The current production in The Shotgun Players' 20th anniversary season is God's Plot, a world premiere by Bay Area playwright and director Mark Jackson. It takes as its subject the first play ever performed in America, a colonial satire called Ye Barre & Ye Cubbe, and tells the story of the ever-theatrical Puritan settlers in a village a day's journey from Jamestown who staged it. According to a new review in the East Bay Express (we're letting them pinch-hit on this one since it's kind of a busy week), the play is "well crafted, comprehensible, and wildly entertaining," and there's music in it too. more ›

This week we go a little mental. more ›

This week's offerings represent the Bay Area's diversity. If that's too PC for you, go for the ones with a touch of taboo. more ›

What better way to celebrate Independence Day than with new plays that unapologetically explore the state of the nation? more ›