Put a Little Drama in your Life
KPBS Airdate: April 27, 2007 Two Pulitzer Prize-winning plays, with rather innocuous, even light-hearted titles. But though there are a few laughs, make no mistake – these are deep explorations of dark themes. “How I Learned to Drive” is about incestuous pedophilia and “Wit” journeys to the end of the line with a woman dying of ovarian cancer. But the subtext says so Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: April 4, 1991 >Ask Spalding Gray a question and you won't necessarily get a straight answer. He won't avoid; he'll digress. But that's what he does best: Take a circuitous route from Point A to Point B via a delicious series of personal anecdotal detours. >Gray is known as a monologist, a moniker he detests. He calls himself an Actor/Writer/Performer. One of the pieces he's doing here, tomorrow night, is "Monster in a Box," Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: July 19, 1991 The title alone is enough to raise the hackles -- and temperatures -- of modern women. But in many ways, "The Taming of the Shrew" is too farcical to be seen as seriously anti-feminist. It's lusty, witty and well-crafted, and it's currently being done as a delightful romp by Octad-One Productions. Read More →
KPBS AIRDATE: SEPTEMBER 3, 1991 There are all kinds of aloes, the perennial succulent indigenous to Africa. They provide a strong metaphor as a pulpy symbol of survival-- tough on the outside, soft on the inside, able to endure years of draught. We get potent and affecting instruction in "A Lesson From Aloes." This is the second 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