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Actress Luna Lau dressed in a bright pink, floral dress dances, smiling out at the audience.

‘Hidden Strawberries’ elevates eco-theater to new heights

Zora Hudson
  •  
Oct. 22
Culture
A still image from "Wonderful Joe," a puppet show from Stanford live.

Puppet master: ‘Wonderful Joe’ dives into a queer downtown scene of marionettes

Lydia Wei
  •  
May 8
Culture
black and white photo of the 1952 gaities show, which features a large arched "Beat Cal" banner

Raising the curtain: Unveiling the 130-year history of ‘Gaieties’

Lauren Boles
  •  
Dec. 6, 2023
Culture
Program with photo of flower reading "Mrs. Warren: a modern adaptation. TAPS"

19th century classic, reimagined: Morality meets generational divide in ‘Mrs. Warren’

Charlotte Kearns
  •  
Oct. 23, 2023
Culture
Three actors sit around a table with their arms up, facing the audience of TAPS show, "CS106A."

‘106’ surprises audiences with a philosophical discussion of technology

Anthony Martinez Rosales
  •  
May 14, 2023
The Grind
A pair of yellowish boots.

‘The Literature of the Absurd’: Nothing to be done

Doran Goldman
  •  
April 27, 2023
Culture
A woman reluctantly hugging another woman

Katie Dragone ’22 outLINES grief and humor in Theater Lab’s newest production

Greta Reich
  •  
Feb. 21, 2023
Culture
Actors Dylan Moore and Aliyah Lipsky stare into each others' eyes in BLACKstages' "Pipeline."

BLACKstage’s heart-warming ‘Pipeline’ raises awareness of systemic racism

Linda Liu
  •  
Feb. 19, 2023
The Grind
An actor in a yellow coat and hat stares at the screen, pretending to spray something into his mouth. In the background, three haggard-looking actors huddle beneath a tree. A sign on the tree reads: "PRETEND THERE ARE NO LEAVES." Another sign below it reads: "A COUNTRY ROAD, A TREE, EVENING."

An invitation to reconsider: The role of the director

Yonatan Laderman
  •  
Oct. 19, 2022
Arts & Life
Three actors hover over a fourth lying on the ground, masked. The actors stand, kneel and lie on a dark stage, illuminated by white and orange light.

‘Antigone: A New Trans Play’ shows the universality of Greek tragedy

Lydia Wei and Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Feb. 6, 2022
Arts & Life
(Photo: Ram's Head Theatrical Society)

Interactivity is key in ‘All the Difference’

Jacob Kuppermann
  •  
Feb. 24, 2020
Courtesy of David Matthew Parker

Absurdist fiction reads to catch this weekend

Arts & Life Reads beat writers
  •  
Nov. 30, 2017
“Ambition's debt is paid!” proclaims Brutus (Danforth Comins, with knife) after the assassination of Caesar (Armando Durán, in chair), with Metellus Cimber (Ted Deasy), Cassius (Rodney Gardiner) and Caska (Stephen Michael Spencer) in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2017 production of 'Julius Caesar' (Photo by Jenny Graham).

OSF pt. 1: Shaking up Shakespeare with ‘Henry IV, Part 1’ and ‘Julius Caesar’

Olivia Popp
  •  
Aug. 10, 2017
Elissa Beth Stebbins, Kathryn Han, Julian Green and Jomar Tagatac in Crowded Fire Theater's 'You for Me for You' (Courtesy of Pak Han).

A tale of two sisters: ‘You for Me for You’ questions truth and reality in North Korea

Olivia Popp
  •  
May 19, 2017
(RAHIM ULLAH/The Stanford Daily)

Nufonia Must Fall comes to life at Bing

Benjamin Sorensen
  •  
Feb. 7, 2016
(CATALINA RAMIREZ-SAENZ/The Stanford Daily)

Casa Zapata play programming changes after 25+ years

Tristan Vanech
  •  
Feb. 24, 2015
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Psych students help produce play production ‘Proof’

Stephanie Zhang
  •  
Nov. 17, 2014
RAHIM ULLAH/The Stanford Daily

Student play honors 25th anniversary of the 1989 takeover

Stephanie Zhang
  •  
Oct. 26, 2014
Arts & Life
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Reviews: ‘Endgame’ and ‘Play’

Alexandra Heeney
  •  
May 25, 2012
The Stanford Daily

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