62 stories by "Lynne Stevens"
Eady & Mast Propose Treatment for Israeli/Palestinian Tribalism by Lynne Stevens "We Repair Army Jeeps," claims the sign outside a modest garage in a small Israeli town. But inside bigge…
Hend Ayoub Travels from Israel to US, Making Art from Life by Lynne Stevens Hend Ayoub takes us on a gripping journey through her life, from her childhood as a Palestinian in Israel to her t…
Bill English Spotlights Woman's Liberation & Sexual Shenanigans by Lynne Stevens In Director Bill English's smart new "My Fair Lady," a "street urchin," a phonetics professor, and a …
Mara Nelson-Greenberg's Absurd Office Pranks Hide Mens' Emotional Problems by Lynne Stevens Do we have to accept that there are still so many creeps in the workplace? Do we really need to be…
Lynn Nottage Paints Gripping Portrait of Workers Who Lose Everything by Lynne Stevens I arrived in Palo Alto early and take a stroll in Stanford Shopping Center. With its high-end shops that…
Lauren Gunderson's Women Keep Shakespeare's Words Alive! by Lynne Stevens Lauren Gunderson convinces us that we must thank women for the very first collection of Shakespeare's plays. If not …
Shakespeare Warns Us: Give Up Vengeance! by Lynne Stevens In Theatre Lunatico's "Romeo and Juliet," The Chorus (all the cast) take poses depicting scenes we will witness love, anger, dance, …
Lloyd Suh Reveals Asian Women's Dreams in Moving Comedy by Lynne Stevens In the kitchen aisle at K-Mart, two lonely young immigrant women recognize each other as frequent shoppers. Chatty Lu…
Jacobs & Casey Have Us Dancing in Our Seats by Lynne Stevens When I was in high school a boy who took auto shop classes and was rumored to have been in "juvie" asked me to the prom. …
Harry Davis Lifts Heavy Weight of Young Male Experience by Lynne Stevens Picture a gym in your garage. A bench press and a barrage of rock music to fuel the heavy lifting. Two young men, old…
Colman Domingo's Wild & Bumpy Journey Lifts Us Up by Lynne Stevens Hop into an Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme for a crazy trip south to Disney World, where all your dreams come true. That's …
Granville-Barker Speaks Truth to Power"but Who's Listening? by Lynne Stevens "Waste" is like jumping into a snake pit. The male characters focus mainly on their own power and reputation. Har…
Jackie Sibblies Drury Challenges Our Racial Stereotypes by Lynne Stevens In "Fairview," actors ask: "If you could choose your race, what would you be? No one gets to choose, but characters i…
Gunderson & Melcon Elevate Jane Austen's "Modern" Woman! by Lynne Stevens Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon have imagined the lives of Jane Austen's delightfully comic Bennet family vis…
Noel Coward's Spirited British Comedy Conjures Wartime Specters by Lynne Stevens "Blithe Spirit" premiered in 1941, during the World War II Blitz, when the Nazis dropped bombs on London. Noe…
Jen Silverman Creates a Dark & Thrilling Brontë Mashup by Lynne Stevens Tell your friends about this standout twisted tale "from Behind the Basement Door." I am always blown away by T…
Lisa B. Thompson's Choreopoem Honors Black Women's Stories by Lynne Stevens Balancing between the reality and the joy of Black women's lives, Lisa B. Thompson's choreopoem "The Black Feminis…
Director Joel Roster Flips a Coin in "R & G""and Wins! by Lynne Stevens A dark, dark mood looms and dark deeds are being plotted. Seeing Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Tom Stoppard's "Rosenc…
WolfKlain & Donovan Exalt Beloved Singer's Brief, Brilliant Career by Lynne Stevens My knee hurt badly, and I was feeling sorry for myself. I could barely limp to my car. I was ready to …
Webber & Rice Expose Dangerous Legacy of Perón Era by Lynne Stevens A huge screen shows headlines that blast out the news: On July 26, 1952, Eva Perón has died at age 33. Argen…
Bruce Norris Updates "A Raisin in the Sun" with Wit & Wisdom by Lynne Stevens Using Lorraine Hansberry's classic 1959 play about racial prejudice in Chicago as inspiration, Bruce Norris …
Lauren Gunderson Imagines a Play for Rich and Poor by Lynne Stevens The French Revolution is raging. We hear sounds of crowds, shots, and the woosh of Madame Guillotine outside a French woma…
Tennessee Williams Reflects American Memories & Dreams by Lynne Stevens Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" came to the stage in 1944. He called it "a memory play" because it recal…
Tanya Barfield's Professor Faces His Demons, Brings Us to Tears  by Lynne Stevens After a bout of terrible insomnia, math professor Lewis (the stellar Michael J. Asberry) is visited by th…
Torange Yeghiazarian Pairs Passion with U.S./Iran Conflict by Lynne Stevens What makes "The Tutor" different from any other love triangle? Well, there are more than three players in this aff…
