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“BIG FISH” at Lamb’s Players Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 6/17/17 RUN DATES: 6/9/17 - 7/30/17 VENUE: Lamb's Players Theatre Fathers and sons. They’ve been in conflict (and competition?) since Fatherhood first began. And inevitably, each generation feels misunderstood by the other. The struggle is heightened in the case of Edward and Will Bloom. Eddie is a “Big Fish” in the small pond of Ashton, Alabama. But he wants to appear even bigger. So he tells his son fantastical stories of his adventures on the Read More →

“AT THE OLD PLACE” at the La Jolla Playhouse

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 7/14/17 RUN DATES: 7/5/17 - 7/30/17 VENUE: La Jolla Playhouse Angie hasn’t been back to her Virginia family home in some time. She’s long been estranged from her mother and brother. Now that Mom is gone, the mid-career poetry professor has come back – to sort out her life, which has taken a few unfortunate turns. She’s surprised to find two 20-somethings hanging out on the front lawn. It’s a kind of refuge, or safe space, Read More →

“THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL” at ion theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 7/15/17 RUN DATES: 7/1/17 - 7/29/17 VENUE: ion theatre He was only 14 years old. He never had a chance. A big-city boy from Chicago visiting rural Mississippi relatives in the Jim Crow South of 1955. He was destined for disaster. He didnâ€™t know the rules. Emmett Till considered himself a â€œseeker.â€ He was hungry for knowledge and experience. His brief life turned out to be a catalyst for the hasatening of the Civil Rights Read More →

“RICHARD II” at The Old Globe

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 7/7/17 RUN DATES: 6/11/17 - 7/15/17 VENUE: The Old Globe For 20 years in the 14th century, Richard II was King of England. He assumed the throne at age 10. Shakespeare’s “King Richard II” covers only the last two eventful years of his life, when he was losing his grip, both mentally and politically. He was thought to be a petulant, impulsive, vindictive narcissist, who surrounded himself with sycophants and yes-men. In his opulent domain, he richly Read More →

FINAL NOTES AND CRITIC’S PICKS- 2017 FRINGE

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Posted at patlauner.com on 7/3/17 RUN DATES: 6/22/17 - 7/2/17 VENUE: 24 venues in and around downtown San Diego The last day of the 5th Annual San Diego International Fringe Festival ended as strongly as it started for me. First, I caught the last performance of "THE BANZA," a totally delightful musical created by last year's graduates of Canyon Crest Academy (CCA), under the banner of Ellipsoid Players: book and lyrics by Jacob Surovsky and Music by Zane Alexander Read More →

NOTES FROM THE 2017 FRINGE, PART 3

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Posted at patlauner.com on 7/2/17 RUN DATES: 6/22/17 - 7/2/17 VENUE: 24 venues in and around downtown San Diego Saturday, the penultimate day of Fringeing, was filled with drama and comedy and immersion. The drama came with “73 SECONDS,” a poignant tribute to the seven astronauts aboard The Challenger in 1986. That was the time they had together in the Space Shuttle before it burst into flames. Through the skilled performances of Oregon actors Nathaniel Dunaway and Sarah Cotter, Read More →