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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938979\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1758px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/DAP_4447.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1758\" height=\"1321\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938979\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/DAP_4447.jpg 1758w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/DAP_4447-800x601.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/DAP_4447-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/DAP_4447-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/DAP_4447-768x577.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/DAP_4447-1536x1154.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1758px) 100vw, 1758px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sofia Ahmad and Neamah Hussein in ‘Closure’ at Golden Thread’s 2023 ReOrient Festival. \u003ccite>(David Allen Studios)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bay Area theater in 2023 often went in woeful directions. Audiences still haven’t returned to bustling pre-pandemic levels, and too many theaters closed, unable to balance their high levels of artistry with financial solvency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, there are encouraging signs for live storytelling as the calendar marches toward 2024. Some critical Bay Area festivals returned, carrying national repercussions, and many bold theatermakers chose this year to reveal transcendent passion projects — with no shortage of local world premieres. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here, Bay Area theater critics and regular KQED Arts contributors Nicole Gluckstern and David John Chávez reflect on the region’s significant theater news, events and premieres of 2023. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938999\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/TNL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938999\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/TNL.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/TNL-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/TNL-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rotimi Agbabiaka, AeJay Marquis Mitchell, Aidaa Peerzada and Donald Lacy, Jr. in ‘The Ni¿¿er Lovers’ at Magic Theatre. \u003ccite>(Jay Yamada)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Not Sorry to Bother You\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Ni¿¿er Lovers’ was a breakthrough hit\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To say that Marc Anthony Thompson’s debut play \u003cem>The Ni¿¿er Lovers\u003c/em> at Magic Theatre pulled no punches would be to massively understate its gleeful fearlessness. Its focus, the story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped from slavery in 1848 by dressing Ellen up as a white man traveling North, with William posing as her servant. But rather than taking a somber bio-pic approach to their heroic flight the play went for satirical gusto, casting its daring protagonists as unrepentant kinksters (impeccably performed by Aidaa Peerzada and Rotimi Agbabiaka), and presenting their story in a series of vignettes punctuated by music, monologues, comic sketches, and sharply-honed, go-for-the-jugular irreverence that felt decades in the perfecting.\u003cem>—Nicole Gluckstern\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938972\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/6_Once_TabardTheatre_EdmondKwongPhotography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938972\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/6_Once_TabardTheatre_EdmondKwongPhotography.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/6_Once_TabardTheatre_EdmondKwongPhotography-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/6_Once_TabardTheatre_EdmondKwongPhotography-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/6_Once_TabardTheatre_EdmondKwongPhotography-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/6_Once_TabardTheatre_EdmondKwongPhotography-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/6_Once_TabardTheatre_EdmondKwongPhotography-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Once’ at Tabard Theatre. \u003ccite>(Edmond Kwong Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Tabard Sings ‘Once’ More\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Goodbye to a popular South Bay company\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Tabard Theater production of \u003cem>Once\u003c/em> in March was a warm delight, but will mostly be remembered as the last production of the venerable 22-year-old downtown San José company. Tabard’s longtime home, formerly known as the Theatre on San Pedro Square, is one of the most quaint, charming spaces in the entire South Bay, with flickering candles atop cabaret tables and a plentiful bar with a rustic feel. The area is also a happening spot, with lots of trendy restaurants and plentiful parking surrounding the second story theater. Adding to the melancholia more recently, the company lost their lease on the building, leaving both the company (which moved away from theater productions and focused on live events) and the space itself up in the air. Despite all that, the company remains resolute and optimistic to find new places to program their engaging, community-centered events.\u003cem>—David John Chávez\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938981\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/ForgettingTree.JesDeville-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"504\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938981\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/ForgettingTree.JesDeville-copy.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/ForgettingTree.JesDeville-copy-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/ForgettingTree.JesDeville-copy-768x484.