13 stories by "Jenyth Jo"
Tachis & Lo’s Woman-Centered Classic Upends Patriarchal Power by Jenyth Jo In a time when our trust for so-called ‘leaders’ is nearly non-existent, Berkeley Shakes’ “Cyrano” …
Candrice Jones’ Lady Train Scores Victory! by Jenyth Jo As a former Division 1 athlete from Stanford, I wondered whether watching a play about basketball would be as much fun as going to a…
Adam KuveNiemann Astounds in Reimagined Sondheim Musical by Jenyth Jo Oakland Theater Project has delivered a great run-up to the next No Kings March in “Assassins” preshow montage. Proj…
Shakespeare's Sorcery Illuminates Island Power Struggles  by Jenyth Jo Prospero, the dethroned Duke of Milan, is a vengeful woman with magic in her hands. She conjures up a wild storm tha…
Eady & Mast Unveil Palestinian Identity Nightmare by Jenyth Jo In "The Return," playwrights Hanna Eady and Edward Mast sensitively portray the suffering of Palestinians in Israel, where …
Michael Phillis Excavates Ironies in Dancing Dinos & Pop Songs by Jenyth Jo Can this incredible spectacle, extended until Sept. 13 and overflowing with talent and mischief, save the fabu…
Emily Mann Revives Outrage Over 1978 Moscone/Milk Murders by Jenyth Jo When San Francisco Supervisor Dan White revealed"in a taped confession"that he deliberately shot both Mayor Moscone and…
Moisés Kaufman's Docudrama Still Horrifies After 25 Years  by Jenyth Jo In 1998, two ignorant losers brutally beat and hogtie Matthew Shepard to a barbed-wire fence post outside Laramie,…
Reflections "Who's the Witch in the Witchhunt?" by Jenyth Jo In "John Proctor Is the Villain," Carter Smith, a high school English teacher in Georgia, explains, "Art tries to make sense of c…
Eddie Izzard Plays All 23 Roles in Hamlet, Brilliantly by Jenyth Jo Precision without pretension: gifted actor Eddie Izzard brings great joy to our beloved Hamlet. From the be-bop jazz entry…
James Ijames Delights with Riotous Black Family Comedy by Jenyth Jo After twenty minutes of "Fat Ham," a comical version of "Hamlet" set at a North Carolina backyard BBQ, it's clear Juicy / …
by Jenyth Jo I met Harry Davis, a member of Actors Equity, in the spring of 2023 in a playwriting class at Berkeley Rep. Central Works in Berkeley. Now Central Works has added his "Push/Pull…
Craig Lucas Deconstructs Dickens with Spectacle & Spirits  by Jenyth Jo & Barry David Horwitz We know the story: Dickens contrasts Scrooge, a miserly, old, rich man with Tiny Tim,…
