by Frances Phillips | Jul 10, 2015
Playwright Philip Kan Gotanda created a new play, After the War, in collaboration with the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.). Set in a boardinghouse in San Francisco’s Japantown in 1946, After the War chronicled the return of first and second-generation Japanese...
by Frances Phillips | May 30, 2015
Ellen Sebastian Chang collaborated with Teatro Armonia, a program of Brava! for Women in the Arts that served Mission District teenagers, to create a full-length theater piece. Other participating artists included Michael Torres, Andrea Thome, Sean San Jose, and...
by Frances Phillips | May 15, 2015
Before World War II, an estimated 5,000 blacks lived in San Francisco; and after the war, there were over 50,000. in the 1940s, African Americans from the coastal areas of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi migrated to seek jobs in the region’s shipyards and...
by Frances Phillips | May 1, 2015
Composer and musician Johari Jabir, and artistic directors Doug Holsclaw and John Fisher of Theatre Rhinoceros collaborated to create HairStory, a new musical theatre piece exploring hair and the role it plays in identity construction. Jabir wrote, “My vision for...
by Frances Phillips | Apr 17, 2015
Composer Jake Heggie collaborated with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra to create a music drama, To Hell and Back, based on the classic tale of Persephone from Ovid’s Metamorphosis. Collaborating on a new work was a first for Philharmonia Baroque, which is known for...