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jes Deville, director and co-producer of ‘Forgetting Tree.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy Queer Cat Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Hello/Goodbye\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Forgetting Tree’ gave grace to Queer Cat Productions’ final bow\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Modeling important values in and out of the theatre such as consent, access, and emphatically queer joyfulness, Queer Cat’s performance offerings throughout these pandemic times have been thoughtfully crafted and boldly imaginative. Thankfully they left us one last production to remember them by—the gorgeously-rendered \u003cem>Forgetting Tree\u003c/em>, co-produced and directed by Jes DeVille of Openhaus Athletics. Combining the creative gifts of cellists, clowns, acrobats, dancers, permaculture designers, and the fierce love of a Living Altar (Rawiya Tariq), \u003cem>Forgetting Tree\u003c/em> offered remembrance, ritual, and catharsis to those of us fortunate enough to experience it—both in the room and virtually.\u003cem>—Nicole Gluckstern\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938976\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/012_English.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938976\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/012_English.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/012_English-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/012_English-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/012_English-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/012_English-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/012_English-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christine Mirzayan (Goli) in ‘English’ at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. \u003ccite>(Alessandra Mello)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘English’ Speaks All Languages\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘My accent is a war crime’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the first week of May, Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s wonderful, poignant West Coast premiere production of \u003cem>English\u003c/em> closed. The day after the final curtain, playwright Sanaz Toossi’s script, about a group of four Iranian adults preparing for a daunting English language exam near Tehran in order to come to other parts of the world, won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The production was significant for its stewarding by local director Mina Morita, the longtime artistic director of San Francisco’s Crowded Fire Theater Company. Morita is moving away from the company this month to focus more on her directing career, and will be in Australia late next year directing \u003cem>Yoga Play\u003c/em> by Dipika Guha at the National Theater of Parramatta.\u003cem>—David John Chávez\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938978\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1424\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938978\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-800x445.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-1020x567.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-160x89.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-768x427.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-1536x854.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-2048x1139.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-1038x576.jpg 1038w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-1920x1068.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L.M. Bogad as Dr. Masc in the ‘immersive experience’ from Say Nothing and Leave, ‘Change Your Mind.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy Say Nothing and Leave)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>You Gotta Believe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Change Your Mind (or don’t) with ‘Say Nothing and Leave’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I may have entered the bustling Say Nothing and Leave-designed \u003cem>Change Your Mind\u003c/em> clinic a Guarded Contrarian, but I left it…a Guarded Contrarian. Ok, so some personality types are more resistant to change than others, but in this tone-perfect immersive experience, the promise of personality editing is presented with such matter-of-fact aplomb you will almost certainly find yourself wondering if it could \u003cem>really\u003c/em> be done. Whether you actually choose to change or not, the experience playfully and thoroughly raises the question of what could be gained through said deletion—and what could be irretrievably lost.\u003cem>—Nicole Gluckstern\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938973\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 864px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Jordan-Maria-Don-as-Clara-and-Monique-Crawford-as-Annie-in-EDIT-ANNIE-photo-by-Cheshire-Isaacs-for-Crowded-Fire-Theater.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938973\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Jordan-Maria-Don-as-Clara-and-Monique-Crawford-as-Annie-in-EDIT-ANNIE-photo-by-Cheshire-Isaacs-for-Crowded-Fire-Theater.jpg 864w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Jordan-Maria-Don-as-Clara-and-Monique-Crawford-as-Annie-in-EDIT-ANNIE-photo-by-Cheshire-Isaacs-for-Crowded-Fire-Theater-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Jordan-Maria-Don-as-Clara-and-Monique-Crawford-as-Annie-in-EDIT-ANNIE-photo-by-Cheshire-Isaacs-for-Crowded-Fire-Theater-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Jordan-Maria-Don-as-Clara-and-Monique-Crawford-as-Annie-in-EDIT-ANNIE-photo-by-Cheshire-Isaacs-for-Crowded-Fire-Theater-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jordan Maria Don as Clara and Monique Crawford as Annie in ‘Edit Annie’ at Crowded Fire Theater. \u003ccite>(Cheshire Isaacs)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Collaboration is Key\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Crowded Fire restructures, premieres ‘Edit Annie’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crowded Fire has always been a highly unified company, with a commitment to tell stories and present opportunities for all marginalized groups. While many companies follow a structure with an artistic director at the top of the pyramid, Crowded Fire instead turned one leader into seven, cross-pollinating everyone’s institutional knowledge into all aspects of the company. The first production of this new regime was the highly regarded west coast premiere of \u003cem>Edit Annie\u003c/em> by Mary Glen Fredrick, which kicked off in October.