Backyard Renaissance Kicks off Their Eighth Season with the French Play “God of Carnage”
A Hilarious, Fun-Filled Ninety Minutes that also Deliver Important Reflections about Human Nature A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti L-R: Keiko Green, Jessica John and Francis Gercke. Photo by Daren Scott. Even though I have enjoyed theatre all my life and have been committed to it professionally since 2010, there are many firsts for me during […]
Onstage Playhouse Debuts San Diego Premiere of SLOWGIRL
A Timely Piece About Empathy in Youth, Adulthood, and Family. A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Ava Smithmier and Jason Heil in Slowgirl. Photo Daren Scott Onstage Playhouse’s slogan is “Theatre worth talking about“. With their current San Diego premiere Slowgirl the theatre company located in south San Diego definitely brought again a piece for table talk starting […]
La Jolla Playhouse Debuts World Premiere Musical, The Outsiders
Bringing a New Artistic Take on the Classic Story with an Impressive, High-Caliber Production A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Cast members in THE OUTSIDERS; photo by Rich Soublet II. The Playhouse is known for incubating blockbuster productions that transfer to Broadway and as with all new things, you get a little bit of everything. Some […]
Interviews From Another Zero: Kandace Crystal Comes Back to the Stage in the Role of Neat
A Co-Production Between Scripps Ranch Theatre and Loud Fridge Theatre Group by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Kandace Crystal in NEAT. Photo Ken Jacques Kandace Crystal returns to the stage in NEAT, a play written by Charlayne Woodard and directed by Claire Simba. We had a fantastic conversation with Kandace who let us into her world fora little bit not […]
CCAE’s Sunday in the Park with George is a Piece that Takes its Time
The Sondheim Musical Shares a Fictionalized Passage of French Artist Georges Seurat A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Will Blum in Sunday in the Park with George.(Courtesy of Holly Lapp) My dad is a full-on plastic artist. His day job is as a political cartoonist and he is an amazing drawer but, I have always felt […]
New Village Arts Tackles Ambitious Task by Producing The Ferryman
The First Production in Their New Remodeled Space and the First U.S Production After Broadway A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Part of the cast of The Ferryman. Photo by Darren Scott New Village Arts continues to bring it, producing new diverse stories and in this case, the first United States production after Broadway of the […]
Diversionary Theatre Presents U.S Premiere of THE HIGH TABLE
A Beautiful Piece About Family, Traditions, and What Love Really Means A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Monique Gaffney, Durwood Murray, Grandison Phelps, Taylor Henderson. Photo by Peggy Ryan British Actor and writer Temi Wilkey wrote The High Table in 2017 as part of her Young Writers Group course. Six years later it makes its United States […]
Under a Baseball Sky: A story inspired by San Diego’s Barrio Logan and the history of baseball within the Mexican American community.
Currently Playing Until March 12 A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti (from left) Laura Crotte as Eli and Ana Nicolle Chavez as Paloma. Photo by Rich Soublet II. I must admit, when The Old Globe first announced American Mariachi in 2018, my initial reaction was not a positive one… when I saw the play I fell […]
MOXIE Starts Theatre Year with the San Diego Premiere of Birds of North America
A Play with just two actors and a moving delivery A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Mike Sears and Farah Dinga. Photo MOXIE Theatre MOXIE starts the theatre year with the San Diego premiere of Anna Ouyang Moench’s play, Birds of North America bringing yet again, a gorgeous set design by Robin Sanford Roberts consisting of a backyard full […]
What you want? R-E-S-P-E-C-T has got it
The World Musical Premiere created by Kerry Meads and Vanda Eggington Plays Tribute to the Female Legends that Made the 1960s Decade, ICONIC A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti The cast of R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Photo JT MacMillan There are so many musicals now dedicated to American icons that topped the charts week after week in different decades like Beautiful, […]
Cygnet Theatre Presents West Coast Premiere of El Huracán by Charise Castro Smith
A Play that Goes Deep into Latin American Matriarchy and the Meaning of Family A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti The cast of El Huracán. Photo by Karli Cadel Ximena (Catalina Maynard) is a middle-aged woman living in Miami. Her daughter Miranda (Sandra Ruiz) is going to college but is back home to help with her abuela […]
The Old Globe Stages Mary Zimmerman’s The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
A Beautifully Done Piece Meant to be Enjoyed and Not Questioned A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti (from left) Wai Yim, Adeoye, Andrea San Miguel, and Louise Lamson in The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci at The Old Globe, 2023. Photo by Jim Cox. I remember around 10 years ago or so, I thoroughly enjoyed an […]
