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Saturday evening my wife and I went to see The Collected Works present “The Balcony” by Jean Genet. I’ve never completely connected with the play, although I do enjoy certain parts of it. I think my hesitancy with the play is in the randomness (for lack of a better word) in parts of it, a […]
I’ve mentioned the Collected Works theater company after going to see their production of Witold Gombrowicz’s Princess Ivona. Their current production is Jean Genet’s play “The Balcony.” Making the production even more intriguing is its performance at The Old Mint in San Francisco. From the Collected Works’ page about this location: The Old Mint (affectionately […]
We saw yesterday’s matinee of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landryat Shakespeare Santa Cruz and I want to recommend it to readers in the SF Bay area (and anyone visiting during its run). Information on the show can be found at the SSC site: Become the studio audience as just […]
Character list for “Kozma: A Tragedy” by Mihály Kornis A Mirror to the Cage: Three Contemporary Hungarian Plays Edited and Translated by Clara Györgyey Introduction by Ervin C. Brody Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 1993 ISBN 1557282676 The final play in A Mirror to the Cage: Three Contemporary Hungarian Play, Mihály Kornis’ “Kozma: A […]
Character list for “The Imposter” by György Spiró A Mirror to the Cage: Three Contemporary Hungarian Plays Edited and Translated by Clara Györgyey Introduction by Ervin C. Brody Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 1993 ISBN 1557282676 This is one of my favorite plays I have read lately and one I would love to see […]
Character list for “Stevie in the Bloodbath: A Grotesque Play in Two Parts” by István Örkény A Mirror to the Cage: Three Contemporary Hungarian Plays Edited and Translated by Clara Györgyey Introduction by Ervin C. Brody Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 1993 ISBN 1557282676 Motto: This age, our parent—executioner provisioned us with a bitter […]
Publicity card from The Collected Works’ production of Princess IvonaSaturday night my wife and I attended The Collected Works’ production of Witold Gombrowicz’s Princess Ivona at the Performance Art Institue in San Francisco. I provide a cursory overview of the play in this post. As a director, I know a good play through working with […]
I am supposed to attend a performance of Princess Ivona (the English title) by Witold Gombrowicz this weekend and I wanted to write about the play in advance. For the record, there will be lots of spoilers in this post. Gombrowicz wrote Ivona, Princess of Burgundia from 1933 to 1935 and it was first published […]
“Cat” from Honk! (Brian Lohmann)This is for anyone in or visiting the San Francisco bay area the next couple of weeks… Our oldest son (9 years old later this week) highly recommends the presentation of Honk! (a musical adaptation of the ugly duckling tale) by Shakespeare Santa Cruz, which was the first play both have […]