by Frances Phillips | May 28, 2021 | 2012, 2014, 2021, News
Ground-breaking choreographer, dancer, and teacher Anna Halprin died on March 24, 2021, at her home in Kentfield, California. She was 100 years old. Halprin’s process-oriented work made a lasting mark on the arts of the San Francisco Bay Area and her influence...
by Frances Phillips | Dec 12, 2016 | 1996, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2016, Performing Arts
On Monday, December 5, five-time Creative Work Fund grantee Rhodessa Jones and her long-time artistic partner Idris Ackamoor received Theater Bay Area’s prestigious “Legacy Award” for their commitment to social justice and numerous contributions to...
by Frances Phillips | Jan 22, 2016 | 2012, News, Performing Arts
Placas: The Most Dangerous Tattoo, a play developed by Paul Flores in collaboration with the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), returns to the Bay Area with performances on January 21 through 24 at the Iron Triangle Theater at the East Bay Center for the...
by Frances Phillips | Jan 8, 2016 | 2012, Media Arts, News
On Thursday, January 14, at 7:00 p.m., Frameline — producers of the San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival — presents an encore screening of To Be Takei, a documentary about actor and marriage equality activist George Takei, at the Roxie Theater...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 25, 2015 | 2012, Literary Arts, News
Developed through a collaboration between poet Gary Soto and Marsh Youth Theater, In and Out of Shadows is based on the lives and experiences of a group of undocumented teenagers. Soto developed this musical play through interviews with San Francisco Bay Area...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 28, 2015 | 2012, News, Performing Arts
Three-time Creative Work Fund grant recipient, Rhodessa Jones, was honored with the Theatre Practitioner award at the 25th annual Theatre Communications National Conference in Cleveland in late June. Remarks from the awards presentation are available here.
