Wednesday, February 5, 2025

FEMALE SCIENTISTS TAKE CENTER STAGE IN “THE HALF LIFE OF MARIE CURIE” AT NEW VILLAGE ARTS


  “The Half Life of Marie Curie” is written by a woman playwright, Lauren Gunderson and directed by a woman, Kym Pappas about two amazing women; one a two time Nobel Peace Prize winner and physicist, Polish (aka Maria Salome Sklodowska-Curie) born scientist Marie Curie and the other Hertha Ayrton, British born mathematician and electrical engineer. 

Who best to understand and bring to light the long lasting friendship between two woman than by a woman? And do it point on.

Gunderson has been among the most produced playwrights in the U.S. in recent years. Based on letters between Marie Curie and Hertha Aryton “The Half Life Of Marie Curie” is now in a splendid, no superb production at N.V.A.

Both single with children Hertha (Leigh Scarrett) comes into Marie’s (Rachael Van Wormer) life when she most needs her. Hertha (Phoebe Sarah Hertha Ayrton) offspring of a Jewish-Polish clockmaker father and seamstress mother, eventually found it easier to change her name, her style of dress and her strong support for women, suppressed or otherwise, and became a suffragette to support her beliefs.

Curie, depressed and wracked with scars from her discovery of radium and plutonium, (radioactivity), shunned by society for believing she cavorted with a married man and at wits ends by harrowing attacks of pain, is whisked away by Hertha to her country estate in Dorset, England where the two share secrets and accomplishments in real time, dote on their children and form a lifelong friendship that lasts until their deaths.


Leigh Scarrett and Rachael  Von Wormer

Among other things, Hertha, sympathizes and urges Marie not to give in to the nonsense of the Royal British Academy not to come to France to accept her medal, which eventually she will.  Both reflect about their marriages, dote on their children (one of Hertha’s is in jail) and how best they can help each other by getting their work recognized, find lab space to work in, and eventually see the results of their inventions. 

This  two hander features two of San Diego’s finest. As Hertha, Leigh Scarrett is sharp as a tack, with a twinkle in her eye, and a serious message to share. She begins to take Marie under her wings and show her the ways to  weave through troubled waters. She shines in this role as I would have expected. 

Rachael Von Wormer, another of San Diego’s finest, as  Marie Curie, is equally as effective. Dressed in an all- black (Claire Peterson) pleated dress, (in contrast to Ms. Scarrett’s light blue islet blouse and gray skirt) she is always wearing a frown, rarely smiling.  She is a troubled woman whose only pleasure seems to be her children; one a gifted pianist. Her performance is spot on. 

Kym Pappas, another strong women’s rights advocate makes all this happen with her excellent direction. In her notes she mentions that this play is for strong, resilient and courageous women. 

On the technical side, Curtis Miller, lighting design, Christopher Scott Murillo, set designer, Harper Justus, sound, and French dialect coach, Susanna Peredo Swap, and Kim Strassburger, dramaturg. 

In 1911 women struggled for the right to be treated asequals to men. Throughout the years, women have made strong gains but…let’s not be too elated. Me thinks that this current administration is ready to  send them back to being citizens non grata. Think of Roe v Wade as one example. 

The things that cannot be taken away from Marie Curie and Hertha Ayrton are their inventions and how they helped the world move into the next century.


Hat’s off to New Village Arts for bringing this story to us.  

The play runs 90 minutes, give or two, and packs a powerhouse.

 See you at the theatre. 

Enjoy. 


When:  Opens Feb. 1 and runs through Feb. 23. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays; 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays

Photo: Daren Scott

Where: Conrad Prebys Theatre at the Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center, 2787 State St., Carlsbad

Tickets: $35-$60

Phone: 760-433-3245

Online: newvillagearts.org




Tuesday, February 4, 2025

“APPROPRIATE” AT GLOBE REVEALS SECRETS THAT TEAR A FAMILY APART.


 How does one write about segregation, anti-Semitism, drug abuse, familial abuse and a host of other nasty terms to describe how a family can sink into the abyss of  absolutely hating one another? Most likely by one who has lived it, been the object of it and participated in it; well, maybe not all of it, but perhaps some at least.

