN DATES: 11/21/19 - 12/22/19 VENUE: Diversionary Theatre What could make life a living hell for a reluctant elf in the world’s largest department store? Well, just about anything, from wailing children to demanding parents to the designated Vomit Corner at Santaland in Macy’s Herald Square, New York. Best-selling writer and hilarious deadpan humorist David Sedaris first read his essay about his less-than-joyful holiday experience, “The Santaland Diaries,” on NPR in 1992. It became an Read More →

“AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS” at New Village Arts

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 11/25/19 RUN DATES: 11/8/19 - 12/22/19 VENUE: New Village Arts In what has become Jules Verne’s most popular and enduring creation, his 1873 “Around the World in 80 Days,” the stuffy, reclusive, “mathematically precise” Englishman Phileas Fogg takes a big risk: he bets half his fortune that he can circle the globe in less than three months. In 2019, New Village Arts has also taken a risk: turning the overstuffed novel into a world premiere, Read More →

“CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND” at La Jolla Playhouse

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 11/22/19 RUN DATES: 11/12/19 - 12/15/19 VENUE: La Jolla Playhouse In her marvelous, award-winning creation, “Cambodian Rock Band,’ currently one of the most produced plays in the country, acclaimed playwright Lauren Yee, an alumna of UC San Diego’s MFA Program in Playwriting, has worked something of a miracle. In telling a poignant father-daughter story, she has interwoven humor, history and the tragedy of 1970s Cambodia during the genocidal reign of the Khmer Rouge. During that Read More →

“MIXTAPE” at Lamb’s Players Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 7/26/19 RUN DATES: 6/21/19 - 8/11/19 VENUE: Lamb's Players Theatre How would you like to travel back in time and revisit the music of your youth? That’s what happens to a group of Gen-Xers in “Mixtape” at Lamb’s Players Theatre. By means of some weird time-warp, they take a musical journey back to the ‘80s, starting with their early TV memories, from “Sesame Street” to “G.I. Joe,” moving on to “Diff’rent Strokes,” “Cheers” and “Hill Read More →

“DANCE NATION” at Moxie Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 9/6/19 RUN DATES: 10/14/19 - 11/14/19 VENUE: Moxie Theatre If you’ve ever wondered what pre-pubescent girls say to themselves and each other, Clare Barron’s “Dance Nation” has an off-the-wall way of showing you. The competitive dance team from Liverpool, Ohio isn’t obsessed with boys. They’re preoccupied with their changing bodies, and their position in the pack. They’re fixated on ambition, competition, masturbation, menstruation, how they’ll lose their virginity and what they’ll do with their lives. There’s Read More →

“THE COAST STARLIGHT” at La Jolla Playhouse

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 8/30/19 RUN DATES: 8/20/19 - 9/15/19 VENUE: La Jolla Playhouse Haven’t you ever looked at people on the street, or in a plane, and wondered about their backstories – who they are and where they’re headed? The Coast Starlight, a train that makes a thousand-mile journey from L.A. to Seattle, offers plenty of time for speculation. Brooklyn-based playwright Keith Bunin rode the train when he spent some time in the Golden State. In a commission for Read More →