THE BALCONY AT THE OLD MINT

“Don’t miss this theater experience. By ushering you through the crypt beneath the granite fortress, the play disallows a privileged position from which to judge the characters, their actions and their prescriptions. I found myself with a fresh look at theater and the larger story of humanity.”

LECTURE ON NOTHING

“Derek Phillips’s soundscape is as eerie and playful as Hunter’s performance of the text.  In the fashion of Cage’s work creating sounds from found objects, Phillips rubs a stone across one microphone, then crumples leaves in front of another.  These sounds—the sounds that Cage continually proclaims he loves so much—fill the room with a sense of aural homage.  They loop and thread themselves within and between the text, becoming, simultaneously, nothing other than themselves and something very much beyond themselves.” Rebecca Chaleff,psi19performanceblog

PRINCESS IVONA

“Astutely staged by director and company-cofounder Michael Hunter, with excellent design support — including from costumer Latifa Medjdoub — this captivating play makes for a worthwhile outing and a very promising company debut.”Robert Avila, San Francisco Bay Guardian 

SFWeekly’s pick of the day for Jan. 31: “A brilliant and often hilarious examination of the role of power and desire…Expect to be literally and metaphorically moved.”Jamie McKenzie, SF Weekly

“From the acting, to the storyline, to the costumes, set and staging – everything fit, everything contributed so richly to the complex and entertaining framework of this play.  It is, quite simply, the best play I have ever seen.” Melissa Mirza, The Dinner Table

FRANCONIA PERFORMANCE SALON

“One of the most lively, eclectic and inventive of these happenings I’ve experienced…”