Do we feel the environment breakdown in our gut? Will people looking back see art that conveyed the existential threat of the emergency? Back in 2005, author and environment activist Bill McKibben wrote a piece called “What the Warming World Needs Now is Art, Sweet Art” in which he wondered why the climate crisis...
It’s finally Oakland director Dawn Monique Williams’ moment, and it’s about time
At a recent “Two Trains Running” rehearsal at Marin Theatre Company, director Dawn Monique Williams led with conspiratorial joy. Oakland theater director Dawn Monique Williams has two tattoos taken from Shakespeare. One is the beloved “Twelfth Night” opening line: “If music be the food of love, play on.” Another is the motto from Shakespeare’s...
The Emmett Till Trilogy by Ifa Bayeza
Trailers by Mecca FilmworksBy Ifa Bayeza, Directed by Talvin Wilks...
A haunting portrait of Emmett Till comes full circle in ‘Till Trilogy’ by Ifa Bayeza
Mosaic Theater Company stages all three of Ifa Bayeza’s history-based plays. The most intriguing is the second part, “Benevolence.” Review by Celia Wren for The Washington Post. In a chillingly lyrical moment in Ifa Bayeza’s play “Benevolence,” a guilty Mississippi woman sees a vision in a burning cloth. It’s 1955, and this White 20-something...
Tyrone L. Robinson as Associate Director for SUNSET BOULEVARD at The Kennedy Center
Broadway Center Stage: Sunset Boulevard Alone in her Hollywood mansion with little more than celluloid memories, former silent-screen goddess Norma Desmond remains what she has always been: the greatest star of all. For Broadway Center Stage, Tony-winning powerhouse Stephanie J. Block takes on the iconic role. Based on the 1950 film noir, Andrew Lloyd...