It builds!

By Ande Jacobson

Build, by Michael Golamco, is enjoying its Northern California premiere at City Lights Theater Company. In his previous career, Golamco was a software developer, but now he’s a veteran writer for stage and screen. He is currently one of the staff writers for the television show Grimm, though unlike Grimm, there aren’t any monsters in Build. The play is rife with storytelling and technology, and the script presented City Lights with several significant challenges. Fortunately director Lisa Mallette and the rest of her creative staff were able to meet those challenges head-on. Continue reading →

The language of love vs. the love of language

June 2, 2014September 11, 2015 A Good Reed Review Review Ben Ortega, City Lights Theater Company review, Deb Anderson, George Psarras, Jeffrey Bracco, Julia Cho, Kendall Callaghan, Lisa Mallette, reader, Ron Gasparinetti, The Language Archive, Virginia Drake, WPLongform

By Ande Jacobson

Few would argue that the primary purpose of language is communication. Still, there is a vast difference between transmission and reception between two people even when they ostensibly speak the same language. City Lights Theater Company’s current production of Julia Cho’s play, The Language Archive, takes a compelling look at the language of love vs. the love of language. Continue reading →

“Dear Broadway…my play is named Spacebar”

June 3, 2013September 11, 2015 A Good Reed Review Review Adrienne Walters, City Lights Theater Company, CLTC, George Psarras, Jeff Kramer, Jeremy Helgeson, Keith C. Marshall, Lisa Mallette, Michael Mitnick, Morgan Voelleger, reader, Ron Gasparinetti, Spacebar

By Ande Jacobson

Motivated by myriad reasons, many a playwright dreams of having his magnum opus performed on a Broadway stage, but how does he achieve that goal? Enter Kyle Sugarman, a 16-year-old high school sophomore from Fort Collins, Colorado. His manuscript looks more like a telephone book than a script for a play, but he writes letters to “Broadway” (as though it were a person) asking him to please produce his play entitled, Spacebar. We soon find out that his title refers to a bar in outer space in the distant future, not part of a computer’s keyboard. Such is the premise of Spacebar: A Broadway Play by Kyle Sugarman by Michael Mitnick. Continue reading →

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