There’s bad news aplenty in the world, so it’s always nice to discover some bright spots of good news, especially in the theater world.
San Francisco playwright Trevor Allen, who had a sizable hit last fall with his adaptation of Frankenstein, received a walloping dose of good news the other day. PlayGround’s New Play Production Fund [...]
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Trevor Allen takes a Roadtrip
Posted by Chad Jones on 04 Feb 10 - 0 Comments
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 Arts, Campo [...]
Warm and fuzzy: `Working for the Mouse’ evolves
Archived in the category: Disney, Disneyland, Impact Theatre, Kent Nicholson, Trevor Allen, local theater, playwrights
Posted by Chad Jones on 14 Apr 09 - 1 Comment
A man of character, Trevor Allen decided to put his character life behind him.
Having detailed what it’s really like to work as a costumed character in Disneyland in his popular solo show Working for the Mouse, Allen made a conscious decision to focus on his burgeoning career as a playwright. Mouse, under the direction of [...]
Animal sex and theater money
Posted by Chad Jones on 28 Jul 08 - 2 Comments
Is it hot in here or is it just the animals?
Crowded Fire Theater Company is holding a fundraiser, and it’s of the hot and steamy variety. Sort of.
Playwright Trevor Allen has been working on a play, Zoo Logic, about his experiences as an employee of the San Francisco Zoo. As part of his research, he [...]
The (puppet) theory of (puppet) relativity
Archived in the category: Liebe Wetzel, Lunatique Fantastique, Playwrights Foundation, Trevor Allen, local theater, plays, playwrights
Posted by Chad Jones on 16 May 08 - 0 Comments
Here’s an intriguing subtitle: “A found-object puppetry play inside the mind of Albert Einstein.”
That subtitle is attached to One Stone: Einstein, a work-in-progress from two of the Bay Area’s leading theatrical lights: playwright Trevor Allen and puppeteer Liebe Wetzel (along with her Lunatique Fantastique puppeteers).
The play, which involves found text, found-object puppets and David Sinaiko [...]
It’s aliiiiive!
Posted by Chad Jones on 25 Oct 06 - 1 Comment
You know it’s a new world of technology when they start doing plays in podcast form.
Trevor Allen’s Black Box Theatre Company is celebrating Halloween in a big way. On Monday night, which you might call Halloween Eve, Allen gathers a top-notch cast of Bay Area actors for The Creature, his own version of the Frankenstein [...]
