Behind the Curtain with Marco Barricelli
Marco Barricelli is bringing 1700s France to UC San Diego with sophistication and style. For Marco Barricelli, “The Green Cockatoo” has been a
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Theater
Theatrical Hackathons and Sleepless Comedy
An under-the-radar theater organization at UC San Diego, Company 157 continues its tradition of a new way to have fun with acting; it
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Film Review: “Blade Runner 2049”
It is the year 2049, and a lone officer trudges through desolation, searching for truth among sand and stone. Ominous synth echoes and
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Film Review: “Columbus”
“Columbus” is a coherent allegory for contemporary youth’s anomie, isolation and disaffection with itself and its latent (half-hearted) rejection of this directionless state.
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Play Review: “Kill Local”
Spy stories are hardly a novelty. Whether spoof or straight story, the spy field has become ever more crowded in recent years. We’ve
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Play Review: “Robin Hood!”
We sit in a dark room, waiting, then… Friar Tuck (Andy Grotelueschen) bursts onto the scene, loudly declaring that he will tell us
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Play Review: “The Old Man and the Old Moon”
There’s this mystery involving the miners of Appalachia. These men were so totally exploited by foreign mining companies, for such a long time,
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Play Review: “Escape to Margaritaville”
With beaches, tropical scenery and the titular beverage, “Escape to Margaritaville” aches of summer. It’s a blissful escape from the mundanity of a
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UCSD Presents First “MENding Monologues” Production
The power of the theater as a space for uplifting unheard voices, creating productive dialogues and teaching and healing has been touted by
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Play Review: “Baby Teeth” & “Are You There?”
“We all end up pulp.” This is the dominant motif of the bleak comedy, “Baby Teeth.” Part of the New Wagner Play Festival,
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