Although San Francisco has more theaters than any other city in Northern California, sometimes it takes years for a top-notch play to open here.
Trust African-American Shakespeare Company artistic director L. Peter Callender, himself a consummate actor, to choose a modern verse adaptation for his production of Shakespeare’s “Richard II.” By playwright Naomi Iizuka, the script is said to retain the Bard’s lyricism. Callender presents the lengthy history drama as a memory play in reverse chronology.
April 16-24, African-American Shakespeare Company, Marines Memorial Theater, 609 Sutter St., S.F., $10-$35,Bay Area singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Lark created this world premiere pop-rock, ultra-sex-positive musical, independently produced in the expansive and flexible Z Space. It explores “kink, queerness, non-monogamy and feminism,” according to the publicity.
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