Well, this is a pleasure–from the Daily Cal: While literally about childhood, “MilkMilkLemonade” treats decidedly adult subject matter under the safety blanket of immaturity. A far cry from a nostalgic recollection of innocence, the blunt sexual discourse and fake nudity in the form of skin-tone leotards with attached penises left the audience gasping in astonished [...]
You know that shiver in the spine, the moment when your breath is actually taken away, that happens when you hear your own thoughts spoken by someone else? That just happened for me. Look: …I want my designers to speak the same language as directors. I want my electricians and carpenters to be as widely [...]
…as well as the formal season announcement for Impact Theatre‘s 15th season. There’s a whole lot of awesome on the way! I can’t wait for the design run-through next week. Have a look at the press photos here.
Prompted by a #2amt conversation in progress on the mighty Twitter machine… I’ve puzzled over this any number of times: at this time, in our society, theatre does not matter to the vast majority of people. I’ve seen figures saying that less than 10% of Americans see theatre. Most of those must go to big [...]
“Transgressive” is always a nice thing to hear about one’s Shakespeare production, isn’t it? Impact is camp in the 1970s sense of the word, and in some ways the company’s plays are closer in spirit to Warhol or Almodóvar than to other local theater companies. The East Bay Express really digs the show! And so, [...]