Cast of "Appropriate"

Now through Feb.23rd the Old Globe in Balboa Park is presenting Branden Jacobs-Jenkins 2011 production of “Appropriate”, a 2024 Tony Award winner for Best Revival of a Play, now under the direction of Steve H. Broadnax III who does yeoman’s work at keeping the Lafayette’s in place. 

The fact that Jacobs-Jenkins is Black and I am Jewish, we could have written this play together, but…we didn’t. It’s all Jacob-Jenkins and it’s biting, oft funny in some dark, odd -ball way, devastating to the fragility of the Lafayette family in Arkansas where, in the way back of their plantation property is a cemetery plot where Black slaves are buried.

The Siblings

Each of the Lafayette offspring (and there are three) gather at the estate to sell and auction off some belongings,  and reap the ‘harvest’ from its sale. But in the process, the sins of the father; slave holding and race baiting  are passed on to the children in different ways, that not even a plunge on the property lake can wash away. Just to be clear, it took seven generations to get to where we are now and it seems nothing much has changed in the generational time -line  except for the use of cell phones and of course dress and drugs among other things. The time is 2011. 

Of the three Lafayette adult children, Toni, Bo and Frank. (Maggie, Steve Kazee and Daniel Pedzoid) in that order, Toni, the oldest is filled with rage over the hand that has been dealt her while dealing with a troubled teen aged son Ryhs and taking care of her late father..

  
Brynn Gauthier and Daniel Pedzold

She has been named the executor of the estate; another reason for her siblings to resent her. Frank, or Franz as he later would call himself, the youngest, witnessed too much at a young age that left him damaged in a haze of alcohol and drugs and Bo, in the middle, traveled from the east coast  with his wife and young children only to fume and fuss when he finds out Toni is executor of the estate. 

As they argue and accuse each other of the most unkind and verbal (too much screaming for these ears) abuse including anti-Semitic slurs, an old scrapbook from the attic appears. Looking through the photos, a din falls over the house and from there on, the you know what hits the fan. The secrets that the sibs thought were only hearsay were in pictures right under their noses. To say more would spoil it for you.

No doubting that the performances are top notch although the play, a 2/12 hour drama with a few funny jabs in between, went on too long and OH the screaming over one another was maddening.

Maggie Lacy and Steve Kazee

Maggie Lacey’s Toni on the edge throughout never let her anger get in the way of whatever anyone else had to say. Small in stature, she carried a big stick and managed to zap everyone in her sight. Steve Kazee’s Bo came into the picture sort of neutral at first but as the play moved on and their true selves poked through his greedy self, showed. Frank, who came with his girlfriend  River (Brynn Gauthier), came to apologize for the troubles he caused his family. Even the children of the Lafayette’s were not absent of innocence; they heard and saw too much. 

In fact the entire cast was flawless under Steve  H. Broadnax III direction. 


Steve Kazeee, Daniel Petzold and Maggie Lacey 

Arnel  Sancianco’s huge set with winding staircase and clutter strewn all over the floor, odd pieces of furniture here and there and an imposing chandelier hanging over the room with sconces up the staircase created by lighting designer Alan C. Edwards create a dark atmosphere. 

Sad to say, Jacob-Jennings’ “Appropriate” is all too true with this new administration sending out anti-Semitic messages, defending the KKK, ignoring Black History Month and much more. 

We have been here before and it’s ugly. 


See you at the theatre.


 When: Runs through Feb. 23. 7 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 23rd.

Where: Old Globe Theatre, 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park, San Diego

Photo: Rich Soublet II

Tickets: $31 and up

Phone: 619-234-5623

Online: theoldglobe.org


Thursday, January 16, 2025

“THE HEART SELLERS”

Soon, the first president of the U.S to be charged as a felon will have been sworn in as # 47. Much to half of the countries chagrin he promises massive immigration reforms in the form of sending all immigrants back to their native countries. Over the years legal and illegal immigration have been at the center of this controversy.  

In 1965, President Johnson passed the  Hart-Caller bill reforming U.S. immigration policy by lifting strict quotas on immigrants from Asia and Africa and the beat goes on.  


