Archive for the ‘Exit Pursued By A Bear’ Category
We talk a lot here at CFT about our size allowing us to be nimble…it’s one of the perks of not being entrenched in a larger institutional setting. We pretty much get to dream big and execute those dreams in the ways that we see fit. And given our limited resources, I often marvel at [...]
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Thank you to all of our artists for an incredible year of artistic accomplishments! To those on stage and behind the scenes, we couldn’t have done it without you! A special thank you to our co-producers at Asian American Theater Company on Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven and Vanguardian Productions on Sticky Time. [...]
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Reggie D. White weighs in on what his character, Simon in Exit, Pursued By A Bear, has done for him… When you spend a lot of time with a character you’re playing, you learn a lot about them – their fears, their faults, their dreams, and what they’re willing to fight for. But sometimes, if you’re [...]
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Crowded Fire Artistic Director Marissa Wolf weighs in on the art of the comedy. Humor is a tricky thing in theater. I love the razor sharp edge between laughing and grimacing, between a pee-your-pants chortles and the eerie silence that knocks you out cold. Our first two shows this season, Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven and Exit, Pursued [...]
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A few more reviews of BEAR have trickled in… We like how Sam Hurwitt shines a spotlight on the the fabulous and talented cast of BEAR, not to mention his wit “It’s a light dish at just 80 minutes, but it proves a tantalizingly tasty one—and not just for the bears.” The Idiolect, Sam Hurwitt [...]
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Lauren Gunderson and Reggie D. White talked BEAR with Gregory Scharpen of KALX-FM 90.7! The interview was featured on their weekly “Arts In Review” segment covering the local arts community with interviews of actors, directors and other performance artists. The emphasis for this programming is on the Bay Area’s alternative, underexposed arts scene. You can [...]
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BEAR leads SF Weekly’s Fall Arts Pick “best of” list by Kate Conger. Rob Avila, of the Bay Guardian calls Bear “a spirited comedy, able and clever” in his review. Only two more weeks of performances before the BEAR must ‘exit!’
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Rob Hurwitt of the SF Chronicle says “…there’s more than enough wit, seriousness and originality in “Exit” to show why the native Georgian Gunderson is emerging as an up-and-coming Bay Area playwright.” Read more here!
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Fantastic review from Chad Jones over at Theater Dogs! He’s smitten: Falling in love with a playwright whose work you’re experiencing for the first time feels like Christmas morning at age 6 – giddy excitement, new toys, wonder and sugar high all wrapped up in a nice holiday package. That’s what it felt like the [...]
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