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NEWS FEATURE: Girls Leadership Nonprofit Works to Lessen COVID-strain for Girls of Color

PENINSULA PRESS — “Girls Leadership says their data displays a need for anti-bias and gender-equity training, calling for policymakers, schools, and girl-centered organizations to “push back and dismantle” institutional barriers that prevent Black and Latinx girls from “activating” their full potential.”

NEWS FEATURE: SF Playhouse Returns to Theater and Films Live Performance

PENINSULA PRESS — “SF Playhouse performed and filmed a live play in-house, making it the first West Coast theater company to produce an in-person show on an Actors Equity Association contract since COVID forced theaters to shutter over seven months ago.”

REVIEW: TheatreWorks’ ‘Fun Home’ imperfectly balances past and present

THE STANFORD DAILY — “‘Fun Home’ shoves overdone musical theater tropes, narrative structures and themes onto a mortician’s table for reexamination… TheatreWorks’ interpretation of this widely acclaimed musical beautifully builds quaint vignettes that enliven Alison’s lived experiences, [but] it leaves audiences searching for a key to unlock the narrative’s complete emotional potential.”

FEATURE: The Ultimate Gated Community- A look inside San Quentin’s residential neighborhood

THE BARK — “The setting has been described as practical, affordable, and the safest place in Marin County—why, after all, would any escapee head for the most likely place of getting caught? For those whose childhoods took place inside the gates of San Quentin, however, the story is a little less black and white.”

REVIEW: The ‘Anastasia’ Tour features soaring music, but some performances flutter

THE STANFORD DAILY — “In the Broadway production, Anya unlocks the music box by winding it twice and then clicking a secret latch. The touring production literally lacks the extra click… This small discrepancy perfectly embodies my qualms with the ‘Anastasia' tour.”

REVIEW: Dream deferred? TAPS + BLACKstage’s “A Raisin in the Sun” is a dream fulfilled

THE STANFORD DAILY — “Elam masterfully highlights the socially critical nature of Lorraine Hansberry’s canonical play by expertly crafting emotional beats, building complex relationships, crystalizing the play’s theatrical realism and emphasizing its irrefutable relevance today. It is a gilded dream, fulfilled.”

REVIEW: A ‘Beautiful’ look at the life of Carole King

THE STANFORD DAILY — “Though songs are usually most successful when serving as plot-furthering devices, jukebox musicals have the unique opportunity to productively lean into non-narrative musical moments. This production serves as the gold standard.”

REVIEW: Gaieties 2018 is an enchanting testament to individualism and community

THE STANFORD DAILY — “The Axe Committee’s train whistle blasts a battle cry. Hoover Tower is set ablaze in a fiendish red light. A skewered stuffed bear sacrificially crowns The Claw fountain which is filled with crimson blood… but nothing mobilizes and unites the Stanford homefront like Gaieties."