Beulah Vega

1 week ago | pacificsun.com | Beulah Vega

Boasting an impressive list of mid-’90s music and plenty of geek culture nostalgia, Qui Nguyen’s She Kills Monsters (directed by Lisa Morse, playing at the College of Marin through May 18) is a warm-hearted romp through grief and acceptance. The story follows Agnes (Paige Flaming), trying to find a connection to her deceased sister, Tilly (Arya Safavi), through a custom Dungeons & Dragons campaign written by Tilly.

2 weeks ago | bohemian.com | Beulah Vega

The plot of Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities can be summed up in a single line from the play itself: “Telling the truth is a very expensive hobby.”Ironically, that line is delivered by Silda, the character furthest from the truth and with the least to lose. The entire show is a nesting doll of truths sealed with spite, fear and, ultimately, love. Napa’s Lucky Penny Community Arts Center hosts a Dana Nelson-Isaacs-directed production through May 4.

1 month ago | pacificsun.com | Beulah Vega

One has seen the work of Artemisia Gentileschi, even if they don’t recognize the name. Considered a master of Baroque painting, her works appear in museums worldwide. She worked on commissions for the Medici Court, the Court of Charles I, Philip IV of Spain and many others. The first woman ever to be accepted into the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, she is best known now for being raped. “It’s reductive to say that her art is just about her rape.

1 month ago | pacificsun.com | Beulah Vega

Done so often, just like Mama Mia and Dear Evan Liar-pants, Cabaret is used as the punchline of jokes about musical theater kids. It’s no joke. Based on Christopher Isherwood’s 1939 semi-autobiographical novel, Goodbye to Berlin, it has always been a play about the seductive powers of excess, comfort and looking the other way. One is meant to feel good about the music until they understand the lyrics, because that is how propaganda operates, infiltrating through the things one loves.

1 month ago | pacificsun.com | Beulah Vega

There’s a balloon in the backseat of my car. It’s not my balloon; mine was lost during the group picture. It’s my friend’s balloon that I stole. We got the balloons when Mrs. Krishnan (Kalyani Nagarajan), the titular character of Mrs. Krishnan’s Party, was “upstairs” changing and James (Justin Rogers) was out “dealing with the shop.” Considering that the production currently playing on the Boyer stage (literally) at Marin Theatre through March 30 is a two-person play, one may have some questions.