Jin Park and Marielle Young

In a play on words, playwright Lloyd Suh' 1973 play and the North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach, under the deft direction of Kat Yen, are presenting  “The Heart Sellers”, a story of friendship and bonding between two woman; one from The Philippines and the other from Korea. 

When the play opens, on Thanksgiving 1973, we find the two, virtual strangers, at Luna’s (Marielle Young)  apartment. Not knowing one another, although they had seen each other at the grocery store, Luna, from the Philippines invited Jane from Korea (Jin Park) home and off they went. We learn that both husbands are in med school and they are both alone on this American Holiday.

At the start it was a little confusing for this reviewer to follow the gist of Suh’s story, at least as confusing as was the look on Jane’s face until Luna started rambling about her life and her her husband when shortly after, shy and reticent Jane chimes in and before we know it, the two are as comfortable as old friends, maybe even sisters thanks to director Kat Yen. 

Marielle Young and Jin Park

Over the course of 90 minutes, several cups of wine, and a frozen turkey, both women share their dreams, their loneliness, their home sickness, immigration, sexism, ( at the time Richard Nixon was on his way out) their thoughts of going to Disneyland, of learning to drive, of adjusting to their life in America and what they left behind in their home countries. 

Marielle Young and Jin Park

And while the shared dreams and wishes go from animated to serious to whimsical, Suh manages lots of humor in the conversation even down to the fact that they both shop at Kmart and have the exact same jackets. 

Many years ago, my husband and I went to visit family in Israel. My husband did not speak Hebrew, our family there did not speak English. They communicated by drawing pictures in the sand and some kind of language in the palms of their hands.

Marielle Young

It doesn’t take much if one really wants it to work. For Jane and Luna we get the impression that they will always be friends. For my husband and our Israeli family, theirs was a lasting bond. As far as the turkey was concerned, that’s another story. 

Marty Burnett did his magic again designing a compact living space for Luna. Matt Novotny designed the lights, Grace Wong, the period costumes and Danieta Hart Uptownworks, the sound design. 

“The Heart Sellers,” originally commissioned by Milwaukee Repertory Theater, was first performed in 2023. Kudo’s to NCR for starting off 2025 with some food for thought and up to date and worthy thoughts as this new era of immigration reform barnstorms the nation. 

See you at the theatre.

Enjoy.   

When:  Opens Jan. 11 and runs through Feb. 2. 7 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; 2 and 7 p.m. and Sundays

Photo: Aaron Rumley

Where: North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach

Tickets: $52-$74

Phone: 858-481-1055

Online: northcoastrep.org


Tuesday, December 17, 2024

‘A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story Told by Jefferson Mays’


 I usually choose my holiday (think Christmas) plays very carefully. Seen once and I’m on to a non- holiday show. So, when a friend asked why I was at the Old Globe to see a Christmas Carol, I had to answer ‘Jefferson Mays’. 

Mays is like a chameleon, changing from one character to another as simply as the way he walks, prances, skips, jumps, weaves, moves his hands, and looks over his shoulders, changes his voice tones and, with absolutely no music, costume changes, props, save a small table with a pitcher of water and an empty glass, the Dickens version of “A Christmas Carol” begins. 



But I get ahead of myself. A little introduction: Directed by Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and written by Mays, Susan Lyons ( Mays’ wife)and Michael Arden, Mays is no stranger to The Old Globe. In 2017 he won a Tony for his performance in “I Am My Own Wife” at the Old Globe where he played 40 different characters. He was also Tony nominated for the Broadway musical, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”. So, yes. Jefferson Mays


Mays simply enters the stage and begins to tell the audience how, when he was a child, his parents used to read the Dickens tale to their children, each taking turns at reading and before we know it, we are immersed in the ‘Ghost Story of A Christmas Carol” with the likes of Ebenezer Scrooge (Bah Humbug), the ghost of Mr. Marley, Scrooge’s long ago partner, Bob Cratchit, his clerk, and his family including Tiny Tim, Scrooge’s family and the ghosts of Christmas’, past and present. 



