by Frances Phillips | Oct 3, 2014
Chinese American Symphony No. 1 pays tribute to the Chinese workers of the Central Pacific Railroad whose courage built the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. Composed by American-born, Chinese composer Jon Jang, the piece was developed with the...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 5, 2014
Composer John Calloway is collaborating with the Community Music Center to create “El Son de la Mision: A musical Narrative of the Mission District from the 1960s – Present,” a suite of musical works examining the history of the San Francisco neighborhood. The...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 23, 2014
Monologist Josh Kornbluth collaborated with Z Space Studio and Democracy Matters, a non-partisan, nonprofit organization working for campaign finance reform, to develop an evening-length theatrical monologue, Citizen Josh—the third work in a series that includes Ben...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 17, 2014
Composer and musician Allen Whitman, along with co-composer Suki O’Kane, collaborated with Theatre of Yugen’s ensemble of actors, guest musicians, and playwright and director Erik Ehn to create The Cycle Plays — a project spanning three years in the development...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 1, 2014
Playwright and director Sean San Jose is collaborating with The Cutting Ball Theater on Superheroes, a story of the crack-cocaine epidemic in 1980s San Francisco. The play is partially inspired by Gary Webb’s groundbreaking investigative journalism into the Bay Area...
