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Steve Silver’s Beach Blanket Babylon presents sign language interpreted performance

BY MONICA TURNER — 07.01.2010

Using their hands, bodies and facial expressions, American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters Michael Velez and Sherry Hicks will translate the spoken and musical parts of…

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A Conversation with Judith Ehrlich, one of the most dangerous filmmakers in America

BY MONICA TURNER — 06.30.2010

142 Throckmorton Theatre today announced it will hold a conversation with filmmaker Judith Ehrlich as part of The A List Series. Judith Ehrlich, along with…

Berkeley's intrepid "new play factory," Central Works, has been awarded $20,000 from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation. The grant will support the company's New Play Program 2010–2012, a three-year initiative to develop and produce nine world premiere plays utilizing the Central Works Method. Following on last November's award of $30,000 from the Wilder Green Art Fund, these two grants, amounting to $50,000, will bolster the company's commitment to develop new plays. Now in its 20th season, Central Works develops and produces its own scripts using a distinctive process of collaborative play development. The next project in the program is Penelope’s Odyssey, a new take on Homer's Odyssey, opening October 16, 2010. The initial project of the New Play Program, An Anonymous Story by Anton Chekhov, premiered earlier this year. Initiated in 2009, the Kenneth Rainin Foundation's arts grant program supports dance, theater, film and early literacy in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Foundation seeks to support the work of organizations that reflect its core values of innovation, collaboration and connection. Central Works next production, Machiavelli’s The Prince, returns after last summer's sold–out world premiere run. Back by popular demand with a new cast and more immediate relevance than ever–opening July 17.

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Central Works in Berkeley receives new grant for new play program

BY MONICA TURNER — 06.29.2010

Berkeley’s intrepid “new play factory,” Central Works, has been awarded $20,000 from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation. The grant will support the company’s New Play Program 2010–2012,…

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Ross Valley Players announce 2010-2011 Season

BY MONICA TURNER — 06.27.2010

The Ross Valley Players kicks off its new season with David Mamet’s political comedy November, opening on Sept. 17. James Dunn directs this play about…

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Hot Flash! Menopause the Musical Comes to San Jose and San Francisco!

BY MONICA TURNER — 06.25.2010

It’s time to kick-up those high heels. The international hit show Menopause The Musical® comes to the Bay Area and will be performing at the…

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San Francisco Arts Education Project celebrates 10 years with ‘Carousel’

BY MONICA TURNER — 06.24.2010

San Francisco Arts Education Project (SFArtsED) is celebrating its 10th year of the musical theatre troupe for young people with a staged concert adaptation of…

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Cinnabar Theater’s 2010-2011 season features new Eric Overmyer play

BY MONICA TURNER — 06.24.2010

Cinnabar Theater's season begins in August with an encore presentation of "Ella: The American Dream," written by and featuring jazz vocalist Kim Nalley.

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‘Hairspray’ to open 44th season at historic Woodminster Amphitheater

BY MONICA TURNER — 06.23.2010

Producers Associates, Inc. will open the 44th season of the Woodminster Summer Musicals with the Broadway hit, Hairspray, which opened on Broadway in 2002 and ran…

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San Francisco Opera Celebrates Independence Day at Stern Grove Festival

BY MONICA TURNER — 06.23.2010

San Francisco Opera announced they will return to the beautiful outdoor setting of Sigmund Stern Grove on Sunday, July 4 at 2 p.m. for “A…

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World premiere of serio-comedy opens next month at newly renovated Andrews Hall in Sonoma

BY MONICA TURNER — 06.21.2010

Sonoma Stage Works is currently in rehearsals for the world premiere of Last Hurrah of Horace Packard, by Sonoma playwright Todd Evans. Evans’ new heartwarming…