Paul Hoan Zeidler

This show is so well written, acted, designed and directed that I hope for a future monologue show from Ruth Fowler and company. One that features additional characters but challenges an audience just as hard.... full review

Amanda Bierbaum's costumes are more than worth the price of admission to this show. But the real gems are her ribald, sarcastic, charming songs.... full review

Marz Richard's Dracula proves a generous host, inviting many classic Hollywood monsters into his cabaret and finding a few new ones, too. Most are portrayed by actors from the Sacred Fools Theatre Co. and all are given the space to bite, claw and slash their finely sharpened musical comedy skills until you die laughing.... full review

Michael Mullen’s humor is so well pitched that it’s easy to imagine his best punchlines trending soon as hashtags.... full review

Who knew Seneca was such a badass? The School of Night launch into this play by the Roman stoic philosopher with monstrous creativity, crazy precision and cathartic violence. A historic express train into theatre’s subconscious and a definite must see.... full review

A country, a culture, falls into an easy narrative about a shared historical event and replays it until it becomes a rut. By now, we all know Watergate is a story about brave journalists and a corrupt presidency. Huge credit goes to Gangbusters Theatre Co. for breaking out of the narrative and mounting this workshop production of MEANTIME AT HOJO's about some of the people damaged most by Richard Nixon's paranoia: the Plumbers. Christian Levatino (who also wrote the play) delivers a performa... full review

SPOILER ALERT: The turtle lives! You'll understand the depravity of .... uh--no you won't. Just forget you ever read this review.... full review

Before you roll your eyes at the thought of another solo show of an actress fighting her eating disorder, you need to know that Kate Huffman subverts, undermines and explodes every familiar trope of the genre in her incredibly brave, kick-ass performance piece. It will be a long time before you see a solo show with the intensity, creativity, humor and brutal honesty of this one.... full review

Has it really been 26 years since NORMAL’s premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival? Since the first rumble of the subversive work (of Anthony Neilson and other British playwrights such as Mark Ravenhill, Sarah Kane and Phillip Ridley) that would thunder into the In-yer-face movement? Praise be to the Vagrancy for finally giving this taut and transgressive play its very first west coast production. Let’s hope the awesome performances and high production values lead to a well-justified full ru... full review

Ever wanted to throw something at a Republican congressman spurting right-wing platitudes, but you were worried about federal prosecution/ RWNJ harassment/ opening an FBI file? Scott Golden gives you an epic opportunity in the final segment of “America First,” the evening of EASY TARGETS devoted to male characters. The Burglers of Hamm serve up some fat bullseyes for communal sock throwing with game performances from Hugo Armstrong, Albert Dayan, Jon Beauregard and Golden. This production is a... full review