American Conservatory Theater

Distinctly invested in the intricacies of generational memory, the American Conservatory Theater’s “The Headlands” is an alluring, hilarious and ever-tangled take on the Asian American experience.

The play’s unusual staging is just one of its shining successes — any worries that the feature is gimmicky are quickly proved wrong.

Goldfield, a Bay Area native, has been working in local theater for over 30 years. Though she is mainly a performer and director, Goldfield has worked in just about every theater position there is, from makeup to hair to costumes to props.

Although nothing is the same this year, carrying on the Christmas spirit through “The Christmas Carol: On Air” helps retain a sense of normalcy for audiences.

Above all else, “In Love and Warcraft” remains a testament to the creativity of theater as an art form.

“Gloria” controls the brilliant comedic energy throughout, emanating the flamboyance of television sitcoms.

UC Berkeley’s campus is situated in a hotbed of performing arts venues, most of which offer relatively inexpensive tickets to students.

Even though the characters risk nearly everything to get ahead at work, the stakes are never truly established nor explored for most of them.

On Wednesday, the American Conservatory Theater presented Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Sweat” at the Geary Theater in San Francisco. The play explored both the intimate experiences and crippling dilemmas of the blue-collar steel mill workers in Reading, Pennsylvania.

“A Thousand Splendid Suns” premiered last year at the American Conservatory Theater — and returns to the theater for a limited two-week run through July 29.