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Sunlight, by Sharr White, at Marin Theatre Company

Western States Legal Foundation

Alameda Public Affairs Forum

A John Yoo-like character squares off against a liberal university president in a new play called Sunlight. The playwright Sharr White discusses his intentions and shares his perspective on torture, abuse of power, and academic freedom. Also, Andrew Lichterman weighs in on the nuclear threat in a time of global economic crisis.

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Stuart Archer Cohen

 

 

In Stuart Archer Cohen's novel The Army of the Republic, unbridled privatization spurs grassroots activists and underground militants to directly confront the power of the State. Cohen talks about organizing, revolution, corporate power, and other issues addressed in his book. Also, Gordon Edelstein directs Athol Fugard's Coming Home at Berkeley Rep.

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Tiny Kushner at Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Charlie Varon's Rabbi Sam at The Marsh

Mark Kurlansky, 1968: The Year That Rocked the World Random House, 2005

In a new set of five one-act plays, Tony Kushner offers a number of ruminations on the value of psychotherapy, the relationship of ideas to suffering, and the uses of Dostoevsky. And playwright/performer Charlie Varon has a new passion: audio collages. Also, Mark Kurlansky shares some thoughts about student activism in 1968.

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Awake and Sing!, by Clifford Odets, at Aurora Theatre

Eric Bentley, ed., Thirty Years of Treason Nation Books, 2002

Some Longings Survive Death, by Dario Robleto

Clifford Odets was called before HUAC in 1952; one of his first plays was about unionized workers choosing to strike. Walt Odets talks about his father's life and work. Also, Dario Robleto's sculptures in the UC Berkeley Art Museum exhibition Human/Nature address multiple phenomena, among them melting glaciers, extinction, and mourning.

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Jon Tracy's The Farm, presented by the Shotgun Players

From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks: The Life and Times of Harry Bridges

George Orwell's novel Animal Farm is, in large part, about how power corrupts. The novel has been adapted by Jon Tracy for the stage. Also, what kind of power did Harry Bridges wield, and for what purposes? Ian Ruskin stars in a film about one of the greatest labor leaders in US history.

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Richard Lichtman teaches "Defining Political Freedom" at OLLI

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman has fascinated audiences and readers for 60 years. Could this play, about the downward spiral of Willy Loman and his family, illustrate and illuminate politically radical themes and ideas? Richard Lichtman presents his detailed analysis of Salesman, bringing in Marxist and psychoanalytic ideas and concepts.