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“Incognito” is the thoughtful new play showing at Diego Rivera Theater

“Incognito” is the thoughtful new play showing at Diego Rivera Theater

By Lisa Martin lisamartin.562@gmail.com "Incognito," a production put on by City College's Theatre Department and directed by John Wilk, is a play about Albert Einstein's brain, the true story of the man who stole it, and the things in our brains

Asian American Donor Program raises awareness with comedy show

By Laurie Maemura The Asian American Donor Program (AADP) held a comedy show fundraiser “Laugh for Lives” at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater in San Francisco, CA featuring sponsor booths, refreshments, and celebrities like figure skater Kristie Yamaguchi. Presented by AADP’s founder Jonathan Leong and Asian American rapper

City College adapts Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes”

City College adapts Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes”

By Elena Stuart "You'll leave smiling and you'll leave humming the music," Director Deborah Shaw said about the upcoming musical production of Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes” at City College. The play is set in 1934 on the fictitious U.S.S. American and

On the Hill: I am Alex Nieto Review

By John Ortilla The “On the Hill: I Am Alex Nieto” premiere presented by Loco Bloco at the Brava Theater Center on Oct. 27 showed a rendition of Alex Nieto’s death and its impact to San Francisco youth neighborhoods. The play retells City College student Nieto’s story, who

‘Heaven Can Wait’ continues its CCSF debut

‘Heaven Can Wait’ continues its CCSF debut

By Elisabetta Silvestro The Guardsman “Heaven Can Wait,” the last theater play directed by City College veteran teacher Susan Jackson, opened Nov. 7 at the Diego Rivera Theatre and will show for two more weekends. Reciting from the original scripts from Harry Segall’s 1938 play of the same name,

Actors breathe new life into Shakespeare classic

Actors breathe new life into Shakespeare classic

If you’re going to get shipwrecked, it might as well happen on a mysterious island where nothing is as it seems.

A new take on a modernist classic

By Ben Taylor Editor Gertrude Stein’s avant-garde play, "Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights" is considered by some to be a right of passage for theater artists with modernist leanings. Many theater groups have tried their hand at the play, which dances playfully on the razors edge of