Delia MacDougall

"Food Stories": Feast on Word For Word's Gourmet One-Acts

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Theater & Opera

Sex Sells Itself at the Aurora Theater in Berkeley

Theater & Opera

Conscientious Objector

Sadly, the city's most prestigious theater company disappoints again

Professional Suicide

Mark Jackson's play attempts to expose mediocrity, but winds up being mediocre itself

The Organization Man

Why is this tale of a criminally undervalued FBI agent told backward?

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Why is this tale of a criminally undervalued FBI agent told backward?

Myth Interpretation

Two thieves, six actors, and one enduring Mission District legend

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Epiphanies

Two staged stories explore women's role in early 20th-century society

Small World

Amy Tan's tale gains impact as it moves from novel to story to stage

"The Old Neighborhood"

Three short plays by David Mamet, in the usual dialogue rut

Up in Arms

In Shaw's genre-busting play of ideas, the world rights itself just in time

Life in Hell

Denis Johnson's third Cassandra play is a long, dark -- and hilarious -- journey

Pleasant Confusion

The Mission's stories come alive in this clever but distracting puzzle of a play

Quantum Love

Sex, romance, and physics at the Magic Theatre

Winesburg, Ohio

Four well-told tales from Sherwood Anderson's novel

Silence

A modern tale of women, sexuality, power and freedom, set in the year 1000

Black Gold

Word for Word strikes it rich with Oil!, transforming a neglected great novel into fertile drama

Blues Fallin' Down Like Hail

Is Denis Johnson's new work one play -- or three?

Sunshiney Day

John Flanagan and Nina Gold star in Summertime

Sweet Millennial Cheer

"The Falling Girl" and "The Kitchen Side of the Door."

Sweet Bird of Youth

Friend of My Youth plus Book of the Dead

Stage

Friend of My Youth plus Book of the Dead

Stage

Friend of My Youth plus Book of the Dead

Night+Day

Friend of My Youth plus Book of the Dead

Stage

Friend of My Youth plus Book of the Dead

Night+Day

Friend of My Youth plus Book of the Dead

Stage

Friend of My Youth plus Book of the Dead

Stage

Friend of My Youth plus Book of the Dead

Word Up

Friend of My Youth plus Book of the Dead

Beaux Ideal

Berkeley Rep delivers a deliciously lusty, funny rendition of Farquhar's farce