David John Chávez

David John Chávez

KQED Contributor

Based in San José, David is a theater critic and reporter who who served as Executive Chair of the American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association (’22-’25), as well as a regular theater contributor to The Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, American Theatre Magazine and KQED, among other publications. He is a two-time juror for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (’22-’23) and a 2020 fellow of the Eugene O'Neill National Critics Institute.

By David John Chávez

In ‘Oh, Mary!,’ A Closeted President’s Unhinged Wife Draws Cackles

In ‘The Cook’ at Berkeley Rep, Revolution Is in the Air — and the Kitchen

10 of the Best Plays and Musicals to See This Fall in the Bay Area

Sorting Through the Wreckage of an Immigrant Father’s Death

The 11 Best Plays and Musicals to See This Summer in the Bay Area

A Shakespeare Story in Need of Brushing Up

Sex With a Goat? It's a Thing (In This Play)

‘The Cherry Orchard’ Is a Captivating Portrait of Family Delusion

Meet Jerry Nagano, One of the Bay Area’s Last Great Theater Organists

The Best Bay Area Theater We Saw in 2025

Tony-Winning ‘Stereophonic’ Finally Comes Home to the Bay Area

An Escape from Conversion Therapy in ‘Limp Wrist on the Lever’

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