Head of PassesTarell Alvin McCraneyBerkeley Repertory TheatreHead of Passes is both the title of rising playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney’s newest play and the part of lower Louisiana where three passages of the Mississippi join in shifting swamps and sands into turbulent currents of the Gulf of Mexico. It is in this sparsely populated, often stormy and flooded setting … [Read more...] about “Head of Passes”
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“Tartuffe”
TartuffeMoliere, Adapted by David BallBerkeley Repertory Theatre A 350-year-old farce about blind, religious fanaticism and the corruption of religious leaders, Moliere’s Tartuffe is one of the those beloved, funny, and biting classics that most avid theatre-goers have seen at least once in their careers as audience members. However, it is doubtful any of us has seen … [Read more...] about “Tartuffe”
“X’s and O’s (A Football Love Story)”
X’s and O’s (A Football Love Story)KJ Sanchez with Jenny MerceinBerkeley Repertory TheatreFor the past year or so, newspaper headlines, op-ed columns, and in-depth articles in magazines have been full of the mounting woes of America’s favorite sport, football. We have all read of the early-induced Alzheimer’s, the dangers of repeated concussions, the wife abuses, the … [Read more...] about “X’s and O’s (A Football Love Story)”