Without intermission, and for 90 minutes straight Mays continues the story, leaving nothing but our imaginations to ‘watch’ the tale unfold. To call it a masterpiece in storytelling would be an understatement; it is nothing less than brilliant.  

If you are interested in seeing a holiday show that's a tad bit different,   ‘A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story Told by Jefferson Mays’ would be your choice.

Enjoy.


See you at the theater. 


When: Opens Dec. 12 and runs through Dec. 22. 7 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays

Where: Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, the Old Globe, 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park, San Diego

Photo: Jim Cox

Tickets: $64 and up

Phone: 619-234-5623

Online: theoldglobe.org



Tuesday, December 3, 2024

“MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET: A RADIO PLAY”

 

New Village Arts Theatre in Carlsbad is currently mounting a live radio play based on the 1947 movie “Miracle on 34th Street”. Adapted by Lance Arthur Smith with original songs (26 in all with advertising jingles,  Christmas songs, 40’s harmonies a la The Andrew Sisters). With arrangements by Jon Lorenz and musical direction by E.Y. Washington, it is not only a live radio play, it is also a music and dancing show (Choreographer Luke H. Jacobs) with pretty basic moves singing and performing) in front of  standing mic's all the way through. With a seven member ensemble playing multiple parts and a quick change of costume, all in period,  (Janet Pitcher) that’s stage ready at the drop of a hat, New Village Arts hit the jackpot on this one. 

Both movie and current adaptation carry the underlying message of believing in ourselves, having faith in ourselves and the world around us. 

The musical play opens by introducing the players. On the top of the two tiered set (Michael Wogulis, lighting, Annelise Salazar, sound, Evan Eason, audio, Marcus Rico) are all the little noise making and technical goodies used by the announcer, Alex (Jaxon Smith) simulating a live radio show.

 Tyler C .Jiles, Olivia Pence, Jaxon Smith, Sophia Larosh, 
                                                            Dan Mason

One of the movers and shakers of the group is Doris Walker (Olivia Pence), an event coordinator at Macy’s and a recent divorcee who does not want to be hurt again by believing. Sadly, her mis-trust for people around her is seen in that attitude from her daughter, Susan (Lena Palke) and her next door neighbor and lawyer friend, Fred (Tylor C. Jiles). 


Tylor C. Jiles, Lena Palke, Olivia Pence and Jaxon Smith

When Macy’s Dept. store is looking for a Santa (the in store one has an affinity for too much booze), Doris is skeptical that a man calling himself Kris Kringle ( Durwood Murray) enters the picture. Now you tell me.

After some harsh interrogation by a so called interrogator, to get to the bottom of who Kringle actually is, (Dan Mason, playing several characters and sporting a German accent that is totally unnecessary and offensive in this setting,) Kringle is hired and then fired. But that’s not the end of this Kringle er Santa. 

Lena Palke

The talent runs deep in this setting as co-directors Faith Carrion and Kay Marian McNellen’s manage to gift us this holiday season a sense of believing even when the world outside is topsy-turvy.

Outstanding in her role of Doris, Olivia Pence has a voice as pure as gold. (“Melancholy Halls” and “Miracle” with Tyler C. Jiles ). The entire ensemble, Tyler C. Jiles, Sophia Larosh, Dan Mason, Durwood Murray, Lena Palke, Olivia Pence and Jaxon Smith do yeomen's work throughout. 

Like the feel good feeling, happiness, they say  is a state of mind as is the holiday Christmas, spreading good cheer to all. Over the course of the evening those of us in the audience surely picked up on that feeling and especially for someone who used to wear a tee shirt saying “BAH HUMBUG”. While Christmas is not my holiday, I can appreciate the message.

Partial view of the set

See you at the theatre.


When: Playing through Dec. 22nd

Where:  Ray Charles Stage in the Conrad Prebys Theatre               

 787 State Street, Carlsbad, CA, 

Tickets: Start at $40.00

Photo: Olivia Pence

Box Office:  760.433.3245

When: Through Dec. 24th.

newvillagearts.org


Monday, November 25, 2024

“MISERY”, AT BACKYARD RENAISSANCE THEATRE: A THRILL A MINUTE.

