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MOXIE Theatre Endures Repertory Venture with a Musical and a Play. Different Formats with Contrasting Plots, One Sweet, One Not,

Showcasing the Cast’s Versatility A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti “Little Women: The Broadway Musical,” Photo Desireé Clarke Miller It is great to see theatre companies stepping up with defying challenges during these questioning times when uncertainty takes over. Continuing its 20th anniversary season celebration, MOXIE is doing repertory for the first time, presenting Little Women, The […]

Blindspot Collective Presents “Another Day in Paradise”. A World-Premiere Documentary Musical based on interviews with San Diego’s unhoused community

The Piece Exposes the Urgency and Sensitivity of this Issue that Besets Not Only the County, but the United States as a Whole  A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Another Day in Paradise. Photo courtesy Blindspot Collective Blindspot continues to put important conversations on the table through its work and with its latest production Another Day in […]

Diversionary Celebrates West Coast Premiere of “Midnight at The Never Get”

A Heart-Wrenching Piece that Manifests the Power of Self-Love A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Bryan Banville and Cody Bianchi. Photo by Talon Reed Cooper There is no doubt about the transformative power of music. Diversionary’s latest production Midnight at The Never Get proves and celebrates this power through a moving 90-minute production with two actors […]

We Won Five Excellence in Journalism Awards!

¡Ganamos Cinco Premios a la Excelencia en Periodismo! Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti wins 5 SD Press Club Awards Honoring Excellence in Journalism Last week, San Diego’s best media communicators were honored at the Excellence in Journalism Awards, hosted by the San Diego Press Club. More than 500 awards in 130 categories and 10 divisions are awarded to […]

New Village Arts in Carlsbad Kicks Off Season with “The Thanksgiving Play”

A Realistic Piece that States Facts Through Comedy   A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti The Thanksgiving Play. Photo by Jason Sullivan New Village Arts started its 24-25 season on the right foot, opening with Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play. FastHorse is from the Sicangu Lakota Nation and is the first known female, Native playwright to be produced on […]

Onstage Playhouse Closes Season 41 with the World Premiere of MASA

 A Love Letter to Memory A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti Salomon Maya, Veronica Burgess, Julian Ortega. Photo Daren Scott There is a line in José Cruz González’s Play, American Mariachi that says “Music is Memory“.  Theatre is also memory. It serves as a record in many ways and, in the case of Onstage’s latest play MASA, […]

In This Era of Crime Podcast-Binging, Who Does not Love a Good Murder Mystery?

Murder on the Orient Express, one of Agatha Christie’s top ten novels comes to the Old Globe Stage with an Adaptation by Ken Ludwig A Blog View by Alejandra Enciso-Dardashti The cast of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Photo by Jim Cox. The Old Globe continues its season presenting one of Agatha Christie’s top ten […]