‘Widowers’ Houses’ explores gentrification, exploitation through admirable performances

“Widowers’ Houses” tackles several issues, but at its core, the play is a look into the lives of the individuals comprising a skewed class system.
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“Widowers’ Houses” tackles several issues, but at its core, the play is a look into the lives of the individuals comprising a skewed class system.
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At age 20, playwright Sarah Ruhl lost her father to cancer. 10 years later, she wrote “Eurydice,” a reinterpretation of the Greek myth “Orpheus and Eurydice.” At Shotgun Players in Berkeley, a fearless cast brings new life to an ancient tale of loss and, in the process, proves that the
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“No one wants to hear the ‘white version’ of this story,” says a voice echoing through the tension-filled stage, referring to the atrocities of a little-known genocide that occurred in the early days of the 20th century. In Just Theater’s production of “We Are Proud to Present…” playwright Jackie Sibblies
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There are some stories that can be told a million times and never grow old. The tale of Bonnie and Clyde is one of these American mythologies that finds itself in decades’ worth of films, songs and, recently, theater. It contains all the elements of a lasting American classic —
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