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The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?

by Eddie Reynolds

The Goat Or, Who Is Sylvia Edward Albee Shotgun Players Martin's life seems about as perfect as it can get.  He has just received the architect world's highest award (the Pritzker); he has recently won a contract to design a $200 B Future City in the wheat fields of Kansas; and he has been married for twenty-two years to Stevie, a woman whom he admits, "We've … [Read more...] about The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?

Our Class

by Eddie Reynolds

Our Class Tadeusz Slobodzianek, Adapted by Neman Allen Z Space and Arlekin Sitting in a semi-circle in front of a mammoth, back-wall chalk board, ten people -- obviously in the roles of young children -- nervously struggle to read lines from their books.  They introduce themselves by what their parents do and what they one day hope to do for a living (e.g., … [Read more...] about Our Class

Macbeth

by Eddie Reynolds

Macbeth William Shakespeare Modern Translation & New Version by Migdalia Cruz Magic Theatre, in partnership with Play On Shakespeare In a dark, dingy subterranean world where the sounds of New York's traffic and sirens shatter a steel and concrete atmosphere peppered sporadically by a passing subway's overhead lights, a kingdom of street-trained goons with … [Read more...] about Macbeth

Dial M for Murder

by Eddie Reynolds

Dial M for Murder Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the Original by Frederick Knott City Lights Theater Company Packed with edge-of-your-seat suspense, more twists and turns than San Francisco's Lombard Street, and tons of intriguing clues scattered throughout, Dial M for Murder for over seventy years has been an audience favorite on stage, TV, and film.  Combining … [Read more...] about Dial M for Murder

Gods and Monsters

by Eddie Reynolds

Gods and Monsters Written and Adapted by Tom Mullen,  Based on the Novel Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram New Conservatory Theatre Center Best known today for directing the pre-Code, horror films Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935) but also director of twenty-plus other films of all genres (including the 1936 musical, Showboat), James … [Read more...] about Gods and Monsters

Primary Trust

by Eddie Reynolds

Primary Trust Eboni Booth TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Introducing himself as Kenneth, he also introduces us to his hometown, Cranberry, New York, "forty miles east of Rochester," taking us on a tour of the post office, two banks, a newly opened wine shop, on down past Main Street to "my favorite place on earth, Wally's" -- New York's oldest tiki hut bar with … [Read more...] about Primary Trust

Songs for a New World

by Eddie Reynolds

Songs for a New World James Robert Brown (Music & Lyrics) Hillbarn Theatre & Conservatory With a cast of four whose stellar voices individually and collectively soar and a three-piece, on-stage band that stirs one's emotions to the core, the ground-breaking, 1995 song cycle by Jason Robert Brown, Songs for a New World, becomes incredibly current due both to … [Read more...] about Songs for a New World

All My Sons

by Eddie Reynolds

All My Sons Arthur Miller Berkeley Repertory Theatre The American Dream:  That illusive goal that so many have sought to reach, so many sacrifices have been made ... often not for one's own self but for the next generation so the lives of children will be better.  A Dream supposedly open to all, but in reality, mostly available at best to those whose skin is white. … [Read more...] about All My Sons

Paranormal Activity

by Eddie Reynolds

Paranormal Activity Levi Holloway American Conservatory Theater In Co-Production with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Center Theater Group & Shakespeare Theatre Company About to celebrate their first wedding anniversary, Lou and and James suddenly make a move from Chicago to London, adjusting to new jobs in a new house in a new country -- a country where … [Read more...] about Paranormal Activity

The Lehman Trilogy

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The Lehman Trilogy Stefano Massini Adapted by Ben Power San Jose Stage Company It is a story whose ending we already too well know.  The world’s fourth largest investment bank with $639 billion in assets and 25,000 employees files for the biggest bankruptcy in American history, sending Wall Street into panic and initiating the 2008-09 global financial crisis and … [Read more...] about The Lehman Trilogy

M. Butterfly

by Eddie Reynolds

M. Butterfly David Henry Hwang San Francisco Playhouse From his small, sparse cell in a Paris prison, a former French diplomat to China -- one who is serving time for treasonous passing of secret information to a planted spy posing as his lover -- replays in his racing mind their twenty-year relationship.  Telling himself "I have known and have been loved by a … [Read more...] about M. Butterfly

The Cherry Orchard

by Eddie Reynolds

The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov; Translated by Paul Schmidt Marin Theatre Put Anton Chekhov's globally popular, much-adapted play, The Cherry Orchard, in the bold, directorial hands of the much-accomplished Carey Perloff and provide her with a Bay Area, all-star cast, and it is an easy-money bet that Marin Theater has a sure-fire hit in the making.   Such is … [Read more...] about The Cherry Orchard

Spanish Stew

by Eddie Reynolds

Spanish Stew Marga Gomez The Marsh Berkeley Theater With ample heart and over-flowing humor, GLAAD Award winning writer and performer known nationally and beloved locally -- Marga Gomez -- presents her latest of fifteen solo shows at The Marsh Berkeley Theater, Spanish Stew.  Adapted for the Marsh after a successful world premiere in the autumn of 2025 at the New … [Read more...] about Spanish Stew