\u003cem>—David John Chávez\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938977\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Sequoiaa.AfroMusical.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938977\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Sequoiaa.AfroMusical.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Sequoiaa.AfroMusical-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Sequoiaa.AfroMusical-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Sequoiaa.AfroMusical-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Sequoiaa.AfroMusical-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SeQuoiia (center) in ‘De Mangangá’ at the 2023 New Roots Theatre Festival. \u003ccite>(Courtesy SFBATCO)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>New Roots Meets Old School\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SFBATCO’s annual festival gave center stage to exciting collaboration\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Making space for experimentation, innovation, and camaraderie, this year’s New Roots festival lineup included the breathtaking, capoeira-inspired \u003cem>De Mangangá\u003c/em> written by mother-son team Tania Santiago and SeQuoiia, \u003cem>Shidaiqu\u003c/em>, an intriguing new musical by Jord Liu, revealing the intersections of Jazz and Communism in 1920s Shanghai, and a stunning revival of Zaccho Dance Theatre’s \u003cem>Dying While Black and Brown\u003c/em>, choreographed by Johanna Haigood with music by Marcus Shelby. By focusing attention on BIPOC-centered creation at every stage of development, these New Roots festivals are nurturing some of the most exciting theatrical collaborations in the Bay Area, including SFBATCO’s own \u003cem>Sign My Name to Freedom, The Unheard Songs of Betty Reid Soskin\u003c/em>, which will receive its full world premiere in 2024.\u003cem>—Nicole Gluckstern\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938975\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1655px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GoldenThread.Reorient.DavidAllenStudios.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1655\" height=\"1205\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938975\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GoldenThread.Reorient.DavidAllenStudios.jpg 1655w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GoldenThread.Reorient.DavidAllenStudios-800x582.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GoldenThread.Reorient.DavidAllenStudios-1020x743.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GoldenThread.Reorient.DavidAllenStudios-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GoldenThread.Reorient.DavidAllenStudios-768x559.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GoldenThread.Reorient.DavidAllenStudios-1536x1118.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1655px) 100vw, 1655px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sofia Ahmad and Neamah Hussein in ‘Closure’ at Golden Thread’s 2023 ReOrient Festival. \u003ccite>(David Allen Studios)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>ReOrient-ing at Golden Thread\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Festival of Middle Eastern works has run since 1996\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Sahar Assaf took over in 2021 from Golden Thread Productions’ artistic director and founder Torange Yeghiazarian, she knew there were massive shoes to fill. She also learned quickly that the company’s ReOrient Festival is beloved as one of the longest running theater festivals of new work in the Bay Area. With incubators disappearing nationally, such as the Lark and the Humana Play Festival, new playwrights have fewer places to develop their work. More than 100 scripts were submitted for consideration this year. Six were selected. The company has also worked to expand Middle Eastern narratives, and how those stories impact Middle Easterners who make the Bay Area and beyond their home. For the first time in the festival’s history, all of this year’s plays were set in the United States. \u003cem>—David John Chávez\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938974\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1082px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Exodus_To_Eden_2023_376.