ErinMarie Reiter

“The Lehman Trilogy, now playing at Cygnet Theatre through April 26, is an epic in every sense: sweeping, ambitious, unexpectedly funny, and, even at a three-hour runtime, utterly engrossing.

Running through March 22 in the Diversionary Black Box as a guest production, “First Day in December” is not just a look back; it’s a conversation with right now. 

Now playing at Oceanside Theatre Company through March 29, “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity' is charismatic, fast-moving, and packed with both theatrical flair and genuine heart.

Turns out the Almighty has a few notes for humanity, and apparently, “An Act of God”, now playing courtesy of Roustabouts Theatre Co at the Scripps Ranch Theatre through March 29th is the best place to deliver them.

Interview with Carisa Hendirx about Lucy Darling, the show 'Simply Darling' currently on tour and coming to the Balboa Theatre in San Diego on March 24th, and creating a community connection for audiences.

Rainy streets, shady characters, and a mysterious black bird that everyone seems willing to lie, cheat, or worse to possess, ”The Maltese Falcon” has all the ingredients of classic detective fiction but with a fun new twist in this world-premiere adaptation at North Coast Repertory Theatre.

Interview with 'Where the Mountain Meets the Moon' director Sarah Jane Salonga, who leads a cast of young artists through a story filled with folklore, adventure, and discovery.

'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” is undeniably a marathon, but in the hands of Backyard Renaissance, the journey rarely loses its grip.

There are few phrases in literature more quietly unhinged than “I would prefer not to.” And in Fiasco Theatre’s ' Bartleby, now playing at The Old Globe through March 22, that polite little sentence lands like a stick of dynamite in an otherwise well-oiled office machine.

Interview with Charlie Barnett, currently playing George in HEDDA GABLER at The Old Globe through March 22nd.

“Somewhere Over the Border,” now playing at Cygnet Theatre through March 15, wraps that hope in music, metaphor, and a road-trip structure in a production that is charming and colorful on its surface, but anchored by performances strong enough to carry its deeper weight.

At its best, “The Recipe” at La Jolla Playhouse is as warm and inviting as a kitchen in winter: fragrant with possibility, anchored by love, and anchored even more firmly by two utterly charming leads. At nearly two hours and 45 minutes, however, this ambitious new musical sometimes forgets that even the richest dish benefits from reduction.

“Hedda Gabler” by Henrik Ibsen, now given a taut new version by Erin Cressida Wilson and directed with precision by Barry Edelstein at The Old Globe, stars Katie Holmes in the title role through March 15th.

“How to Succeed…” remains a slick, silly, and sharply performed romp—one that knows exactly what kind of absurd world it’s skewering, and does so with a grin.

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.

“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.

Interview with Susan Clausen, who brings Donna’s warmth, humor, and unraveling inner orbit vividly to lifein “Donna Orbits the Moon” at Scripps Ranch Theatre.

Interview with Producing Artistic Director, performer, and director Marti Gobel about OnWord Theatre’s second season with 'Red Light Winter' by Adam Rapp.

Interview with playwright, performer, and Riot Productions co-founder Sarah Alida LeClair to talk about 'Audition Sides,” a razor-sharp short play about two actors trapped together in an uncomfortably romantic callback that refuses to end.

“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.