Before seeing the play “Misery” based on Stephen King’s best-selling 1987 novel with William Goldman’s 2012 stage adaptation, I thought “Psycho” was the scariest movie I had seen. 

I will admit, I have never read King’s books nor seen the movie version of the same name. After sitting through an entire production of Misery though, (sometimes covering my eyes) and  having the bejeasus scared out of me more than once at the opening night performance of Back Yard Renaissance Theatre’s production, “Psycho” was a piece of cake. 

Maggie Carney and Francis Gercke

Misery, a double entendre, or the misery Paul Sheldon, our hero, suffers under the care of ‘his number one fan’ Annie Wilkes (Maggie Carney) and the name of the leading character in a series of books he wrote, Misery Chastain, is set before us.   

Paul (Francis Gerche) is a famous novelist who gets stranded in a snow blizzard on some god forsaken country road in a rather unpopulated area of Colorado. Annie, who just happens to be following him, saves him from freezing to death, takes him home and nurses his injuries, and there are many, after his car crashes. ("Will I be able to walk?" "Of course you will. And your arm will be fine, too. Your shoulder was dislocated pretty badly, but I finally popped it back in there. But what I'm most proud of is the work I did on those legs. Considering what I had around the house, I don't think there's a doctor who could have done any better.") 

Oh! But there is a price to pay! 

Since she has read his entire series of books about Misery, she is unhappy with the ending of the last one. Killing off Misery and calling the book filthy,  she cajoles him to write the book she wants to read not the one she just finished. 

Frances Gercke and Maggie Carney

From there it is all a downhill battle of the survival of the best between the two.  Psychological? Yes. Eerie? Yes. Mind bending? Yes. Captivating? Yes. Exhausting? Yes. Horrifying? Yes.  And any other adjective you want to use to describe the atmosphere created in the theatre by director MJ Sieber, and of course Gercke and Carney. Alex Guzman plays the part of the congenial local law person, Buster who makes an appearance at Annie’s door every now and then giving hope that everything will be OK. Well, not so much, since Annie has a cure for him as well.

Frances Gercke and Maggie Carnie

Without the fantastic cast assembled by MJ Sieber, or in anyone else’s hands I can’t imagine what the outcome would look like. Carney, who works in L.A. and has come to SD just for this role, is the perfect fit as the split personality Annie... raging one moment and reading to him the next; praising him and praying for him. She’s like a chameleon. Gercke, in unbelievable physical shape, is a study in mind willing body to do the physically impossible.  It’s exhausting to watch him maneuver by just moving his upper body. You have to see for yourselves.



The entire backstage crew sets the tone for BYR to stretch its wings and come up with this lollapalooza of a production.

Set and properties designer by Yi-Chien Lee, designed a single set with several rooms to move about. Technical director Keegan Graham. Lighting designer Curtis Miller sets the mood with shades of lighting.  Sound designer Logan Kirkendall gives us many different sounds to set our minds to.  Special effects(lots of rain and thunder) by Jeffrey Neitzel. Costume design Jessica John Gercke. Stage manager Anna Younce.

 For Stephen King fans who have read his books and seen this movies you will notice that the stage play as written by Goldman is a bit different from both. For those like moi who has seen neither, it won’t make a difference. But to purists, ‘it is what it is’ so sit back, grab on to your partner's arm and scream out loud if you so desire. 

See you at the theatre. 




When: Opens 7:30 p.m. Saturday and runs through Dec. 7. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays

Where: Tenth Avenue Arts Center, 930 Tenth Ave., downtown

Tickets: $18-$40

Photo: Daren Scott

Phone: 760-975-7189

Online: backyardrenaissance.com

 

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

“LITTLE WOMEN” THE BROADWAY MUSICAL AT MOXIE THEATRE WINS HEARTS.



If the movie or book version of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” didn’t steal your heart, then hop over to Moxie Theatre in Rolando and catch the musical version based on the Broadway show of the same name with book by Allan Knee, music by Jason Howland and lyrics by Mindi Dickstein. This one will.

