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Michael Dean Grulli
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Curtain Calls by Pat Launer
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SAN DIEGO THEATRE SCENE
"CURTAIN CALLS" #241
By Pat Launer
www.sdtheatrescene.com
05/02/08
Readings and Writings that really amaze;
Shakespeare, Simon and a raft of New Plays.
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WELCOMES AND FAREWELLS
THE BALDWIN NEW PLAY FESTIVAL WRAPUP
 Once again, the BNPF was a powerful and well-produced Festival. It's always interesting to see what's on the minds of young people.
Unplanned pregnancies, for starters (one that ends in abortion, one in adoption, both in long-term regret and emotional distress). Unbridled consumerism, environmental collapse and societal racism. The talent at UCSD is extraordinary; the
MFA students come into the graduate program with impressive credentials, in regional theaters and in New York, and they hone their skills in San Diego. This year's writers are concerned about serious issues; some of them turned their
apprehensions into dark comedies. It's exciting to watch their skills, and those of the talented actors, directors and designers, develop over the course of their three-year residency here. The Festival is a great way to monitor their
evolution.
Read all of Pat's Column at www.sdtheatre.com
 Southern California Theatre / Concerts / Cabaret / Special Events
BRAVISSIMO MINI-REVIEWS & FEATURES
By Arts Columnist ROB APPEL
LA GAVIOTA
A Challenging World Premiere!
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creative process of both ‘writing and directing' a World Premiere play (based on Anton Chekhov's ‘The Seagull'), LA GAVIOTA by Claudio Raygoza and Glenn Paris respectively, is to be lauded by most
theatre-goers who trek over to The LAB, at the Academy of Performing Arts. Playing through May 17th. LA GAVIOTA is a striking work-in-progress deserving of ‘kudos' to all twelve actors Matt Scott, Estrella
Esparza-Johnson, Bernard Baldan, Steven Lone, Sara Beth Morgan, Matthew Evanoffo, Catalina Maynard, John Padilla, John Garcia, Linda Castro, Trina Kaplan and Claudio Raygoza.
To our readers…
What do you think?
Read Rob's Entire Column
 Behind the Scenes
by Jenni Prisk
Hello everyone! Another week, another preview. So much going on on our stages!
Kudos to Christopher Ashley at the La Jolla Playhouse for offering the black box Studio Theater to one of our theatre companies, Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company to be their inaugural
Resident Theater Company! And of course, big congratulations to Mo'olelo. This is the type of collaboration that will enrich both companies and we should all be delighted that Ashley recognizes the lack of available, affordable
performance venues in San Diego. Mo'olelo will run Night Sky in August and September, 2008 at the Playhouse. And Seema Sueko will return to the boards to play Anna in the production. More later in the year
when I preview this production.
READ ALL OF JENNI'S COLUMN
 Community Theatre Beat
by Hitch
Anton Chekhov created The Seagull a bit over 100 years ago. Playwright /director /Actor Claudio Raygoza moved ahead a few years (1910 and 1914) and placed the action of his La Gaviota
(Grey Gull) in the state of Veracruz, Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. The result is a riveting, personal look at Chekhov's classic characters in a new setting. Raygoza is faithful in storyline, the relationships, and the
passions of the characters. There have been only minor changes in the plot, which work well with this adaptation and the period.
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San Diego Theatre Teen Perspective
by Alice Cash
I recently saw the review of Cry-Baby printed in the New York Times by Ben Brantley. Unless the show has changed since it went to New York, I disagree with his statement, of how dull and taste-less it
is. I loved Cry-Baby when it was at the La Jolla Playhouse, as did everyone else who saw it. I was able to go on a "Teen Night" and we were just rolling around on the floor laughing. A special favorite of the crowd
was "Girl, Can I Kiss You with Tongue," but Brantley slimly compares it to "saliva-stirring properties of week-old chewing gum."
Brantley was born in 1954, whereas I was born in 1991. What is missing between our two reviews is our age. Teens have a totally different way of seeing the world, and seeing shows.
His review is for the old at heart and dowdy readers, but I, as neither of the above, focus on the young at heart and teens that have a definitely different perspective.
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ALL OF ALICE'S COLUMN
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