Attendees are not treated by this work as passive receptors, or people passing judgment, or those seeking to be entertained, with a singular show-as-object at the center of attention. No Hero aims instead to be one part of an exchange. Read more…
Performance
Ragtime as Resistance
The strength of these performances in particular allowed Ragtime’s message, a pushback against apathy and silence, and condemnation of the oppression and fracturing that results from imposed social categories and hierarchies, to shine through nuanced portrayals of a multitude of American realities. Read more…
To See Ourselves Correctly TAPS' Production of The Laramie Project
In the same way that you as the audience must see, through the graphic descriptions of Matthew’s injuries, his brutal victimization, you must also see McKinney as a human with a face and a young child. You must see the old teachers who will not desert Henderson, the pastor who wants to save McKinney’s soul but not his body from the electric chair, the student actor who can never quite “agree” with homosexuality, the doctors and detectives and students who break down and lose friends when everything they thought they knew about their town and themselves shatters. Read more…
Saint Joan Meets Spunk A Review of TAPS' Saint Joan of the Stockyards
It collided the gendered power-play of the script with the fact of its all-female cast, forcing the audience to consider how the play’s themes of capitalist injustices intersect with issues of feminism or gender. Read more…
#EduHam Takes San Francisco Local High Schools Celebrate History, Art, and Humanity
“This opportunity gave me a chance to realize that to be alive is much more than doing something normal and regular.” Read more…
A Passionate, Haunting Party Reveling in the beauty and horror of The Wild Party
The Wild Party warns of the consequences of desire, but also reminds us that to want is to be human. Read more…
Pipes: Episode 9 "Poor Child" from the Ram's Head Theatrical Society production of The Wild Party
The Stanford Arts Review presents “Pipes,” where we bring you a miniseries of Stanford musicians in the most unlikely of places — the bathroom. The john’s daily significance in our lives can only be rivaled by its acoustic favorability, and we find it an ideal stage for shower-singers and masterful musicians alike.
~from the artist~
Come see The Wild Party April 14, 15, 20, 21 & 22 in Memorial Auditorium! Tickets @ musical.stanford.edu.
Mellow to a Fault the opioid haze of Needles and Opium
It may not be a traditional or successful narrative, but it is certainly a sensory and unique theatrical experience. Read more…
“Fully Asian and Fully Black” A Review of Blasian Narratives
They broke the fourth wall between the stage and the audience in crossing the two: a move both symbolic of the shared experiences between the cast and audience and reflective of how their narratives emerge from regular people. Read more…
TAPS’ The Tempest Impresses
From the clamor of the storm at sea to the exotic forestry of the island, The Tempest proved to be a very tight production. Read more…