Press Coverage
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PRODUCTIONS
Huffington Post
“Without hesitation I can say that Cal Shakes' production of Shrew (running now through Oct 16) is a lovely, funny, smartly directed production performed with muscle and wit.”
SF Chronicle
“A richly inventive, funny and at times provocative Shrew"
San Jose Mercury-News
“[The] marriage of witty and warm shines throughout this production... a flashy season closer.”
SFist
“Cooper's direction shines through for its cleverness, comic timing, and a desire to make of this play an edgy romantic comedy.”
CultureVulture.net
“Shana Cooper’s exuberant production of the classic comedy... is as funny as they come; fast moving; a thoroughly enjoyable night of theater.”
Theater Dogs
“Sullivan (Kate) and Holmgren (Petruchio) have red-hot chemistry from the very first, and they’re so good together you really do want them together.”
Examiner.com
“Shana Cooper’s shrewd direction of Taming of the Shrew at Cal Shakes brings inspiration, enlightenment, over-the-top joy and abandon… you want to see the show again before you even leave the theater.”
Contra Costa Times
“Cal Shakes' Shrew no tame adaptation”
SF Chronicle
"Moscone and his cast deliver a Candida that is not only candid, funny and smart, but surprisingly sexy as well."
Huffington Post
"An evening of pure theatrical magic"
Contra Costa Times
"Cal Shakes plays Shaw's Candida to comic perfection."
Theater Dogs
"The trio of (Julie) Eccles, (Nick) Gabriel, and (Anthony) Fusco works so perfectly, in such synchronicity by the final scenes that you don't quite want these stories to end even though they must."
SF Examiner
"Jonathan Moscone invests Shaw's comedy with a supercharged blend of wit and simmering sensuality."
SF Chronicle
Julie Eccles tackles 'Candida' at Cal Shakes
SF Chronicle
Cal Shakes' rockin' Verona Project
SFist Reviews: The Verona Project at Cal Shakes
SFist
Cal Shakes Unveils a Brilliant New Twist on Shakespeare With The Verona Project
The Huffington Post
The Bay Citizen
The Verona Project Turns Lackluster Shakespeare Play into Gay Coming-of-Age Story
The Idiolect
Rockin' Verona
San Francisco Classical Voice
The Wonder of Verona
Napa Valley Register
Shakespeare (sort of) in concert
SF Examiner
Cal Shakes gives Two Gents an alt-rock twist
Contra Costa Times
Charming Verona Project gets world premiere at Cal Shakes
Theater Dogs
M M M My Verona: Rockin' at Cal Shakes
SF Chronicle
'Verona Project' gives Bard an alt-rock rewrite
SF Chronicle
'Titus Andronicus' review: Cal Shakes cleans up
SF Weekly
"It's one doozy of a revenge story, and the cast is game for all of it"
San Francisco Examiner
A bloody, resonant take on ‘Titus Andronicus’
East Bay Express
Not-So-Saturnine Saturninus
The Huffington Post
Haiku Reviews: Mythology, Twinkies and Iraq
San Francisco Bay Times
Cal Shakes Challenges Staging Titus Andronicus
George Heymont
In The Aftermath of War
The Daily Californian
Cal Shakes’ “Titus Andronicus” is a bloody good show
SF Chronicle
Much Ado brought to life by mature couple
Chad Jones’ Theater Dogs
Marvelous Much Ado closes Cal Shakes season
Contra Costa Times/San Jose Mercury News
Review: Cal Shakes triumphs with witty, breezy 'Much Ado About Nothing'
San Francisco Examiner
Much Ado about Nothing outside in Orinda
SFGate.com
Riveting update of Macbeth
San Francisco Examiner
Cal Shakes Bloody Vision of Macbeth
San Jose Mercury News
The Bard by way of Hitchcock and Tarantino
East Bay Express
Cal Shakes Cold-Blooded Macbeth
San Francisco Chronicle
Cal Shakes risks curse of 'the Scottish play
SFist
SFist Reviews: Macbeth at CalShakes
Lamorinda Weekly
The Curse, Not
Wall Street Journal
When Shakespeare Festivals Turn to Shaw
Contra Costa Times/San Jose Mercury News
Review: Timothy Near directs 'Mrs. Warren's Profession' at Cal Shakes
Lies like Truth
Cal Shakes' New Souped-Up Surroundings
San Francisco Chronicle
Review: 'Mrs. Warren's Profession'
San Francisco Chronicle
“Steinbeck's 'Pastures' makes for good grazing”, 6.3.10
Contra Costa Times
“Cal Shakes, Octavio Solis team up on Steinbeck’s ‘Pastures of Heaven’”, 5.30.10
KQED
“Spark” profile of Octavio Solis
Sacramento News & Reviews
“Short trips for summer theater”, 5.20.10
New York Times
“Summer Stages”, May 9, 2010
Diablo Magazine Blog
Top Tickets: May 27-June 2
Broadway World
ACTRESS MARSHA MASON ENJOYS BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
The New York Post
IMPRESSIONISM's Marsha Mason Featured In NY Post
CAL SHAKES
Diablo Magazine
“State of the Arts” (September 2010)
Lamorinda Weekly
A Taste for Theater - 7.21.10
KQED
KQED’s “Forum” – Summer Arts Preview with “The Do List”
Berkeley Daily Planet
Berkeley Actor Completes Bard’s Canon
San Francisco Chronicle
Date Lines: News from the Bay Area arts scene
San Francisco Chronicle
Cal Shakes Director has Three Jobs
Broadway World
Susie Falk Named California Shakespeare Theater New Managing Director
GALA
San Francisco Chronicle
Kathryn Bigelow's Social City: The Play's the Thing for California Shakespeare, March 23, 2011
San Francisco Chronicle
Willie’s World, March 27, 2011
ARTISTIC LEARNING
Lamorinda Weekly
Cal Shakes Offers ‘Discovery’ Program for Students
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
San Francisco Business Times
“Cal Shakespeare wraps $8.7M redo”, 6.2.10
Lamorinda Weekly
Bruns Amphitheater Improved for Cal Shakes 2010 Season