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This is a play about dragon sex. And whatever you think that means, you’re wrong. “The Dragon Play,” a 70-minute drama in one act, tells the story of forbidden flames between humans and dragons. The play, directed by Tracy Ward and written by Jenny Connel Davis, is hosted by Impact
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Update 11/27/14: This article has been updated to include the show’s extended dates. Breakfast with Mugabe does not always end well — sometimes, he murders your wife. Aurora Theatre Company brings Fraser Grace’s 2005 drama “Breakfast With Mugabe” to Berkeley. The play depicts the aging President Robert Mugabe, a polarizing
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The stage is whimsically serene. The backdrop features a blue sky with impressionistic poofy, hazy clouds. A desk with carefully strewn work, a set of lawn chairs, a couch, a side table with snacks and another with sparkling crystal bottles are distributed among clusters of birch trees standing tall and
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We can change. It’s an inspiring thought — one that should be kept in mind while watching BareStage Productions’ “12 Angry Men.” Centered on revealing the injustices of the American legal system, the play bears a powerful message that has carried over decades. This message, modernized and with a renewed
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After a year’s worth of tweaking since its rough-draft debut, “Ideation” arrived at the San Francisco Playhouse on Saturday night for a maiden performance. In almost every sense, it’s a very minimalist production. This is clear upon entering the theater, where the audience is met with a sparse set —
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To kick off San Francisco’s Custom Made Theatre’s 16th season, a white-haired man strolled across the tiny stage in a sweater vest, checkered button-down shirt and khaki pants. He held a cigarette in one hand, a glass of whiskey on the rocks in the other, and sat down in the
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For a play with only a sandpit stage, burlap-lined chairs and four characters, Michael Bartlett’s “Cock” has a lot to crow about. Yes, its bold title is an attention-grabber, but the award-winning show, which made its West Coast premiere last weekend at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco,
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‘Ballet Russe Spectacle Variete’ Before the show even started, the 10 actors involved in “Ballet Russe” commanded the tiny theater space. The elder characters, Sergei (Brian Mathis) and Natasha (Lori Saltis) greeted each audience member with stern admonitions to take a passport — the playbill — and a potato to
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If there were a contest for the most British play of all time, “The Pirates of Penzance” would be a strong contender for first place. It is a delightfully silly farce that is a “Slave of Duty” to Britannia — her naval traditions, her obsession with class and the richness
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Created in 1976, the Playwrights Foundation is something of an institution. The Bay Area Playwrights Festival, which the foundation held this year from July 18 through Sunday out of the Thick House theater in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill area, received about 500 submissions this year. Only six plays, however, could
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