Michael Horn News

After a short holiday respite, the Bay Area's Off-Central Players will open 2023 with Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth.

After a short holiday respite, the Bay Area's newest and most prolific theater company, The Off-Central Players opens 2023 with plenty of laughs that mean something.

A Number written by British Playwright Caryl Churchill first premiered in September of 2002 at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England. The play starred Michael Gambon in the role of Salter, and Daniel Craig in the role of Bernard (Et al.). Under critical reception, Churchill’s play was lauded for its use of “significant intellectual depth while imploring an effective economy of style.” Told in a series of five vignettes, the story is set in the near future, where a relationship/conflict between father and sons comes to a head when conflict about the use of human cloning becomes the topic of conversation. The play expresses the deeply divided differences between nature vs. nurture, and the idea that “if we had a do-over, could we atone for our mistakes?” In an article for the New York Times, Ben Brantley described Churchill’s work as, “stunning” and a “gripping dramatic consideration of what happens to autonomous identity in a world where people can be cloned.”

LAB Theater Project is pleased to present the world premiere of The Abbey of the Holy Lonesome, by Andra Laine Hunter.  The play is a spooky but lyrical tale of longing and repression, enchantment and treachery, told with a poetic sensibility and a finely crafted sense of its isolated, back-woods location.

LAB Theater Project will present the world premiere of The Abbey of the Holy Lonesome, by Andra Laine Hunter.  The play is a spooky but lyrical tale of longing and repression, enchantment and treachery, told with a poetic sensibility and a finely crafted sense of its isolated, back-woods location. 

These questions and more are the thoughts that fill my mind upon exiting the theatre following the opening night of Studio Grand Central’s Second Season opener Something Clean by Selina Fillinger. Fillinger whose more recent work Potus is a smashing success on Broadway; penned this three-hander piece about a grieving mother who also is struggling with love and culpability. Her own struggle with intimacy is backlogged by trauma and has come to a crippling head not just on her inner self but on her marriage as well.

Since kicking off the new year with Michael Horn's one-man performance in MAYDAY Captain Lerro and the Skyway Bridge.

Since kicking off the new year with the success of Michael Horn's one-man performance in MAYDAY Captain Lerro and the Skyway Bridge, The Off-Central Players move ahead with the gripping play Breadcrumbs. 

After opening their doors seven months ago and five productions now under their belts, The Off-Central Players head into 2022 with a Spring Season program for everyone. From standup comedy to cabaret, a Shakespeare Festival, musicals and feature length plays, bay area residents can expect something new almost every month.

After opening their doors seven months ago and five productions now under their belts, The Off-Central Players head into 2022 with a Spring Season program for everyone.

Our central characters Ileen and Jaclyn work togther a meer desk apart in a small and conservative Medical Office in Chicago. As the story opens we find out that Ileen has recently been made office manager by Dr. Williams, and over coffee and sweet rolls they discuss the days upcomings. By a watch unlike any-other Jacklyn arrives to work, finding her desk askew and walking into the room as if someone was just talking about her. After a five day leave Jacklyn returns to an office that may or may not have been turned on its head so to speak. What happens in the progressingly swift 95 minutes is nothing short of magical. The twist and turns, the wonder about what could possibly happen next, keeps you on the edge of your seat and filled with anxiety at its best. Somehow a story so real, so human, and so down-right current even in an unfortunate way makes this a piece you absolutely can’t steal your eyes away from. With baited breath we hang on every word.

The New York Drama Critics' Circle recently announced their 2019 winners.

Colorado Blues Society 2016 'Best Blues Band' winner,  Michael Hornbuckle, embarks this month on his 'Soul Repo' Tour in support of the Denver-based artist's latest album of the same name, with a performance locally at the Soiled Dove, 7401 E. 1st Ave., Saturday, March 18. Doors 7:00pm, Showtime 8:00pm. Tickets $12.-$15. Minors under 21 admitted with parent or legal guardian. Info: (303) 830-9214 or http://www.tavernhg.com/soiled-dove. Davy Knowles also performs.

CPCC Theatre has announced the cast of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice by Jon Jory.

CPCC Theatre has announced the cast of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice by Jon Jory.

This year's 14th Annual Blues From The Top Festival features its finest music lineup yet, with a reunion by renowned Blues-Americana group, Trampled Under Foot!

This year's 14th Annual Blues From The Top Festival features its finest music lineup yet, with a reunion by renowned Blues-Americana group, Trampled Under Foot!

BROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron (Bway Wicked, Aida and Footloose) and features musical director Joshua Stephen Kartes on piano. 

The Museum of Modern Art and Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) have welcomed international media representatives for a preview of the retrospective Björk, which is going to be accessible for the public from March 8 until June 7, 2015 at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Organized collaboratively between Björk and Klaus Biesenbach, Chief Curator at Large at MoMA and Director of MoMA PS1, the large-scale exhibition features music, videos, graphics, objects, costumes and instruments as a unique documentary of a more than 20-year long creative career.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from 2:00pm 3:00pm ET, iNACOL is hosting a Leadership Webinar featuring author Michael Horn presenting and discussing his latest book, 'Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools.'