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“A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2” at the San Diego Repertory Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 12/7/18 RUN DATES: 11/21/18 - 12/16/18 VENUE: San Diego Repertory Theatre “A Doll’s House, Part 2” is an audacious extension of Ibsen’s 1879 classic, which is often considered to have portrayed the first stirrings of female empowerment. At the end of the play, Nora Helmer, a woman who feels suffocated in her marriage and her society, walks out on her husband and children, to find a more fulfilling life. When this sequel premiered last year Read More →

“WAITRESS” from Broadway San Diego at the Civic Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 11/29/18 RUN DATES: 11/27/18 - 12/2/18 VENUE: Civic Theatre You’ve heard of blackbirds baked in a pie. Well, Jenna bakes all her hopes, fears, passions and frustrations into her crusty creations, with amusing, inventive names to match, like the “I wanna play Doctor with my gynecologist pie.” A waitress in a small (Southern? Southwestern?) town, Jenna (Christine Dwyer) is stuck in a miserable marriage to abusive Earl (the villain of the piece, a monster performed Read More →

“STRAIGHT” from Loud Fridge Theatre Group

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 7/28/19 RUN DATES: 7/25/19 - 8/4/19 VENUE: Loud Fridge Theatre Group People like to categorize and dichotomize. Ambiguity is unsettling. But ambiguity abounds in “Straight.” Emily thinks she’s in a monogamous relationship with Ben. She can’t understand why, after five years, he’s still reluctant to move in with her. What she doesn’t know (and for her own sundry reasons, doesn’t probe too hard to find out), is that he’s simultaneously seeing Chris, a young college Read More →

“SIGNIFICANT OTHER” at Diversionary Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 6/10/19 RUN DATES: 5/23/19 - 6/23/19 VENUE: Diversionary Theatre To paraphrase an old Neil Sedaka classic, “Growing up is hard to do.” That’s especially true for the current cohort of twentysomethings. Many of them still live with their parents, some well into their 30s. They expect everything – interests, friends, activities – to remain the same. Not everyone is ready to move into adulthood at the same rate and time. Jordan Berman is 27 when we Read More →

“HAMILTON” in Puerto Rico

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 2/1/19 RUN DATES: 1/10/19 - 2/1/19 VENUE: Centro de Bellas Artes, San Juan, Puerto Rico When an unexpected opportunity presents itself, you just have to grab it. So, when a friend called and said she had an extra ticket to “Hamilton” – in Puerto Rico, starring Lin Manuel Miranda, I leapt at the chance. Two days later, we were in the air and on our way. Miranda, the Pulitzer Prize-winning MacArthur ‘genius’ who created the Read More →

“A JEWEL IN THE CROWN CITY” at Lambs Players Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 1/21/19 RUN DATES: 1/11/19 - 2/24/19 VENUE: Lamb's Players Theatre Anniversaries and milestones should be celebrated. So, it makes perfect sense that Lamb’s Players Theatre would want to crow about its 25 years in Coronado. Producing artistic director Robert Smyth began the narrative section of the evening by recounting how the move from the small arena stage in National City came about – including crawling into a small, dark opening, using flashlights for the first viewing Read More →