KPBS AIRDATE: December 26, 2003 Nothing to do on New Year's Eve? Maybe you could spend it seeing a play about someone who has nothing to do on New Year's Eve…. Well, actually, he has a party to go to, but he's in no mood for socializing. And then, rap-tap-tapping at his door comes a young, spry salesperson, hawking full-spectrum lightbulbs to counteract Seasonal Affective Read More →

KPBS AIRDATE: December 19, 2003 Holiday traditions come in all shapes and sizes. But if you like yours with harmonious singing and an uplifting message, I've got some sugar-coated theatrical Christmas confections with your name on 'em. Both have been around for more than two decades, in various incarnations, and this year's productions are especially tasty. The San Diego Repertory Theatre Read More →

KPBS AIRDATE: December 12, 2003 Adaptations from one medium to another are not always successful. From book to stage, play to film, from cartoon to live action to stage and back again -- it doesn't always work. But two current productions succeed magnificently. One brings a book gloriously to life and appeals to the child in all of us. The other puts on the small screen Read More →

KPBS AIRDATE: December 05, 2003 Strip down and expose the naked truth. That's what theater is supposed to do. When you take away the sets, costumes and techno-wizardry, what's left is narrative and personality. Two current shows get back to basics: telling tales and creating characters. "Story Theatre" was devised in 1970 by Paul Sills, son of the doyenne of improvisation, Viola Read More →