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1082\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938974\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Exodus_To_Eden_2023_376.jpg 1082w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Exodus_To_Eden_2023_376-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Exodus_To_Eden_2023_376-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Exodus_To_Eden_2023_376-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Exodus_To_Eden_2023_376-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1082px) 100vw, 1082px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arielle Powell as Miriam in ‘Exodus to Eden’ at Oakland Theater Project. \u003ccite>(Ben Krantz Studio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Big Things in the East Bay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oakland Theater Project’s world premiere of ‘Exodus to Eden’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Setting foot inside the Flax Art & Design building for an Oakland Theater Project show means knowing you’re in for some highly charged theater that’s not to be missed. The company has a great sense of how to present a classic text (their 2018 \u003cem>A Streetcar Named Desire\u003c/em> and the more recent \u003cem>Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf\u003c/em>, featuring associate artistic director Lisa Ramirez and co-artistic director William Hodgson, were both phenomenal), but have also dove headfirst into world premieres. This year, co-artistic director Michael Socrates Moran made his playwriting debut with \u003cem>Exodus to Eden\u003c/em>, which he also directed. The intimate Flax space provided the production some spatial limits, yet the show still featured a sizable cast of 17 performers. Whether it’s a world premiere or a tried-and-true play, Oakland Theater Project has strategically found a formula that melds the potential of people with a sky-high commitment to artistry.\u003cem>—David John Chávez\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933234\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1679px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/image1.jpg\" alt=\"a red and black and green painted building\" width=\"1679\" height=\"1208\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933234\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/image1.jpg 1679w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/image1-800x576.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/image1-1020x734.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/image1-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/image1-768x553.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/image1-1536x1105.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1679px) 100vw, 1679px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The newly painted exterior of BAM House at 1540 Broadway in downtown Oakland. \u003ccite>(Ariana Proehl/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>New Spaces for Fresh Faces\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s been an incredibly tumultuous time for small performance venues in the Bay Area, and the list of spaces we’ve lost feels like it just keeps growing. But incredibly and inspiringly, a new crop of venues and multi-use spaces have blossomed in their wake. This is just a small sampling of the marvelous specificity and neighborhoods being served by some of our newest artistic homes.\u003cem>—Nicole Gluckstern\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.churchofclown.org/\">Church of Clown\u003c/a>, 2400 Bayshore Blvd., San Francisco\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.eclecticboxsf.com\">Eclectic Box\u003c/a>, 446 Valencia St., San Francisco\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.lowerbottomplayaz.com/\">BAM House\u003c/a>, 1540 Broadway, Oakland\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.therhino.org\">Theatre Rhinoceros\u003c/a>, 4229 18th St., San Francisco\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.447minna.com/\">447 Minna\u003c/a>, 447 Minna St., San Francisco\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.performingartsworkshop.org/\">Geneva Powerhouse\u003c/a>, 2301 San Jose Ave., San Francisco\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://sealevelsf.com\">Sealevel\u003c/a>, 4331 Irving St., San Francisco \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938979\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1758px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/DAP_4447.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1758\" height=\"1321\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938979\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/DAP_4447.jpg 1758w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/DAP_4447-800x601.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/DAP_4447-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/DAP_4447-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/DAP_4447-768x577.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/DAP_4447-1536x1154.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1758px) 100vw, 1758px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sofia Ahmad and Neamah Hussein in ‘Closure’ at Golden Thread’s 2023 ReOrient Festival. \u003ccite>(David Allen Studios)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bay Area theater in 2023 often went in woeful directions. Audiences still haven’t returned to bustling pre-pandemic levels, and too many theaters closed, unable to balance their high levels of artistry with financial solvency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, there are encouraging signs for live storytelling as the calendar marches toward 2024. Some critical Bay Area festivals returned, carrying national repercussions, and many bold theatermakers chose this year to reveal transcendent passion projects — with no shortage of local world premieres. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here, Bay Area theater critics and regular KQED Arts contributors Nicole Gluckstern and David John Chávez reflect on the region’s significant theater news, events and premieres of 2023. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938999\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/TNL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938999\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/TNL.