Project 1: Professional theatre - LaJolla Playhouse

Continuous City - Harry Sinclair

"... something of a cautionary tale..."
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/11-2008/continuous-city_16312.html

"Part wan meditation and part morality play"
http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=cont7270

Peter and the Star Catchers - Rick Elice

"It's a comedy that takes aim at social injustice. It's a romance of young heroes who risk everything for the sake of doing right."
http://broadwayworld.com/article/Rick_Elices_PETER_AND_THE_STARCATCHERS_Opens_At_La_Jolla_20090123

Xanadu - Songs and Lyrics by John Farrar & Jeff Lynne

"This hilarious, roller skating, musical adventure..."
http://xanaduonbroadway.com/

"Witness “Xanadu,” the outlandishly enjoyable stage spoof of the outrageously bad movie..."
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2007/07/11/theater/reviews/11xana.html

Tobacco Road - Adapted by Jack Kirkland

"Despite its plodding melodrama, there's something bluntly poetic, weirdly compelling and downright shocking about the La Jolla Playhouse production of "Tobacco Road." "
http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2008/10/08/entertainment/theater/zc15c60cb9e22ef30882574da006fcfe6.txt

"...is like a burlesque of a domestic drama."
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20081007/news_1c07road.html

The Third Story - Charles Busch

"one of Busch's reputation-making camp-movie parodies..."
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117938496.html?categoryid=33&cs=1

"...a Russian fairy tale about a shy princess."
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/events/ongoing/7910/

Memphis - Music and Lyrics by David Bryan

"The somewhat fictionalized story tells of disc jockey Huey Calhoun..."
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/sanfran/s432.html

"...would be a crowd-pleasing docu-drama." http://www.theatermirror.com/mnsmtls.htm

The Night Watcher - Charlayne Woodard

"You'll feel like a part of the family in this high-octane, engaging one-woman performance."
http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/Plays%20&%20Events/2008-2009%20Season/The%20Night%20Watcher/

"In her new solo play "The Night Watcher," Charlayne Woodard reports.."
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2008222617_zart02night.html

33 Variations - Moisés Kaufman

"It offers a fictional imagining of Beethoven’s creation of 33 brilliant variations on a prosaic waltz."
http://www.theaterdogs.net/2008/03/30/moises-kaufmans-33-variations-wins-big-award/

"...create fictional contemporary characters to fashion a drama about perseverance..."
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117934591.html?categoryid=33&cs=1

Most Wanted - Words and Lyrics by Mark Bennett and Jessica Hagedorn

"Most Wanted is a fast and furiously creepy parable about an artful cad whose aspirations run amok."
http://www.tcg.org/publications/at/Mar08/hagedorn.cfm

"...topic on which the musical is based..."
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/111499.html

The Adding Machine - Elmer Rice

"a film-noir style of production. "
http://addingmachine.bradley.edu/

"Though to Aukin's credit, the machine-age satire, which we've seen again and again..." http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117934766.html?categoryid=33&cs=1 ."