BWW Review: Hail the Bacchae! VENUS IN FUR is Pure Satisfaction
David Ives's play-within-a-play is a modern take on the constantly undulant and always tantalizing balance of power between the sexes.
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SUMMER STAGES 2015 - Upcoming shows for the Santa Barbara Summer Season!
Coming to Santa Barbara Stages This Summer!
BWW Preview: THE TALENTED ONES Takes Off With Launch Pad
'The Talented Ones', a black comedy about the American Dream, takes off with UCSB's Launch Pad--a workshop program for new dramatic works.
BWW Review: The Rise and Fall of the Revolutionary Spirit in BLOODY POETRY
'Bloody Poetry' shows that true libertines and true punks don't die; they rot away, into infamous paradigms of idealistic decadence.
BWW Review: DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE Examines Relationships, Real and Imagined
'Dead Man's Cell Phone' is a play in which time is twisted, existence is questionable, and relationships are forged through the connective tissue of technology.
BWW Review: WOYZECK Burns with Tragic Inevitability
'Woyzeck' is lovely and horrible; a narrative, musical dream cycle of moments that represent the tragic realities of love and loss; and damaging effects of social hierarchy and human brutality.
BWW Blog: The Westmont Fringe Festival Celebrates the Creative Process
Fast, raw, and entertaining, the Westmont Fringe Festival is view of artistic creation that allows the audience to see more of the creative journey than just the final destination.
BWW Preview: WOYZECK Explores the Price of Humanity Stripped
'Woyzeck' has evolved beyond original playwright Buchner's vision.
BWW Reviews: Impro Theatre Presents JANE AUSTEN UNSCRIPTED with Hilarious Results
Impro Theatre's production featured talented performers with a flare for biting, Austenian wit and an impressive aptitude for physical humor.
BWW Preview: THE WILD PARTY: Give Me a Bottle of Bourbon and Half a Chicken and I'll Conquer the World!
'The Wild Party' is a dark and sexy theatrical presentation; a bold, sleek adaptation of the show that proves that all you need to throw a wild party is wild company.
BWW Blog: 24 Hours of Power, Influence, and Handcuffs
Congratulations to all the actors, writers, and directors on a successful showcase--and congratulations to Elements on a successful event!
BWW Previews: Spring High School Musical Season, 2015!
Santa Barbara high school students bring audiences a range of exciting musicals, including Legally Blonde, Crazy for You, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and Young Frankenstein.
BWW Review: LIGHT UP THE SKY Takes the Thespian Caricature Too Far
'Light up the Sky' would have been more interesting as a show that functioned on two levels: a fun period farce and a smart satire about a play that's a smart satire.
BWW Blog: SMELLS LIKE BOURBON: My Offering to Elements Theatre Collective's 24-Hour Play Festival
And from the printer and my exhaustion will come forth a one-act play called 'Smells Like Bourbon' (loosely based on my willingness but inability to produce a play overnight).
BWW Review: THE INSECT COMEDY Exposes Humanity's Most Basic Needs and Desires
'The Insect Comedy' is a series of clever scenes about the emblematic interactions that guide the direction of our lives by showing motivation within the structures of our existence.
BWW Preview: JANE AUSTEN UNSCRIPTED--Theatre/Literature Double Majors Rejoice!
'Jane Austen UnScripted' is a performance-based dalliance into the charmingly erudite world of Austenian wit and social propriety, executed via improvisational implementation.
BWW Preview: LIGHTS OUT MACBETH Turns out the Lights; Turns up the Volume
In 'Lights Out Macbeth,' teenagers in search of a party enter an abandoned building.
BWW Review: IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER Explores Community, Ritual, and Remembrance
'In the Red and Brown Water' functions on several levels to allow the audience to be emotionally involved in the saga of Oya's search for meaning.
BWW Review: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Reinforces Belief in Magic
'Peter and the Starcatcher' is a fun, well-executed production that shows the joys and trials of the hero's journey inevitable to us all: growing up.
BWW Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST and the Importance of Purposeful Triviality
Wilde's play about the triviality of Victorian culture has been produced everywhere, by everyone.
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