SLO REP’s “Virginia Woolf” Packs a Punch
Photos by Ryan C. Loyd, RyLo Media Design Power—as in, who wields it best?—is primary in the production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? now playing through…
Avast, Ye Theatre-Goers—It’s “The Piratess”
Ben Abbott has done it again. The local playwright has written a funny, fast-moving, crowd-pleasing melodrama that will delight all the lords and ladies, lads and lasses—and pirates (arrgh!)—in the…
Ben Abbott Pens New Play for the Melodrama
"I pitched four or five ideas and we landed on the Pirate show." Central Coast writer Ben Abbott makes it sound so easy to create a new play that will…
“Wife of a Salesman” Hits Hard
Lauren Gunderson's podcast How to Playwright: A Creative Podcast for Theatre Lovers is a must-listen for writers, theatre insiders and anyone else who enjoys the particulars of how a play…
“Urinetown” at Cal Poly Is a Must-See
Photos by B App Exciting. Eclectic. Exuberant. If you've never seen Urinetown the Musical, those three words are probably not the ones you expect to hear about a theatre…
“The Shark Is Broken”—And Worth a Bow
Combine intimate acting, an intriguing set, and a script based on the infamous filming of the real-life very first summer blockbuster, and the play you get is The Shark Is…
First Opera and Comedy, Then “The Last Romance”
By the Sea Productions in Morro Bay opened its 10th season on Valentine's Day eve with a staged reading appropriate both for the date and, apparently, the audience. The Last…
“Shane” Is a Refined Remembrance of Things Past
Photo by Mark Velasquez Gunslingers and cowboys and frontier towns. Hard-ridden horses, saloon girls with hearts of gold, and sheriffs with shiny badges. Good vs. evil fighting it out…
“A Private Life” Delivers An Unexpected Answer
Rebecca Zlotowski’s new film, A Private Life, is billed as a psychological thriller, but lest you be fooled by the advertising gods, this intriguing film is much more interested in…
Melodrama’s Bluegrass Revue Shines
The Great American Melodrama’s current show, The Super Trio, has everything you might expect it to have from its title: super heroes, super villains, super powers, super costumes, super sets. …