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/TNL-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/TNL-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rotimi Agbabiaka, AeJay Marquis Mitchell, Aidaa Peerzada and Donald Lacy, Jr. in ‘The Ni¿¿er Lovers’ at Magic Theatre. \u003ccite>(Jay Yamada)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Not Sorry to Bother You\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Ni¿¿er Lovers’ was a breakthrough hit\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To say that Marc Anthony Thompson’s debut play \u003cem>The Ni¿¿er Lovers\u003c/em> at Magic Theatre pulled no punches would be to massively understate its gleeful fearlessness. Its focus, the story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped from slavery in 1848 by dressing Ellen up as a white man traveling North, with William posing as her servant. But rather than taking a somber bio-pic approach to their heroic flight the play went for satirical gusto, casting its daring protagonists as unrepentant kinksters (impeccably performed by Aidaa Peerzada and Rotimi Agbabiaka), and presenting their story in a series of vignettes punctuated by music, monologues, comic sketches, and sharply-honed, go-for-the-jugular irreverence that felt decades in the perfecting.\u003cem>—Nicole Gluckstern\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938972\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/6_Once_TabardTheatre_EdmondKwongPhotography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938972\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/6_Once_TabardTheatre_EdmondKwongPhotography.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/6_Once_TabardTheatre_EdmondKwongPhotography-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/6_Once_TabardTheatre_EdmondKwongPhotography-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/6_Once_TabardTheatre_EdmondKwongPhotography-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/6_Once_TabardTheatre_EdmondKwongPhotography-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/6_Once_TabardTheatre_EdmondKwongPhotography-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Once’ at Tabard Theatre. \u003ccite>(Edmond Kwong Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Tabard Sings ‘Once’ More\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Goodbye to a popular South Bay company\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Tabard Theater production of \u003cem>Once\u003c/em> in March was a warm delight, but will mostly be remembered as the last production of the venerable 22-year-old downtown San José company. Tabard’s longtime home, formerly known as the Theatre on San Pedro Square, is one of the most quaint, charming spaces in the entire South Bay, with flickering candles atop cabaret tables and a plentiful bar with a rustic feel. The area is also a happening spot, with lots of trendy restaurants and plentiful parking surrounding the second story theater. Adding to the melancholia more recently, the company lost their lease on the building, leaving both the company (which moved away from theater productions and focused on live events) and the space itself up in the air. Despite all that, the company remains resolute and optimistic to find new places to program their engaging, community-centered events.\u003cem>—David John Chávez\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938981\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/ForgettingTree.JesDeville-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"504\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938981\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/ForgettingTree.JesDeville-copy.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/ForgettingTree.JesDeville-copy-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/ForgettingTree.JesDeville-copy-768x484.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jes Deville, director and co-producer of ‘Forgetting Tree.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy Queer Cat Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Hello/Goodbye\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Forgetting Tree’ gave grace to Queer Cat Productions’ final bow\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Modeling important values in and out of the theatre such as consent, access, and emphatically queer joyfulness, Queer Cat’s performance offerings throughout these pandemic times have been thoughtfully crafted and boldly imaginative. Thankfully they left us one last production to remember them by—the gorgeously-rendered \u003cem>Forgetting Tree\u003c/em>, co-produced and directed by Jes DeVille of Openhaus Athletics. Combining the creative gifts of cellists, clowns, acrobats, dancers, permaculture designers, and the fierce love of a Living Altar (Rawiya Tariq), \u003cem>Forgetting Tree\u003c/em> offered remembrance, ritual, and catharsis to those of us fortunate enough to experience it—both in the room and virtually.\u003cem>—Nicole Gluckstern\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938976\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/012_English.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938976\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/012_English.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/012_English-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/012_English-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/012_English-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/012_English-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/012_English-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christine Mirzayan (Goli) in ‘English’ at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. \u003ccite>(Alessandra Mello)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘English’ Speaks All Languages\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘My accent is a war crime’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the first week of May, Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s wonderful, poignant West Coast premiere production of \u003cem>English\u003c/em> closed. The day after the final curtain, playwright Sanaz Toossi’s script, about a group of four Iranian adults preparing for a daunting English language exam near Tehran in order to come to other parts of the world, won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The production was significant for its stewarding by local director Mina Morita, the longtime artistic director of San Francisco’s Crowded Fire Theater Company. Morita is moving away from the company this month to focus more on her directing career, and will be in Australia late next year directing \u003cem>Yoga Play\u003c/em> by Dipika Guha at the National Theater of Parramatta.