Arts & Entertainment Review: San Francisco Playhouse’s ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’ Goes Wildy Right By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | October 2, 2026 Performances continue through November 28 at 450 Post St.
Arts & Entertainment Review: The Fool stands out in Oakland Theater Project’s ‘King Lear’ By Jean Schiffman, Bay City News | October 2, 2026 A stunning contemporary rendition of Shakespeare's tragedy.
Arts & Entertainment Review: ACT’s ‘North by Northwest’ a thrilling, wild, and confusing ride By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | September 28, 2026 Emma Rice’s fast-paced stage adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s cinematic thriller thrills to the very end.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Lorraine Hansberry Theatre’s ‘African Stew’ serves up familial clashes at one couple’s dinner party By Jean Schiffman, Bay City News | September 21, 2026 The play explores the cross-class and cultural dynamics of a young couple and their families.
Arts & Entertainment Berkeley Rep’s ‘The Cook’ details one family’s life amid Cuba’s revolution By Jean Schiffman | Local News Matters | September 14, 2026 The production of Eduardo Machado's play runs through October 11.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Characters take sublime emotional journey in Oakland Theater Project’s ‘Orpheus Descending’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | August 11, 2026 The Tennessee Williams drama continues through August 23 at 1501 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland.
Arts & Entertainment Playwright Aaron Loeb takes on tech, power in SF Playhouse premiere ‘R.O.I.’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | August 5, 2026 Loeb at first was inspired by the Silicon Valley true story.
Arts & Entertainment Review: An affecting transformation, great acting fuel Shotgun Players’ ‘Iphigenia in Splott’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | August 3, 2026 A can't-miss, one-woman drama by Welsh playwright Gary Owen draws on a classical Greek tragedy.
Arts & Entertainment ‘American Pachuco’ tells vivid story of theater-activist Luis Valdez By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | July 30, 2026 Filmmaker David Alvarado's documentary won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for U.S. documentary in January.
Arts & Entertainment Review: TheatreWorks’ ‘Employee Dharma Handbook’ is of the moment By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | July 15, 2026 Geetha Reddy's latest world premiere is terrifically entertaining and utterly of the moment.