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A WHYNOT CHRISTMAS CAROL Comes to American Conservatory Theater
by Stephi Wild - Oct 18, 2024

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of A Whynot Christmas Carol, a brand-new take on Charles Dickens’s timeless story of redemption, taking place Tuesday, November 26 through Sunday, December 24 at A.C.T.’s Toni Rembe Theater.
Review: THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT at Aurora Theatre Company
by Kelly Rogers Flynt - Jul 12, 2024

THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT explores the terrain of where fact and story meet, where art and truth intersect, and how they can work together or against each other. Are facts negotiable? Can specificity kill interest and ultimately undermine the goal? What matters most and who gets to decide? These are the questions that the play parses, dissects, and spins into a web of engaging dialogue. THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT will change how you read everything.
The Actors' Reading Collective Will Host Summer Reading Series Outside the Box
by Stephi Wild - Jun 13, 2024

The Actors’ Reading Collective, in residence at Marin Shakespeare Company, will present a summer reading series of Shakespeare-themed contemporary plays.
Bay Area Premiere of THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT Comes to Aurora Theatre Company
by Stephi Wild - Jun 6, 2024

Aurora Theatre Company will end its 32nd season with the Bay Area Premiere of THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT by Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell, based on the book by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal. 
Review: A DISTINCT SOCIETY at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by Steve Murray - Apr 10, 2023

What did our critic think of A DISTINCT SOCIETY at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley?
Photos: First Look At The World Premiere A DISTINCT SOCIETY At TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 8, 2023

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley stages the World Premiere of A Distinct Society, presented in association with Pioneer Theatre Company. See photos of the production.
Interview: Kareem Fahmy & Giovanna Sardelli of A DISTINCT SOCIETY at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Bring a New Play to Life That Makes the Political Personal
by Jim Munson - Mar 31, 2023

BroadwayWorld talks to playwright Kareem Fahmy and director Giovanna Sardelli about TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's world premiere production of 'A Distinct Society' inspired by the Muslim travel ban. The intensely moving play runs April 5th to 30th in Mountain View, CA.
Full Cast Announced For TheatreWorks' World Premiere of A DISTINCT SOCIETY
by Stephi Wild - Mar 9, 2023

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has announced full casting for World Premiere of A Distinct Society, presented in association with Pioneer Theatre Company. In this moving play by Kareem Fahmy, a quiet library that straddles the United States and Canada becomes the battlefield for border control.
World Premiere of Kareem Fahmy's A DISTINCT SOCIETY to Open at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley in April
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 24, 2023

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will present the World Premiere of A Distinct Society, presented in association with Pioneer Theatre Company.
Photos: First Look at the World Premiere of A DISTINCT SOCIETY at Pioneer Theatre Company
by Blair Ingenthron - Jan 28, 2023

Pioneer Theatre Company (PTC), Utah’s premier professional theatre, will present PTC alum Kareem Fahmy’s A Distinct Society. The production, a world premiere in association with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, runs January 27 through February 11. Check out the photos here!
World Premiere of A DISTINCT SOCIETY by Kareem Fahmy to Open at Pioneer Theatre Company This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 11, 2023

Pioneer Theatre Company will present PTC alum Kareem Fahmy’s A Distinct Society. The production, a world premiere in association with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, runs January 27 through February 11.
BWW Review: THE PAPER DREAMS OF HARRY CHIN at SF Playhouse
by Steve Murray - May 12, 2022

Award-winning playwright Jessica Huang's powerful story of the repercussions of the Chinese Exclusion Act is superbly realized by Director Jeffrey Lo (The Language Archive, The Santaland Diaries, Vietgone) and a stellar cast including my local fave Jomar Tagatac in another outstanding performance. Merging the sad history of people forced to change their identities with the mystical spirit world of Chinese fables, The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin is must-see theatre at its finest.
San Francisco Playhouse Announces Casting For THE PAPER DREAMS OF HARRY CHIN
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 31, 2022

San Francisco Playhouse has announced casting for The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin by Jessica Huang. The play will run on the San Francisco Playhouse Mainstage from May 4 through June 18, 2022. Jeffrey Lo will direct.
TheatreWorks Streams New Look At PANDORA, September 24-28
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 2, 2020

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will stream a benefit online workshop reading of Pandora, an intriguing new work by acclaimed playwright Laurel Ollstein. TheatreWorks's production of Ollstein's play They Promised Her the Moon, an inventive look at women's early efforts to join the space race that was a hit among audiences and critics, was abruptly closed in March when shelter-in-place orders went into effect.
Virtual Theatre Today: Monday, June 22- Andrea Burns, Michael Riedel, and More!
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 22, 2020

Today (June 22) in live streaming: BWW Book Club is back, Andréa Burns guest hosts Stars in the House, and so much more!
Virtual Theatre Today: Friday, June 19- The Antonyo Awards, PETER PAN LIVE! and More!
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 19, 2020

Today (June 19) in live streaming: the first ever Antonyo Awards, Peter Pan Live! and so much more!
30+ Theatres Join To Present Live Juneteenth Streamed Reading
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 13, 2020

San Francisco's new works incubator PlayGround in partnership with Bay Area theatre veteran Aldo Billingslea, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, Planet Earth Arts, and more than 30 leading theatres from the Bay Area and beyond team up to present a Juneteenth livestreamed Zoom reading of Vincent Terrell Durham's thrilling and timely play, Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids.
TheatreWorks Will Stream PANDORA Next Week
by Stephi Wild - May 29, 2020

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will stream a benefit online workshop reading of Pandora, an intriguing new work by acclaimed playwright Laurel Ollstein.
BWW Review: Calvin Trillin's ABOUT ALICE Is A Warm, Witty and Wondrous Valentine
by Michael Dale - Jan 27, 2019

To those who knew her, Alice Trillin was highly regarded as an educator, author and film producer. But to millions more who never met her, she was the women that her husband, humorist Calvin Trillin, so obviously adored and admired with all of his heart.
Review Roundup: Critics Weigh in on ABOUT ALICE
by Julie Musbach - Jan 22, 2019

Theatre for a New Audience is currently staging the world premiere of About Alice, a new play by Calvin Trillin, inspired by his 2007 memoir of the same name. The production, directed by Leonard Foglia, plays January 8-February 3, 2019 at Polonsky Shakespeare Center.

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