\u003cem>—David John Chávez\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938978\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1424\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938978\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-800x445.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-1020x567.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-160x89.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-768x427.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-1536x854.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-2048x1139.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-1038x576.jpg 1038w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/CYM-1920x1068.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L.M. Bogad as Dr. Masc in the ‘immersive experience’ from Say Nothing and Leave, ‘Change Your Mind.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy Say Nothing and Leave)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>You Gotta Believe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Change Your Mind (or don’t) with ‘Say Nothing and Leave’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I may have entered the bustling Say Nothing and Leave-designed \u003cem>Change Your Mind\u003c/em> clinic a Guarded Contrarian, but I left it…a Guarded Contrarian. Ok, so some personality types are more resistant to change than others, but in this tone-perfect immersive experience, the promise of personality editing is presented with such matter-of-fact aplomb you will almost certainly find yourself wondering if it could \u003cem>really\u003c/em> be done. Whether you actually choose to change or not, the experience playfully and thoroughly raises the question of what could be gained through said deletion—and what could be irretrievably lost.\u003cem>—Nicole Gluckstern\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938973\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 864px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Jordan-Maria-Don-as-Clara-and-Monique-Crawford-as-Annie-in-EDIT-ANNIE-photo-by-Cheshire-Isaacs-for-Crowded-Fire-Theater.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938973\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Jordan-Maria-Don-as-Clara-and-Monique-Crawford-as-Annie-in-EDIT-ANNIE-photo-by-Cheshire-Isaacs-for-Crowded-Fire-Theater.jpg 864w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Jordan-Maria-Don-as-Clara-and-Monique-Crawford-as-Annie-in-EDIT-ANNIE-photo-by-Cheshire-Isaacs-for-Crowded-Fire-Theater-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Jordan-Maria-Don-as-Clara-and-Monique-Crawford-as-Annie-in-EDIT-ANNIE-photo-by-Cheshire-Isaacs-for-Crowded-Fire-Theater-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Jordan-Maria-Don-as-Clara-and-Monique-Crawford-as-Annie-in-EDIT-ANNIE-photo-by-Cheshire-Isaacs-for-Crowded-Fire-Theater-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jordan Maria Don as Clara and Monique Crawford as Annie in ‘Edit Annie’ at Crowded Fire Theater. \u003ccite>(Cheshire Isaacs)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Collaboration is Key\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Crowded Fire restructures, premieres ‘Edit Annie’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crowded Fire has always been a highly unified company, with a commitment to tell stories and present opportunities for all marginalized groups. While many companies follow a structure with an artistic director at the top of the pyramid, Crowded Fire instead turned one leader into seven, cross-pollinating everyone’s institutional knowledge into all aspects of the company. The first production of this new regime was the highly regarded west coast premiere of \u003cem>Edit Annie\u003c/em> by Mary Glen Fredrick, which kicked off in October.\u003cem>—David John Chávez\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938977\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Sequoiaa.AfroMusical.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938977\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Sequoiaa.AfroMusical.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Sequoiaa.AfroMusical-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Sequoiaa.AfroMusical-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Sequoiaa.AfroMusical-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Sequoiaa.AfroMusical-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SeQuoiia (center) in ‘De Mangangá’ at the 2023 New Roots Theatre Festival. \u003ccite>(Courtesy SFBATCO)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>New Roots Meets Old School\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SFBATCO’s annual festival gave center stage to exciting collaboration\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Making space for experimentation, innovation, and camaraderie, this year’s New Roots festival lineup included the breathtaking, capoeira-inspired \u003cem>De Mangangá\u003c/em> written by mother-son team Tania Santiago and SeQuoiia, \u003cem>Shidaiqu\u003c/em>, an intriguing new musical by Jord Liu, revealing the intersections of Jazz and Communism in 1920s Shanghai, and a stunning revival of Zaccho Dance Theatre’s \u003cem>Dying While Black and Brown\u003c/em>, choreographed by Johanna Haigood with music by Marcus Shelby. By focusing attention on BIPOC-centered creation at every stage of development, these New Roots festivals are nurturing some of the most exciting theatrical collaborations in the Bay Area, including SFBATCO’s own \u003cem>Sign My Name to Freedom, The Unheard Songs of Betty Reid Soskin\u003c/em>, which will receive its full world premiere in 2024.