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‘THE SANTALAND DIARIES” at the OB Playhouse

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 12/12/16 RUN DATES: 11/26/16 - 12/18/16 VENUE: The OB Playhouse How about a holiday nosh of irony and crumpet… dripping with sarcasm? Yes, that wily, smiley, acerbic Elf, Crumpet, is back – telling his tales of Christmas woe in “The Santaland Diaries,” the David Sedaris monologue that remains one of the most popular broadcasts ever aired and re-aired on NPR. James P. Darvas is perfect in the green-velvet role. He can effect the same whiney quality Read More →

“MANIFEST DESTINITIS” at the San Diego Repertory Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 9/23/16 RUN DATES: 9/15/16 - 10/9/16 VENUE: San Diego Repertory Theatre It’s a little-known disease today, but it was once rampant in mid-19th century California – when it was still part of Mexico. The affliction? “Manifest Destinitis.” According to San Diego Rep playwright-in-residence, Herbert Siguenza, who coined the term for his latest creation, “Manifest Destinitis” is a morbid terror of the American philosophy of Manifest Destiny, a belief in America’s God-given right to expand Read More →

“SEVEN SPOTS ON THE SUN” at InnerMission Productions

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 12/11/16 RUN DATES: 11/26/16 - 12/10/16 VENUE: InnerMission Productions Neither magic nor ghosts, prayer nor healing power can eradicate the ravages of war. In the fictional Latin American town of San Ysidro, the battles aren’t with “the neighbors to the north.” This is a civil war (though there’s nothing civil about it). And the damage devastates every small village, every loving couple. In Martín Zimmerman’s “Seven Spots on the Sun,” we meet two such couples, the Read More →

“THE KID THING” at Moxie Theatre

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Aired on KSDS-FM on 11/25/16 RUN DATES: 11/13/16 - 12/11/16 VENUE: Moxie Theatre The decision about whether and when to become parents is private, personal, even political. For lesbian couples, there are no potential accidents or pregnancy surprises. Every step must be judiciously planned. So, when two best-bud duos get together, and one pair breaks out the pre-natal champagne, the four-way relationships become both charged and threatened. Sarah Gubbins, an L.A.-based playwright and screenwriter, sets her award-winning 2011 comic Read More →

“MISS YOU LIKE HELL” at the La Jolla Playhouse

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 11/21/16 RUN DATES: 10/25/16 - 12/4/16 VENUE: La Jolla Playhouse The world premiere musical, “Miss You Like Hell,” is a road trip that lost its way. In its semi-staged workshop at the La Jolla Playhouse earlier this year, it was charming, whimsical and heartfelt. But in striving to become a full-blown, big-stage production, this small, intimate story has lost a lot of its charm. The creators are a dream duo: Pulitzer and Tony Award-winner Read More →

“DISGRACED” at the San Diego Repertory Theatre

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Posted at TimesofSanDiego.com on 10/28/16 RUN DATES: 10/20/16 - 11/13/16 VENUE: San Diego Repertory Theatre If you relish theater that delivers a gut-punch, brace yourself for “Disgraced.” Not once, or even twice, does the audience audibly gasp. There are a number of shocking moments you won’t soon forget. You’ll also very likely leave the theater profoundly disturbed and unnerved. This two-couple dinner-party setup makes “God of Carnage” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” look like child’s play. The stakes are Read More →