Eva Trieger is an educator and a freelance writer specializing in coverage of the arts.
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Sometimes art imitates life, and sometimes art dictates life. When I interviewed Perry Chen and his mom, Dr. Zhu Shen on Wednesday, I felt that art and life inform each other, with one or the other alternatively taking the lead. It has been six years since I met […]
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Eva Trieger, International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USASDJW staff report SAN DIEGO (SDJW) – In synagogues in San Diego and across the country, Jews and their friends answered the call of the American Jewish Committee to “Show Up for Shabbat” to demonstrate just one week after the Pittsburgh massacre that people of good conscience will not be intimidated. Contributors to San Diego
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By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Where there’s a bounty there’s a bounty hunter or two…or possibly three. This fact was made evident in the West Coast Premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher’s sleuth fest, Holmes and Watson. North Coast Rep’s David Ellenstein directed an all Actor’s Equity cast for this exciting and inimitable twist on Sir
Will the real Sherlock Holmes please stand? Read More »
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By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California -North Coast Rep Theater will produce the New Works Reading Series sponsored by Nebcal Printing, that will kick off with a dramedy written by stand-up comic Steve Bluestein. I had the good fortune to interview Bluestein by phone earlier this month. Rest, in Pieces is Bluestein’s baby, and will enjoy
Bluestein dramedy to be read Oct. 29 at North Coast Rep Read More »
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By Eva Trieger CARLSBAD, California — We generally view grief as a mitigating factor. Death is a harsh clarion signaling a divide between what was once vibrant and dynamic to something silenced and static. New Village Arts turns this concept on its head with Guadalupe in the Guest Room. This beautiful 90 minute one-act play
A sweet play about two coping with death Read More »
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By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — When we think about female leading ladies or icons of the screen, names like Meryl Streep, Cher, Jane Fonda, or Glenn Close may spring to mind. Not to detract from these gals, but they’re not dames. Oh, sure. They’re women, and Damon Runyon may have called them dames,
You’re invited to ‘Tea with the Dames’ Oct. 12 Read More »
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By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — It is a very good thing that North Coast Rep’s Theater School Director, Benjamin Cole, is far more intrepid and persistent than any of his three detectives in this world premiere of The Gorilla. In 1925, a parody was written about a crooked business executive threatened by a
‘The Gorilla’ a comedic mystery at North Coast Rep Read More »
Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eva Trieger OCEANSIDE, California — What do you get when you combine an aging melodramatic actress, a volatile writer, their two self-absorbed adult children and four unwitting guests? A riotous collection of awkward moments, flaring tempers, emotive displays and loads of fun. Mira Costa College Theater School Director, Eric Bishop, brings us Noel Coward’s delightfully
‘Hay Fever’ has audience squirming Read More »
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By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Cygnet Theater courageously performed a challenging one-man show that featured a less than popular topic. Not everyone wants to watch a show about mental illness or attempted suicide, yet, that’s just what Every Brilliant Thing introduces. This is not a show for the faint of heart, nor for
One-man play tackles depression, suicide Read More »
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“One piece of log creates a small fire, adequate to warm you up, add just a few more pieces to blast an immense bonfire, large enough to warm up your entire circle of friends; needless to say that individuality counts but teamwork dynamites.” Jin Kwon By Eva Trieger MAMARONECK, New York — Mamaroneck Library is
Humor, or should we say levi-tea, in pottery Read More »
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By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — I can just imagine North Coast Rep’s Artistic Director, David Ellenstein, dancing a jig and high fivin’ his reflection in the mirror after landing one of the most synergistic casts to ever perform on this cozy stage. Sporting 13 actors and four musicians, A Funny Thing Happened on the
‘A Funny Thing’ happened at the North Coast Rep Read More »
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By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — How often do you catch yourself humming a tune, or singing along with lyrics, when you suddenly experience that moment of clarity as you realize the song’s message? The instant when you learned that “Ring Around the Rosie” was about Black Plague or that U2 was singing about
‘American Socialist,’ story of Debs, debuts July 4 Read More »
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By Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California — Sure, we’ve all seen actors warming up by reciting tongue twisters or singing scales to loosen up their vocal cords, doing yoga poses or lunges to limber up and get their creative juices flowing, but watching hours of squirrel videos? Studiously ogling nature documentaries of squirrels eating, sparring, and
You may go nuts over ‘Squirrels’ Read More »
Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — What a perfect play to kick off summer! The Roustabouts, San Diego’s newest and most adventurous theater company, celebrates Season 2 with a charming show that honors the Bard and modern audiences. “Romeo, Romeo and Juliet” tracks the lives of two summer stock theater actors and their director, revealing
‘Romeo, Romeo and Juliet’ probes summer stock Read More »
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