EDITH CAN SHOOT THINGS AND HIT THEM
Feb 26, 2015 - Mar 21, 2015. Crowded Fire Theatre Company. San Francisco, CA.
The International Examiner: Desdemona Chiang brings the bard’s truths to today’s stage
Survival was tough in Shakespeare’s day, as it often can be today, and director Desdemona Chiang wants to bring that struggle to modern Seattle audiences with Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure.
Encore Arts: Q&A with Desdemona Chiang
Desdemona Chiang is a stage director and University of Washington MFA graduate based in Seattle and San Francisco who puts the spotlight on the marginalized and forgotten... this month she directs Measure for Measure at Seattle Shakespeare, their first restaging of the play in twelve years. I talked to Chiang about the show, finding contemporary relevance in Shakespeare and the challenges of bi-urban living.
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
Seattle Shakespeare Company. Seattle, WA.
Crowded Fire Theater Announces 2015 Season
Crowded Fire Theater has announced its 2015 season, which will feature plays by A. Rey Pamatmat, Idris Goodwin and Geetha Reddy.
Nearly 40 artists granted funding through CityArtist program
The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture announces $160,000 in awards to 39 individual artists working in dance, music and theatre arts.
Boom Arts Brings the World to Portland Theaters
Boom’s upcoming production, a reading of celebrated German playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig’s The Golden Dragon, further illustrates that combination of elements—what Wikler-Luker calls her “magic potion.”
Rapture, Blister, Burn
Aug 29 - Oct 5, 2014. Aurora Theatre Company. Berkeley, CA.
SF Weekly: This Fantastic Equality – Aurora Theatre’s “Rapture, Blister, Burn” Poses the Feminist Questions Everyone’s Still Afraid to Ask
It's hard to find a play about feminism that would be controversial in Berkeley, California. But Rapture, Blister, Burn by Gina Gionfriddo, which this week begins previews at the Aurora Theatre Company, might just qualify.
