The Marin IJ ran a big story yesterday about the Canal Project (the same day as their great review of Lovers & Executioners).
Calling herself a person obsessed by social injustice, Orta was inspired by the raids to write her two-act, four-character play, “American Triage.” Directed by Nick Avila, it will debut Dec. 2 and 3 [...]

Jerry Friedman of KGO Radio calls Lovers & Executioners “a magnificent production” with “all of the expected mistaken identities, swordfights and romances that are extremely well presented by a superb ensemble cast… loaded with laughs… it’s a most enjoyable, rollicking evening of fun.”

The full review isn’t out yet, but the Chron’s website has a clapping little man and says the show is a “buoyant bounty of bright comic acting, sharp wit, fractured rhymed couplets, delicious design and serious undertones about the thin line between love and hate and the need for trust.”

Opening night was a ton of [...]

We have our final previews for Lovers & Executioners today. Opening is this Tuesday night. Here we go!

Here’s what sound designer and composer Chris Houston has to say about his process working on Lovers & Executioners:
As a composer for theater, my process begins with the text. Where, When, What, Why, and Who all come into play. Character, period and story rule. And of course, I want to write beautiful [...]

Clips from the rehearsal process with the cast of Lovers & Executioners:

From Light Cue 23, Lucas Krech’s blog about lighting design:
Style is always an interesting aspect of creating a play. I mean there are “Style Plays” where the content is the style. There are plays set firmly in a certain genre, where the style of the piece is integral to the story telling. And then there [...]