Behind the Scenes: Dog Sees God
Get a behind the scenes look at BareStage Productions latest play, Dog Sees God!
Actors of ‘The Hate U Give’ speak on importance of drawing from own experiences
Amandla Stenberg, who plays the lead character, Starr, in “The Hate U Give,” Russell Hornsby, who plays her father, Maverick, and director George Tillman Jr. sat next to each other. The comfort of the three members of the movie was palpable.
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Jonah Hill’s directorial debut ‘Mid90s’ has a lot in common with 1995, like mediocrity
“Mid90s” is not a waste of your time. That may seem like a low bar for a movie to reach, but for what “Mid90s” appeared to be from the trailer, the bar is as low as the Marianas Trench.
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Paul Dano speaks on his directorial debut, ‘Wildlife’
After almost two decades of working in front of the camera, Dano made the jump from actor to co-writer and director in his latest film, “Wildlife.”
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Academy Award winner Allie Light talks grief, aging in filmmaking process
Allie Light is no stranger to the world of filmmaking, having spent more than 25 years in the proverbial director’s chair over a filmography of 12 projects. But when she began production on her most recent project, she faced a cinematic challenge entirely different than any she had ever encountered behind the camera.
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Bradley Cooper shines with directorial debut ‘A Star Is Born’
What distinguishes director and star Bradley Cooper’s new rendition is his desire to tease out and explore the volcanic, passionate and fatal link between the characters who form the epicenter of these pre-existing 12 notes.
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‘You can’t Google context’: Director Evren Odcikin hopes to bring perspective with ‘Kiss,’ a Syrian play
Odcikin is an advocate for rehearsals being spaces for the very conversations that the play hopes to inspire among audience members.
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‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ director Desiree Akhavan talks original cut, John Hughes
What most strikes anyone watching “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” is its abrupt moments of humor, given the film’s melancholy subject matter.
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Local production of ‘Hamlet’ cracks up — in every sense of the word
It would be hard to come up with a stranger production of “Hamlet” than its original performance although the Actors Ensemble of Berkeley certainly tried.
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Why millennials are killing plays about sexual assault
Now and Again
I had never heard more people tell anecdotes of girls they knew lying about being raped than I did over the course of my work on that show.
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