\u003cem>—Nicole Gluckstern\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938975\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1655px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GoldenThread.Reorient.DavidAllenStudios.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1655\" height=\"1205\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938975\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GoldenThread.Reorient.DavidAllenStudios.jpg 1655w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GoldenThread.Reorient.DavidAllenStudios-800x582.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GoldenThread.Reorient.DavidAllenStudios-1020x743.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GoldenThread.Reorient.DavidAllenStudios-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GoldenThread.Reorient.DavidAllenStudios-768x559.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/GoldenThread.Reorient.DavidAllenStudios-1536x1118.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1655px) 100vw, 1655px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sofia Ahmad and Neamah Hussein in ‘Closure’ at Golden Thread’s 2023 ReOrient Festival. \u003ccite>(David Allen Studios)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>ReOrient-ing at Golden Thread\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Festival of Middle Eastern works has run since 1996\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Sahar Assaf took over in 2021 from Golden Thread Productions’ artistic director and founder Torange Yeghiazarian, she knew there were massive shoes to fill. She also learned quickly that the company’s ReOrient Festival is beloved as one of the longest running theater festivals of new work in the Bay Area. With incubators disappearing nationally, such as the Lark and the Humana Play Festival, new playwrights have fewer places to develop their work. More than 100 scripts were submitted for consideration this year. Six were selected. The company has also worked to expand Middle Eastern narratives, and how those stories impact Middle Easterners who make the Bay Area and beyond their home. For the first time in the festival’s history, all of this year’s plays were set in the United States. \u003cem>—David John Chávez\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938974\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1082px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Exodus_To_Eden_2023_376.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1082\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938974\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Exodus_To_Eden_2023_376.jpg 1082w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Exodus_To_Eden_2023_376-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Exodus_To_Eden_2023_376-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Exodus_To_Eden_2023_376-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/Exodus_To_Eden_2023_376-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1082px) 100vw, 1082px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arielle Powell as Miriam in ‘Exodus to Eden’ at Oakland Theater Project. \u003ccite>(Ben Krantz Studio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Big Things in the East Bay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oakland Theater Project’s world premiere of ‘Exodus to Eden’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Setting foot inside the Flax Art & Design building for an Oakland Theater Project show means knowing you’re in for some highly charged theater that’s not to be missed. The company has a great sense of how to present a classic text (their 2018 \u003cem>A Streetcar Named Desire\u003c/em> and the more recent \u003cem>Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf\u003c/em>, featuring associate artistic director Lisa Ramirez and co-artistic director William Hodgson, were both phenomenal), but have also dove headfirst into world premieres. This year, co-artistic director Michael Socrates Moran made his playwriting debut with \u003cem>Exodus to Eden\u003c/em>, which he also directed. The intimate Flax space provided the production some spatial limits, yet the show still featured a sizable cast of 17 performers. Whether it’s a world premiere or a tried-and-true play, Oakland Theater Project has strategically found a formula that melds the potential of people with a sky-high commitment to artistry.\u003cem>—David John Chávez\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933234\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1679px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/image1.jpg\" alt=\"a red and black and green painted building\" width=\"1679\" height=\"1208\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933234\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/image1.jpg 1679w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/image1-800x576.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/image1-1020x734.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/image1-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/image1-768x553.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/image1-1536x1105.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1679px) 100vw, 1679px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The newly painted exterior of BAM House at 1540 Broadway in downtown Oakland. \u003ccite>(Ariana Proehl/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>New Spaces for Fresh Faces\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s been an incredibly tumultuous time for small performance venues in the Bay Area, and the list of spaces we’ve lost feels like it just keeps growing. But incredibly and inspiringly, a new crop of venues and multi-use spaces have blossomed in their wake. 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