About Theater Dogs
Chad Jones has been covering theater in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1992. He freelances for the San Francisco Chronicle and Theatre Bay Area magazine, among others. Before becoming the theater critic for the Bay Area News Group-East Bay, a chain of daily newspapers that includes the Oakland Tribune, the Tri-Valley Herald and the San Mateo County Times, he was chief theater writer for the San Francisco weekly the Bay Area Reporter. Chad is a proud graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno (he’s also a fifth-generation Nevadan) and is a member of the American Theatre Critics Association. He serves on the Glickman committee, which awards a cash prize to the best play to make its debut in the Bay Area, and he is the San Francisco correspondent for the London-based magazine Plays International.
Contact: chiatovich@gmail.com
Hey Chad: Is there a way to contact you that’s not through your old work email? Thanks!
Comment by L. Y. — March 13, 2008 @ 9:43 pm
Sorry to read about your departure from the Bay Area News Group, but given what is going on these days, it probably is a wise decision.
Although I did not have a chance to meet you, I enjoyed our relationship via email. And I enjoyed your column in print and on the Web. You covered stuff that is being ignored these days.
Will you still welcome releases and tidbits? If so, where might I send them?
Comment by Bob Rezak — March 17, 2008 @ 10:25 am
My AHA moment? Now I know why I’m so fond of you. It isn’t
your writing or your kindness, your wicked sense of humor, or even
your dazzling green eyes. It must be this: I, too, am a fifth
generation Nevadan. But wait, that’s just my ego who identifies with
being a fifth generation Nevadan, right? No matter who I am,
the good news is that Chad Jones’Theater Dogs has a web presence and can be accessed globally, whether you live in Lovelock or Liverpool, Bariloche or Benin City. How divine!
Comment by Tracy — March 19, 2008 @ 9:26 pm
I was sad (though not surprised) to get a bounce when I sent you the word about the upcoming Woodminster Summer Musicals season, the 42nd, as you know! I’m very happy to find you here, and will visit frequently as I work in cyberspace.
Comment by Kathy Kahn — March 24, 2008 @ 11:39 am
Love the new picture. You look dapper and ready for opening night. Keep up the great posts.
Comment by Susan — March 29, 2008 @ 11:13 pm
What a great web site. Those photos are fantastic. The reviews are wonderful and the font’s are perfect. Love that photo of you also.
Comment by Richard Connema — April 4, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
Chad:
All the best for your new incarnation.
How can I reach you? I have all the info on EVIL DEAD at the Willows Cabaret.
Rgds,
Gary Carr
Comment by Gary Carr — April 20, 2008 @ 1:26 pm
Hello,
I visited your website http://www.theaterdogs.net/ and am interested to know if you sell sponshorships on your website.
If you do, please email me your rates.
Thanks,
John Erickson
Comment by johnerickson — May 21, 2008 @ 4:07 pm
Hi Chad! Wondering how best to contact you directly - the only email address I have is (of course!) no longer operational…I want to be sure to keep in touch as we gear up for our summer shows. Thanks!
Lisa Tromovitch
Shakespeare’s Associates
Comment by Lisa Tromovitch — May 25, 2008 @ 5:16 pm
Our readers noticed today that you reviewed the OSF productions for the SF Chronicle. Several gave explanations on this. I informed our lurkers to go to this website to check out this excellent theatre site. I don’t think our people back East gives your site a little plug. This is up on all that chat–west coast which gets about 90% of our hits nationwide.
Comment by Richard Connema — June 20, 2008 @ 12:02 pm
Chad: I came upon this Web site by accident and I am so glad to see you still active in theater reviewing. Thank you for the kind mention in your last Theater dogs blog. I thought of you a lot while I was in New York, and I can’t believe MediaNews let you go and others stay, but what can I say? It’s MediaNews. Drop me an e-mail if you’re so inclined. I am back in the Bay Area.
Comment by Jeanie Wakeland — June 26, 2008 @ 12:58 pm
Hi Chad,
Hope you are well. I saw your Mom at a Sophie Milman show in Fallon, she said you were coming to visit. Well Carol Pallesen left a message on my phone looking for your phone number, she was cleaning out her office and came upon your name and wanted to give you a call but your phone number was incorrect. So I looked you up on the Web and ended up here. I love your website, am confused about mentions in the blog about being let go ?? Anyway could you email me with your correct phone number and I will give it to Carol. She does not believe in computers.
Lots of love, Donna Marie
Comment by Donna Antraccoli — July 14, 2008 @ 8:07 am