MARS TRANSLATION

by ErinMarie Reiter - February 02, 2026

I’ve watched (and loved) enough sci-fi movies to know that any animals kept in a lab eventually come for the humans. Monkeys. Sharks. Dinosaurs. So you can’t blame me for being deeply suspicious of the bees in the lab in 'The Apiary” now playing at New Village Arts through February 22, 2026....

by ErinMarie Reiter - January 30, 2026

“Audition Sides” At Riot Productions understands a specific kind of theatrical purgatory: the audition room, and then raises the stakes even more in this one act....

by Ron Bierman - January 18, 2026

Art of Elan launched the Sounds and Swells series several years ago. Artistic Director Eric Starr describes its unusual programs as “a curated pairing of surfing footage and classical music.” The music and footage vary from one performance to another, but always include one or more California compos...

by ErinMarie Reiter - December 31, 2025

“SIX” feels like a New Year’s resolution set to a killer beat: ditch the old hierarchies, turn up the volume, and let the queens run the show. All hail, indeed....

by ErinMarie Reiter - December 16, 2025

Cygnet Theatre’s “A Magical Holiday: Christmas at The Joan” is precisely what its title promises: a bright, polished, joy-forward holiday revue that knows its job is to lift spirits, sparkle confidently, and send you back into December humming. ...

by ErinMarie Reiter - December 16, 2025

New Village Arts’ production of 'Rent' understands the heart of the piece, even if some of the sharpest edges are softened....

by ErinMarie Reiter - December 04, 2025

Warm, honest, and grounded in powerful acting,  ”Beauty’s Daughter” closed OnWord’s first season with real purpose and promise....

by ErinMarie Reiter - December 03, 2025

Backyard Renaissance delivers an exquisite reminder: we do not choose when the people we adore begin to fade, but we do get to decide how fiercely we hold them while they do....

by ErinMarie Reiter - November 23, 2025

“To My Girls” has an excellent cast and direction, and what begins as a sun-drenched escape quickly turns into a messy, deeply funny excavation of chosen family, generational baggage, and the versions of ourselves we perform for the people who know us best....

by ErinMarie Reiter - November 22, 2025

'Master Class,' running through December 14 in a co-production between The Roustabouts Theatre Company and Scripps Ranch Theatre, revisits Maria Callas in the final chapter of her performing life; when her voice had faded, yet her fervor for her art had not....