The Old Globe Theatre, Moxie Theatre and Delicia Turner Sonnenberg come together in a historic collaboration. Opening this week at the Old Globe Theatre is the play Skeleton Crew, penned by playwright and actress Dominique Morisseau. Skeleton Crew focuses on the Great Recession and how it affected one of the last auto stamping plants in…
Moxie Theatre is unleashing the powerful influence of The Bechdel Brigade, a task force of lesbian community leaders supporting women’s voices and support for female playwrights and directors. This new group of lesbian community leaders are uniting to increase awareness and support for female playwrights and directors. The Bechdel Brigade will act as advocates for…
2014 marks the fifth consecutive year that Tijuana based theater company Tijuana Hace Teatro (Tijuana Does Theatre) conducts the project Escuela de Espectadores (Audience School) where a group of people is invited to see theater throughout one year in Tijuana. Once a month a meeting takes place in order to discuss the plays seen during…
thursday, may 16 Aladdin Arms Wide Open presents the classic tale of Aladdin and the magic lamp. Featuring a cast made up entirely of performers with special needs. Arms Wide Open is a non-profit organization that gives children and adults with special needs opportunities to participate in the performing arts. Lyceum Stage, Horton Plaza in…
thursday, feb. 7 The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye tells the story of one year in the life of a young black girl in 1940s Ohio. Eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove wants nothing more than to be loved by her family and schoolmates. Left to fend for herself, she blames her dark skin and prays for blue…
BY ANDREW PRINTER A one act play that is simply ‘awesome’ A Man, his Wife, and his Hat is an imaginative and thoroughly entertaining 90 minute, one act play up and running at the Moxie Theatre until April 29. The play, written by local MFA candidate Lauren Yee weaves a simple message about love…
thursday, feb. 2 Hydrodynamica: Remember the Future An exhibition of original Bob Simmons planning hulls and related surfboards, objects, photographs and film clips. Simmons’ application of aerodynamic principles and his early use of composite construction processes in surfboard building from 1947-1954 parallels California’s post war modern design movement and was profoundly influential in the birth…
