Episode 255: Andrea Gordon

Andrea Gordon is our next guest on the Yay (and Norman is back!). Andrea is an artistic associate with 3Girls Theatre and also has ties with the Magic Theatre – she’s an actress, a director and a writer. We’ll talk about her upbringing, her time studying and working in New York in the ‘70s, her views on directing and the state of bay area theatre today. SHOWS: Tasha (3 Girls Theatre) Feb 24 – March 18th Reg Clay is stage managing the show; Jeunee Simon is the star of the show https://www.3girlstheatre.org/event-details/tasha-by-cat-brooks Richard II (The Pear Theatre and Perspective Theatre) March 9-26 Julian Lopez-Morillas (Episode 217) is in the show https://www.thepear.org Tea Party (playing at ACT’s Strand Theatre) March 2-19 Erin Merritt (Episode 191) is directing the play Cassidy Jamahl Brown (Episode 59) is in the play https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tea-party-a-world-premiere-play-tickets-528984997367?aff=ebdssbdestsearch Songs for a New World (Gateway Theater) A Benefit for SwingLeft, an organization that builds a lasting culture of grassroots participation in winning elections for the Left by making it as easy as possible for anyone to have maximum impact on the elections that determine the balance of power in our country. March 12 & 13 Jessica Coker Moore is in the show https://www.eventbrite.com/o/songs-for-a-new-world-in-concert-59723386603 Little Shop of Horrors (Chanticleers Theatre) LAST SHOW TOMORROW Curtis Manning and Max Chang are in the show https://www.chanticleers.org A Raisin In The Sun (6th Street Playhouse) March 2 & 19 Terrance Smith is in the show https://6thstreetplayhouse.com/shows/2022-23/a-raisin-in-the-sun/ A Guide for the Homesick (Theatre Rhinoceros) Feb 23 – March 19 Alan Quismorio (Episode 201) is directing the show https://www.therhino.org/a-guide-for-the-homesick The Piano Lesson (Sankofa Theatre Company) LAST SHOW TOMORROW Tanika Baptiste is directing the show https://tickets.galloarts.org/9075/9078 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (SF Shakes) March 1 – May 6 in various locations – see website for details Alan Coyne (Episode 29) is in the show https://www.sfshakes.org Paradise Blue (Aurora Theatre) Closes March 6th Michael Asberry (Episode 183) is in the show Dawn Monique Williams (Episode 112) is directing the show https://auroratheatre.org/paradiseblue?fbclid=IwAR3Ve7t8A4JDvLghx-aLpVdu-0-piW67kzdqmN60P8sdvedNtkOv1Ch0ouc Clue (San Francisco Playhouse) March 9 – April 22 Dorian Locket (Episode 230) and Eiko Yamamoto (Episodes 120 & 225) are in the show https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2022-2023-season/clue/ Mondragola (Central Works) March 18-April 16 Gary Graves (Episode 24) wrote the piece Jan Zvaifler (Episode 170) is directing the show Steve Ortiz (Episode 231) is in the show https://centralworks.org/mondragola/ Sticky Rice (Theatre Rhinoceros) March 14 (Free Staged Reading) Ely Sonny Orquiza (Episode 139) is directing the reading 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. The Yay (Twitter: @TheYay3) Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)