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Stark Insider TV: The Pearl Fishers (aka Loni’s audition as a Virgin Priestess)

BY MONICA TURNER — 09.12.2012

It's like Bollywood meets Indiana Jones! That's the only way to describe Loni's latest adventures on the stage. This time the intrepid, would-be thespian heads…

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Grand Opera – ‘The Pearl Fishers’ an impressive season opener

BY STARK INSIDER — 09.10.2012

The young and exotically good-looking Ms. Lopez makes for a convincing Leila, and her siren voice is truly enchanting.

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Bollywood Meets Indiana Jones

BY MONICA TURNER — 09.10.2012

Bollywood meets Indiana Jones in this behind-the-scenes look at our very own Loni Stark in the audition of a lifetime. On location at OSJ's Pearl…

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Theater News: Berkeley Rep’s Tony Taccone receives 2012 Margo Jones Award

BY MONICA TURNER — 09.10.2012

Prestigious award honors those who encourage the living theatre and the craft of playwriting.

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‘Collapse’ – All we can do is learn to fall together (Review)

BY STARK INSIDER — 09.10.2012

But what makes this Renegade Theatre Experiment production a success is the marvelous cast, anchored by a compelling performance by the luminous Alika Ululani Spencer

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Review: ‘The Death of the Novel’ at San Jose Rep

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 09.09.2012

At heart, Pete Campbell and Sebastian Justice are not that different. While Justice has an idiosyncratic, intelligent wit that Campbell lacks (which makes justice far…

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San Francisco: Cutting Ball Theater opens 14th season with Strindberg Cycle

BY MONICA TURNER — 09.06.2012

This will be the first time all five of Strindberg’s Chamber Plays will be performed together in repertory in any language. Strindberg Cycle is the…

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Stark Insider TV: Vincent Kartheiser of ‘Mad Men’

BY LONI STARK — 09.04.2012

With the success of Mad Men, Vincent Kartheiser now has a "resting play" that affords him the ability to take on projects that might not…

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Powerbomb! Season Opener ‘Chad Deity’ at Aurora Theatre a Winner

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 09.03.2012

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity is like Max Weber coming back to life, taking on a second career in standup, and deconstructing the sport.…

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‘Ragtime’ – An uncompromising, lavish production

BY STARK INSIDER — 09.02.2012

Director Lee Foster, undaunted by the limited confines of a small thrust stage, has produced a triumphant musical experience that is both visionary in scope…