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“FADE” at Moxie Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 1/23/18/ RUN DATES: 11/10/18 - 11/11/18 VENUE: Moxie Theatre First impressions and false assumptions. Lucia (she insists it be pronounced lu-SEE-ya), a Mexican-born Chicago writer (with one novel to her name), is newly arrived in Hollywood to work on a TV drama centered on a Latina detective. Abel (that’s ah-BEL) is the night janitor in the building. When they meet, she speaks to him in Spanish, assuming he’s monolingual. To her surprise, he responds in unaccented Read More →

“A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE” at the Coronado Playhouse

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 7/27/18 RUN DATES: 7/20/18 - 8/26/18 VENUE: The Coronado Playhouse He may be just a Dublin bus conductor – but Alfie Byrne has the soul of an artist. By day, he recites poetry to his passengers. By night, he puts his dramatic passions into a community theater group. He’s enamored of fellow Irishman Oscar Wilde, quoting him liberally and communing with his ghost. He also has a dark secret he shares with the brilliant writer: the ‘love Read More →

“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 →