Moxie Theatre, dedicated to supporting women’s work (founded by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg) 20 years ago, is still going strong. Now under the leadership of DesireĆ© Clark Miller, thinking BIG is no option. For the first time in the theatres’ history, Moxie will be mounting two different plays in Repertory: ‘Little Women” and  “Our Dear Departed Drug Lord”. Yours truly has only seen “Little Women”, the other may or may not follow.

Nio Russell, Mikaela Macis, Becca Myers, Lena Ceja. The four March girls.

To reminisce: In ‘my day’ the all -white cast of “Little Women” starred June Allyson as Jo, Elizabeth Taylor as Amy, Margaret O’Brien as Beth and Janet Leigh as Meg.

Fast forward to Moxie’s blind casting by director Leigh Scarrett (also musical director) and you won’t find a finer and more talented cast of characters on any stage. Nary a weak performance by the four March sisters or their mother, Marmee, (evenly played by Constance Jewell Lopez). Let’s just say everyone in their orbit, at that time, in Concord, Mass. where everything seemed simple and complicated at at once.



Back row Nio Russell, Becca Myers
Front: Lena Ceja, Constance Jewell and Mikaela Micas

Alcott's book is quite ahead of itself as it weaves through the growing up years of the four March girls; first to some extent younger women and then as maturing adults shown in short vignettes by testing the duties of women as treated by their male counterparts. And yet it took the courage of one Jo (Mikaela Micas) March, pardon the pun, to march to her own drum. At a time when women were expected to marry, she would have none of it. She was an aspiring writer and nothing was going to stand in her way. (“Women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they've got ambition, and they've got talent, as well as just beauty. I'm so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for”)

The second youngest, Beth (soft and convincing Nio Russell) was musically inclined and loved to  play the piano that belonged to their neighbor Mr. Lawrence (a charming Will Doyle), who lived with his grandson Laurie (Tanner Vydos). It was Beth who encouraged her sisters to do their best. She left an everlasting impression on those around her. 

Meg (Becca Myers) was the most traditional and the first of the four to marry and have children of her own. Myers was a steady as you go personality who ended up marrying Mr. John Brooke (Ryan Hadley), Laurie's tutor who used her dance card to get closer to her.

Makaela Micas and Tanner Vydos

Romantic Amy (Lena Ceja), the youngest  who was never satisfied with her standing in the family, loved to paint.  She was first to complain and then to have to apologize for her actions. Of the four, Ceja’s arc of becoming well rounded and sophisticated was amazing to watch especially after being tutored by Aunt March (a force to be considered with, Michelle Caravia) on how to be a refined lady. She has the money in the family and uses it to influence the girls’ choices. 

But it was Micas’ Jo, the second oldest, who carried most of weight. She was a force with which to be reckoned as the so called leader of the clan to whom everyone went when there was a problem and she was right there when there was a problem in the March household.  Her last days with Beth brought real tears to everyone’s eyes, so philosophical were they both. Again, her arc as she went from stubborn to smitten with Professor Bhaer, endearing and faithful to his profession,  DeAndre Simmons whose voice filled the theatre with bravado). He was ‘friend’ at the boarding house in New York where she went to write. 

Nio russell, Lena Ceja,Tanner Vydos, Mikaela Micas, Bessa Myers
As the Civil War raged on, the travails of the March girls coming of age is in good hands with  Scarrett, Ali Roustaei, co-scenic director, Colby Freel, co-lighting designer, Joshua Heming, co-lighting designer, Cynthia Bloodgood, sound designer, Michael Wogulis, prop designer and Xavier J. Bush, choreographer. 

My one criticism is that there were times that the musical track was too overpowering for the small space causing the actors, who all had beautiful voices, to over -compensate. Other than that, I would go back and see it again.

Hat’s off to Moxie for daring to go BIG!

See you at the theatre. 

Enjoy. 


“Little Women: The Broadway Musical’ & ‘Our Dear Dead Drug Lord’

When: Two plays will rotate in repertory Sunday through Dec. 8. 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays; 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays. (Check website for play schedule)

Where: Moxie Theatre, 6663 El Cajon Blvd., Ste. N, Rolando

Tickets: $30-$63 (“Little Women”), $20-$50 (“Drug Lord”)

Phone: 858-598-7620

Photo: Desiree Clark Miller

Online: moxietheatre.co