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, Aug 29, 2012
Steve Yockey's Fishy Perversions
The playwright's world premiere takes a humorous view of "tentacle rape."
by Rachel Swan
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, Aug 22, 2012
Courting Culture
East Bay options for the underage partygoer.
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, May 16, 2012
Beware the 'Crevice'
Two theater companies warn the Boomerang Generation: Beware your mother's vagina.
by Rachel Swan
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, Apr 4, 2012
The Shrinking Stage
The economy is forcing local theater companies to book smaller, leaner productions to save money. Is financial prudence inhibiting art?
by Rachel Swan
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, Mar 21, 2012
Beyond the Doll's House
Gender imbalances in theater create an uphill battle for female actors.
by Rachel Swan
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, Jan 24, 2012
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New Comedy Sketch from Two Trick Pony: Games People Play
by Rachel Swan
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, Jan 11, 2012
Acting Lessons
Want to launch a theater career? You're in the right place.
by Rachel Swan
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, Nov 9, 2011
Chalk Boy and Mean Girls
At Impact Theatre, four actresses outstrip a heavy-handed script.
by Rachel Swan
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Maria Giere Marquis
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Chris Quintos
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, Aug 31, 2011
Role Play with Impact
Live action role-playing and verisimilitude make Of Dice and Men a success.
by Rachel Swan
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, Jun 29, 2011
Survival in Mauschwitz
Trevor Allen offers a giddy account of his stint as a Disney character.
by Rachel Swan
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, Nov 10, 2010
Full Frontal at Impact Theatre
A small theater company ventures into porn — sort of.
by Rachel Swan
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Timitio Artusio
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Monica Cappuccini
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Steven Satyricon
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, Sep 15, 2010
Fowl Play at Impact Theatre
Berkeley company stages a new coming out narrative, with chickens as the main metaphor.
by Rachel Swan
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Charlie Cromer
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, May 19, 2010
Melissa Hillman's Twelfth Night Transgressions
New Impact Theatre production revels in reinvention.
by Rachel Swan
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Jordan Winer
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, Feb 24, 2010
Las Buenas Latinas
New Impact Theatre production revels in racial stereotypes and postmodernism.
by Rachel Swan
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Enrique Urueta
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Mary Guzmán
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Carlye Pollack
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Melanie Salazar Case
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Andrew Calabrese
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Marilet Martinez
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, Dec 23, 2009
The Year of Fat Pigs and Idiots
Favorite plays of 2009.
by Rachel Swan
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Faust: Part 1
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The Future Project: Sunday Will Come
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Campo Santo and Erika Chong Schuch Performance Project
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Aurélia's Oratorio
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Jack Goes Boating
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American Idiot
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Green Day
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Happy Days
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East 14th: Tales of a Reluctant Player
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Master and Margarita
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, Nov 25, 2009
Big-Game Hunters
Desire gets carnal in
Large Animal Games
.
by Rachel Swan
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Elissa Dunn
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, Oct 14, 2009
Soap Opera in Greek
Impact Theatre stages
Antigone
for a modern audience.
by Rachel Swan
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, May 13, 2009
Puberty in Brief
Impact Theatre tackles menstruation, wet dreams, and bad diary days in its thirteenth collection of shorts.
by Rachel Swan
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, Feb 25, 2009
Fast Times with William Shakespeare
Impact Theatre brings
A Midsummer Night's Dream
into the '80s.
by Rachel Swan
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, Nov 28, 2007
Money and Rerun
This installment of the series drags a bit, but is still pretty damn entertaining
by Sam Hurwitt
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