The Yay is back but Norman is busy with Much Ado About Nothing and we hope to see him in August. Our guest is Kulwa Apara, who has a one woman show going up at Theatre Brava called Brain Like Berkeley. She’s being directed by our guest host, the wonderful Kehinde Koyejo – you’ll remember her from Episode 214. We talk about Brain Like Berkely, what prompted Kulwa to write it – we’ll also catch up with Kehinde to find out what she’s been up to since 2021.
You can learn more about Kulwa directly via her website: https://www.kulwaapara.com
You can also contact Kulwa directly via Instagram: @blackhistoryenespanol
ALSO:
• Brigette Dutta-Portman (Episodes 75 & 236) is the president of the Pear Theatre’s Board of Directors
• Cheri Lynn (Episode 164) has a book out – Manifest Happy – available at Amazon
• Katherine Park (Episode 246) has not one, but two albums coming out this summer – Someone Dream and Everytime I Put You On
• Sherilyn Connely (Episode 100) has a book out: Beautiful Ghosts – a Queer Memoir of San Francisco - check it out on Amazon.
SHOWS:
Brain Like Berkeley (Brava Theater)
August 25 & 26
https://www.brava.org/all-events/blk-aug-23
Much Ado About Nothing (Sparc Theatre)
June 22 – August 6
Norman Gee is in the show
https://sparctheater.org/shakespeare-in-the-vineyard/
The Birds (Altarena Theatre)
August 11 – Sept 10
Kimberly Ridgeway (Episodes 155 and 251) directed the play
Dr. Stephanie Johnson (Episode 177) is the lighting designer for the play
https://www.altarena.org/2023-season-announcement/the-birds
Radio Golf (Lower Bottom Playaz)
August 11 – 27
Dr. Ayodele Nzinga (Episode 257) is directing the show
Reg Clay (yours truly) is stage managing the play
http://www.lowerbottomplayaz.com
Cymbeline (San Francisco Shakespeare Festival)
July 22 – Sept 24
Eiko Yamamoto (Episodes 120 & 225) is in the show
https://sfshakes.org/cymbeline/
Domestica Realidad (Brava Theatre)
Aug 3 – 13
Virginia Blanco (Episode 238) is directing the show
https://www.brava.org/all-events/domestica-realidad
Aren’t You.. (The Marsh)
July 21 – August 18
Fred Pitts (Episode 256) is in the show
https://themarsh.org/shows_and_events/marshstream/fred-pitts-arent-you/
King Lear (Silicon Valley Shakes) – an ALL WOMAN CAST
July 28 – Sept 1
Cynthia Lagodzinski (Episode 96) is directing the show
https://www.svshakespeare.org/lear
Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out!
The Black Man’s Heart
On Spotify and all your podcast apps
Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It’s Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It’s Generational on all podcast apps.
Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app.
Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app.
Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay)
Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)
