No one ever said running a small theater company was easy.
Last summer, TheatreFIRST founding artistic director Clive Chafer handed leadership of the company over to Dylan Russell and Allison Studdiford as artistic director and producing director respectively.
Last month, this passing of the baton was celebrated at a gala event at Oakland’s Chapel of the Chimes.
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TheatreFIRST seeks leadership
Posted by Chad Jones on 12 Nov 08 - 1 Comment
New seasons: TheatreFIRST, Broadway by the Bay
Archived in the category: Broadway by the Bay, Cy Coleman, Gershwin, Harold Pinter, Jason Graae, L. Peter Callender, Rodgers and Hammerstein, TheatreFirst, local theater, theater news
Posted by Chad Jones on 22 Oct 08 - 0 Comments
TheaterFIRST, under the new artistic direction of Dylan Russell, has announced its 15th anniversary season, which will run from January to June 2009 and will include a staged reading series and a Harold Pinter revival.
The season opens with a staged reading series from mid-January to mid-February. Plays and location still to be announced, but the [...]
TheatreFirst reboots
Posted by Chad Jones on 02 Sep 08 - 0 Comments
Oakland’s TheatreFirst, the intrepid troupe led by founding artistic director Clive Chafer that has managed some fantastic shows in the face of an impossibly nomadic existence, is moving into the next phase of its existence.
Chafer is stepping down as artistic director and Dylan Russell and Allison Studdiford are stepping in as the new artistic and [...]
TheatreFirst moves again
Posted by Chad Jones on 26 Feb 08 - 0 Comments
Seems like we’ve written this sentence before — because we have.
TheatreFirst, the intrepid small theater company that just will not give up, is moving again.
The itinerant troupe always seems to find itself without a home after having been promised a permanent home. After bouncing from rec room to church to make-shift theater space, Clive Chafer’s [...]
Bay Area critics hand out awards
Archived in the category: American Conservatory Theater, Aurora Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Cal Shakes, SF Playhouse, TheatreFirst, awards, backstage, local theater, musicals, plays, theater news
Posted by Chad Jones on 21 Mar 07 - 1 Comment
The Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle’s 2006 award winners were announced last week, and the recognition was spread out pretty evenly. American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre and California Shakespeare Theater all received four awards, while Aurora Theatre Company, SF Playhouse and San Jose Repertory Theatre each received three.
In the musical category, Broadway by the [...]
Review: “Nathan the Wise”
Archived in the category: Clive Chafer, TheatreFirst, backstage, local theater, plays, theater review
Posted by Chad Jones on 11 Feb 07 - 0 Comments
TheatreFirst stirs up Middle East drama in compelling Nathan the Wise
three 1/2 stars Wise and wonderful
(opened Feb. 9, 2007)
At the close of Friday’s opening-night performance of Nathan the Wise, TheatreFirst artistic director Clive Chafer thanked his audience for coming and, with some hesitation, mentioned that his 13-year-old company is facing some dire financial difficulties. Any [...]
