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Dontrell, Who Kissed The Sea

February 5, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds

Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea Nathan Alan Davis The Pear Theatre Eighteen-year-old Dontrell is the kind of son any mother would be so proud to have: Straight A’s throughout school, all AP classes, and now only three weeks before beginning his first semester at John Hopkins University.  But his mom cannot stop praying every day that the “t-minus 21” countdown of days … [Read more...] about Dontrell, Who Kissed The Sea

Three Tall Women

June 28, 2022 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Three Tall Women Edward Albee Pear Theatre Imagine yourself at a younger age having a conversation with yourself at other points in your life?  What would that young, probably naïve you think about how things will turn out, about whom you will love and not love, or about your successes and especially about your failures?  What advice would you give and what questions … [Read more...] about Three Tall Women

Metamorphoses

April 2, 2022 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Metamorphoses Mary Zimmerman (based David Slavitt’s translation of the myths of Ovid) Pear Theatre and Dragon Productions The element that flows and freezes, falls from the sky and evaporates into the air, sustains all life and can drown all existence – This is the medium in which multiple, life-altering transformations occur in each of a dozen-plus vignettes of … [Read more...] about Metamorphoses

Taking Steps

January 19, 2020 by Eddie Reynolds

A three-story, crumbling mansion that was once a notorious, London brothel and is said still to be haunted by its former mistress, “Scarlet Lucy,” is the setting of Alan Ayckbourn’s 1979 farce, Taking Steps.  The house that is described as “drafty, leaky, and it smells” by its current mistress, Elizabeth Crabbe, is up for sale, becoming a major character and source of much … [Read more...] about Taking Steps

“An Ideal Husband”

September 9, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

An Ideal HusbandOscar WildePear Theatre  Aaron Weisberg and Tom FarleyIn the midst of his own infidelities to his wife via his live-in, male lover becoming headlines and a life-ruining court case, the famed and wildly popular poet, playwright, and novelist (as well as celebrated, itinerant speaker in the U.S.), Oscar Wilde, wrote a play still widely produced almost … [Read more...] about “An Ideal Husband”

“Present Laughter”

June 14, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Present LaughterNoël CowardPear Theatre Jenni Chapman, Barbara Heninger, Akex Draa, Charles Woodson Parker & John Stephen KingPear Theatre presents in its intimate setting Noël Coward's Present Laughter that bursts at the seams with riotous comedy propelled by a stage full of memorably quirky characters who get themselves and each other … [Read more...] about “Present Laughter”

“Pear Slices 2019”

May 5, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Pear Slices 2019Members of the Pear Playwrights GuildPear TheatreDaniel Zafer-Joyce, Bill C. Jones, and Becca GilbertIt’s only spring, and pears are not yet in season; but at Pear Theatre, there are plenty of fresh slices to pick from and enjoy.  For the sixteenth year, the Mountain View company has called upon its members of the Pear Playwrights Guild to create eight, … [Read more...] about “Pear Slices 2019”

“Sojourn”

March 18, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

SojournEvan Kokkila-SchumacherPear Theatre  Drew Benjamin Jones and Laura DomingoFor both science-fiction lovers and for anyone who likes a play that mixes mystery, philosophical debates, and political realities with a story that has a very human component, Pear Theatre’s wonderfully acted and inventively conceived Sojourn is a ticket for a rocket ride … [Read more...] about “Sojourn”

“Spending the End of the World on OK Cupid”

January 26, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Spending the End of the World on OK CupidJeffrey LoPear Theatre Michelle Skinner and Tasi AlabastroA modern day prophet for the last six months has been screaming his prediction that the world would end last night; and in fact, half the world’s population suddenly evaporated.  He now says that tonight at midnight, everyone else on earth will complete “The … [Read more...] about “Spending the End of the World on OK Cupid”

“Girls Kill Nazis”

November 11, 2018 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Girls Kill NazisJames KoppPear TheatreJennifer Sorkin-Kopp, Heather Mae Steffen, Diane Tasca, Stephanie Crowley, and Jim JohnsonThe Nancy Wake Book Club meets every Friday night in the oldest continually operating library in Arizona, the Copper Queen Library of Bisbee, Arizona.  Named after a famous, French resistance fighter of World War II, the club has just two … [Read more...] about “Girls Kill Nazis”

“Hedda Gabler”

October 20, 2018 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Hedda GablerHenrik IbsenPear TheatreTroy Johnson and Elizabeth Kruse Craig Continuing its tradition of periodically staging important classics on its small stage, Pear Theatre presents Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 Hedda Gabler in a modern-set adaptation by former Artistic Director and Founder, Diane Tasca.  Starring current Artistic Director Elizabeth Kruse Craig as … [Read more...] about “Hedda Gabler”

“Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey”

September 3, 2018 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Jane Austen’s Northanger AbbeyAdapted by Diane TascaPear TheatreLeslie Ivy & the Cast of Northanger AbbeyIn her first novel written for publication in 1803 but not published until after her death, Jane Austen satirizes in Northanger Abbey the then-popular Gothic novels which overflow with dark, stormy nights in damp, spooky castles and where murder and romance often go … [Read more...] about “Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey”

“Pear Slices 2018”

May 7, 2018 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Pear Slices 2018Various PlaywrightsPear TheatreAriel Aronica and Bill C. JonesA dusty town in the old West, a cell holding Galileo imprisoned, a home where technological devices rule, a kid’s pirate birthday party, a ‘rolly-doggy’ oven of hot dogs in rotation:  All are examples of the varied settings in time and place for this year’s menu of Pear Slices 2018, an annual … [Read more...] about “Pear Slices 2018”

“Cowboy Versus Samurai”

March 18, 2018 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Cowboy Versus SamuraiMichael GolamcoPear TheatreChuck Lacson A delightfully entertaining, laugh-out-loud funny, and altogether sweet Cowboy Versus Samurai by Michael Golamco, is now receiving a staging at Pear Theatre.  Four twenty-somethings are all in search of their true identities; and their journeys’ bumpy routes are full of racial, personal, and … [Read more...] about “Cowboy Versus Samurai”

“The Road to Mecca”

February 5, 2018 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

The Road to MeccaAthol FugardPear TheatreDiane Tasca & Brianna Mitchell Under the sensitive, gentle, and highly intuitive-driven direction of Elizabeth Kruse Craig, Pear Theatre presents a staging of The Road to Mecca that boasts a cast of three that could hardly be more perfect to tell this beautifully moving and yet importantly challenging story of a woman who … [Read more...] about “The Road to Mecca”

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