David Coddon

6 days ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | David Coddon

The counter at a diner is more than a place to wake up with that steaming first cup of joe. It can mean that first smile or “hello” of the day. It can be a refuge from the noise outside. In the case of Meghan Kennedy’s play “The Counter,” it can also be “this classic American landscape where two people are trying to be better versions of themselves for someone else,” said Kate Rose Reynolds who’s co-starring in Moxie Theatre’s season-closing production of this relatively new one-act.

1 week ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | David Coddon

What’s it like to perform a one-person show and carry it for 90 minutes onstage? “It’s incredibly exciting and empowering to be able to write my own material and pick out my own music and words,” said Erica Marie Weisz. “On the flip side, it’s terrifying.

1 week ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | David Coddon

If House of India sounds like a restaurant, it’s because that’s what it is. Or was. “Growing up (in the Farmington Hills suburb of Detroit), I’d always go to a handful of Indian restaurants as a special treat,” recalled San Diego playwright Deepak Kumar. “One of them was called House of India. “I left Michigan around 2016 to go to graduate school and came back around 2019. I was telling my parents we should go to House of India.

1 week ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | David Coddon

“The Prom” tells two tales in one: the redemption of four narcissistic Broadway actors, and the shunning and bullying of a high school girl whose prom was canceled when she wanted to take her girlfriend as her date. The second tale is based on the true story of lesbian teen Constance McMillen of Mississippi who was barred from attending her school’s prom with a date in 2010.

2 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | David Coddon

La difícil situación de los veteranos deportados, ciudadanos no estadounidenses que sirvieron a su país solo para ser víctimas de leyes migratorias opresivas, es un tema personal para Robert “Rob Young” Walker, aunque no sea uno de ellos. Héctor Barajas sí lo es, y cuando Walker y Andre “Drei Ros” Rosca conocieron a este veterano deportado a México, surgió una canción (“Excuse My Accent”) de ese encuentro.