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Theater

Monday, October 26, 2020

Margo Hall talks new role as Lorraine Hansberry Theatre’s artistic director, creating art amid pandemic

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As the first female artistic director for the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, Hall hopes to serve the local community’s needs above all else. 
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Theater

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Cal Shakes up audience conceptions of what it means to be a ‘Good Person’

… this production pierces straight to the heart of the complicated relationship Brecht lays out between morality and economic status.
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Theater

Sunday, October 21, 2018

‘Black odyssey’ is finely tuned performance of Black soul, spirit

Written by Marcus Gardley and directed by Eric Ting, “black odyssey” is a modern twist on the epic poem by Homer that features an all-Black cast. The framing of this narrative is multitiered.
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Theater

Thursday, August 17, 2017

California Shakespeare Theater’s ‘black odyssey’ looks toward past, toward us

Don’t look toward Ancient Greece for mythic monsters and creatures of lore, Gardley seems to be saying — simply gaze toward Ferguson or Charlottesville, where scarier, and much more dangerous, monsters dwell.
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