EXTENDED THROUGH APRIL 3! Pictured from left: Daveed Diggs, Traci Tolmaire, Margo Hall and Dwight Huntsman in the world premiere of Chinaka Hodge’s Mirrors in Every Corner at Intersection for the Arts. Photos by Pak Han Watching the audience on stage at Intersection for the Arts was a stunning experience. Sometimes theater companies trying [...]
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Intersection breaks walls, audience follows
Archived in the category: Campo Santo, Chinaka Hodge, Daveed Diggs, Intersection for the Arts, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Margo Hall
Posted by Chad Jones on 03 Mar 10 - 1 Comment
It’s alive! Death and theater
Archived in the category: Campo Santo, Gabe Marin, Intersection for the Arts, James Carpenter, Sean San Jose, Trevor Allen, local theater
Posted by Chad Jones on 26 Oct 09 - 0 Comments
Two extraordinary shows are lighting up Bay Area stages, and in each of them, the specter of death hovers in the shadows. In Trevor Allen’s intelligent, compassionate adaptation of Frankenstein at the Thick House, Victor Frankenstein defies death by creating life from dead parts and cowering from the unexpected results. Over at Intersection for the [...]
Theater review: `Fukú Americanus’
Archived in the category: Campo Santo, Intersection for the Arts, Junot Diaz, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Sean San Jose, local theater, plays, theater review
Posted by Chad Jones on 22 May 09 - 2 Comments
EXTENDED AGAIN THROUGH JULY 12! Maria Candelaria (left) is Belicia, Biko Eisen-Martin (center) is Fukú and Vanessa Cota is Lola in the Campo Santo/Intersection for the Arts production of Fukú Americanus, a theatrical adaptation of Junot Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Photos by James Faerron Diaz novel finds vibrant [...]
Diaz novel `Oscar Wao’ hits stage as `Fuku Americanus’
Archived in the category: Campo Santo, Intersection for the Arts, Junot Diaz, local theater, theater news
Posted by Chad Jones on 12 May 09 - 1 Comment
I wrote a story for the San Francisco Chronicle about Junot Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao becoming the Campo Santo/Intersection for the Arts play Fuku Americanus. Read the story here.
Theater by the Bay: Best of 2008
Archived in the category: Aaron Loeb, American Conservatory Theater, Ann Randolph, Banana Bag & Bodice, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Cal Shakes, Campo Santo, Carey Perloff, Encore Theatre, Intersection for the Arts, Magic Theatre, SF Playhouse, Shotgun Players, Theatre Rhino, TheatreWorks, Thick Description, Tom Stoppard
Posted by Chad Jones on 23 Dec 08 - 2 Comments
Theatergoing in the San Francisco Bay Area is one of life’s treats. No question about it. If you love theater, this is a wonderland. In this devastating economic climate, may that only hold true for the next couple of years. There is so much good theater here, so many incredible actors, writers, directors and crafts [...]
Catwoman’s `Journey,’ `Angry’ keeps going
Archived in the category: Adam Mansbach, Campo Santo, Dan Wolf, Intersection for the Arts, Lee Meriwether, theater news
Posted by Chad Jones on 18 Nov 08 - 1 Comment
Lee Meriwether has had a long, distinguished career that stretches from her beauty queen days as Miss San Francisco, Miss California and eventually Miss America in the mid-’50s to her stint alongside Buddy Ebsen on TV’s “Barnaby Jones” in the ’70s. But Meriwether will probably always be best known for playing Catwoman in the 1966 [...]
Review: `Angry Black White Boy’
Archived in the category: Campo Santo, Dan Wolf, Intersection for the Arts, Keith Pinto, Myers Clark, Sean San Jose, Tommy Shepherd, theater review
Posted by Chad Jones on 28 Oct 08 - 0 Comments
EXTENDED AGAIN THROUGH DEC. 7 Keith Pinto (left) and Dan Wolf star in Wolf’s adaptation of the Adam Mansbach novel Angry Black White Boy at San Francisco’s Intersection for the Arts. The dynamic production features live music, rap, dance and old-fashioned storytelling. Photos by Evan Loewy Music, beats, movement make `Angry’ a joy«««1/2 For [...]
Moving beyond hip-hop theater with `Angry Black White Boy’
Archived in the category: Adam Mansbach, Campo Santo, Dan Wolf, Felonious, Intersection for the Arts, Sean San Jose, Tommy Shepherd, local theater, theater news
Posted by Chad Jones on 25 Oct 08 - 3 Comments
Is Dan Wolf an angry black white boy? Or does he just play one on stage. The answer to both questions is somewhat complicated. Wolf (pictured above, left, with Tommy Shepherd) is an extraordinary actor, playwright, MC and rapper behind the live hip-hop group Felonious. He’s the father of a newborn, and he spends his [...]
Dog Bytes: Graphic opera, Moon revue, Lobster film
Archived in the category: 42nd Street Moon, Ben Katchor, Intersection for the Arts, Killing My Lobster, local theater, theater news
Posted by Chad Jones on 14 May 08 - 0 Comments
Cool things happening in San Francisco during the next day or two. Check them out: – The pop opera The Rosenbach Company is at 8 tonight (May 14) at the Jewish Community Center. The piece is by Ben Katchor (projections, text and direction), the author of the comic-strip series Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer, The [...]
In the process: Open rehearsal
Posted by Chad Jones on 13 Apr 08 - 0 Comments
A quick note to alert Bay Area folks about an interesting opportunity coming right up. On Friday, April 18 and Saturday April 19, Campo Santo is opening up its rehearsal process to give audiences a peek into Bay Area playwright Philip Kan Gotanda’s new play, #5 The Angry Red Drum at Intersection for the Arts. [...]
