Vilma Silva and Armando Durán star in Octavio Solis’ adaptation of Don Quixote on the Elizabethan Stage at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Photo by David Cooper.
The first round of my reviews from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival — the three outdoor shows on the Elizabethan Stage — have arrived and were published in the San Francisco [...]
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival reviews (pt. 1)
Posted by Chad Jones on 23 Jun 09 - 0 Comments
Theater review: `Lydia’
Archived in the category: Jason Minadakis, Luis Saguar, Marin Theatre Company, Octavio Solis, local theater, theater review
Posted by Chad Jones on 03 Apr 09 - 0 Comments
The cast of Marin Theatre Company’s Lydia includes, from left, Gloria Garayua as Ceci, Adriana Gavria as Lydia, David Pintado as Misha and Elias Escobedo as Alvaro. Photos by Ed Smith
Power, passion course through Solis’ startling `Lydia’««« ½
There’s a reason critics across the country have compared San Francisco playwright Octavio Solis’ Lydia to Arthur Miller’s [...]
Cal Shakes, ACT’s Willis honored
Archived in the category: American Conservatory Theater, Cal Shakes, Jack Willis, John Steinbeck, Jonathan Moscone, National Endowment for the Arts, Octavio Solis, Ten Chimneys, theater news
Posted by Chad Jones on 28 Oct 08 - 0 Comments
The National Endowment for the Arts – did you know that even existed anymore? – has handed out some $20,000 grants as part of a new NEA New Play Development Program.
And one of the recipients was Berkeley-based California Shakespeare Theater, which will spend 20 grand on early play development activities — read-throughs, public readings and [...]
Theater Review: `June in a Box’
Archived in the category: Beth Custer, Campo Santo, Intersection for the Arts, Octavio Solis, local theater, musicals, theater review
Posted by Chad Jones on 13 Mar 08 - 1 Comment
Opened March 10, 2008 at Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco
New musical finds lyricism in true crime
three stars Enigmatic Box
About four years ago, playwright Octavio Solis and composer Beth Custer collaborated on a surprising (and surprisingly delightful) musical called The Ballad of Pancho and Lucy, based on a true-crime story of bandits who robbed bars [...]
