Article by Lily Janiak for the San Francisco Chronicle 8/23/2025
“Alabaster” isn’t stereotypical community theater fare, starting with the fact that it’s written by a living female playwright, Audrey Cefaly, who isn’t a household name.
In “Alabaster,” a connection doesn’t have to be happily ever after to be life-giving, and we don’t have to know for sure how a story ends to have a good feeling about it. For all its room for growth, “Alabaster” is a genuine work of art, and Town Hall’s decision to program it is an auspicious sign in a theater scene dominated by bad news.