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Peninsula Backstage Peninsula Backstage is a cable TV show that promotes live theatre on the SF peninsula. Find past epi

Peninsula Backstage promotes live theatre on the San Francisco peninsula. We interview directors, actors, choreographers, playwrights, set and lighting designers, and/or costumers about an upcoming production. We're in the process of moving our episodes to Vimeo; check them out here: http://vimeo.com/search?q=peninsula+backstage.

Live theatre may be on hiatus, but local directors, actors, and production staff are finding different ways to tell stor...
06/21/2020

Live theatre may be on hiatus, but local directors, actors, and production staff are finding different ways to tell stories. Enjoy this 20-minute mystery created by Peninsula Backstage producer David Simon, “Death on Cue.”
And remember to *stay in* and support local theatre!

Detective Flip Marlowe is confronted with the body of a television director in the studio and needs to figure out whodunnit. The show host? The audio engineer?…

It's inspiring to see how Peninsula and South Bay theatre companies are connecting with audiences during this strange ti...
05/30/2020

It's inspiring to see how Peninsula and South Bay theatre companies are connecting with audiences during this strange time. For example, Lyric Theatre is making some of its previous shows available online over the next few weeks. Also check out our 2014 episode featuring Lyric's production of Offenbach's "La Périchole."
We usually ask our viewers to go out and support local theatre... but for now, *stay in* and support local theatre!

The Lyric Theatre of San Jose brings this tuneful Offenbach operetta to the Montgomery Theatre stage in San Jose from March 22 to March 30, 2014. Host Nina Perry…

It's inspiring to see how Peninsula and South Bay theatre companies are connecting with audiences during this strange ti...
05/23/2020

It's inspiring to see how Peninsula and South Bay theatre companies are connecting with audiences during this strange time. An example is Silicon Valley Shakespeare's Shakespearean Saturdays, when you can attend digital watch parties, happy hours, and more. Also check out our 2019 episode featuring SVS's production of Mary Zimmerman's "The White Snake."
We usually ask our viewers to go out and support local theatre... but for now, *stay in* and support local theatre!

Playwright Mary Zimmerman’s retelling of an ancient Chinese tale, The White Snake, uses actors, puppets, and pageantry to take us into the world of this beloved…

It's inspiring to see how Peninsula theatre companies are connecting with audiences during this strange time. An example...
05/09/2020

It's inspiring to see how Peninsula theatre companies are connecting with audiences during this strange time. An example is The Pear Theatre's Pear Slices Backstage Pass series, which includes video excerpts of rehearsals for this year's "Pear Slices." Also check out our very first episode, which features the 2011 edition of this annually produced collection of short plays.
We usually ask our viewers to go out and support local theatre... but for now, *stay in* and support local theatre!

Each year, the Pear Avenue Thaeatre presents a collection of short plays written by participants in its playwriting workshop. Host Nina Perry talks to some of the…

It's inspiring to see how Peninsula theatre companies are connecting with audiences during this strange time. An example...
05/02/2020

It's inspiring to see how Peninsula theatre companies are connecting with audiences during this strange time. An example is The Dragon Theatre's Roe v Wade: Streaming/Play Development/Reading-thingy, which was a live reading of a draft of "Roe v. Wade" by James Kopp. Also check out our 2016 episode featuring Kopp's "Geeks vs. Zombies."
We usually ask our viewers to go out and support local theatre... but for now, *stay in* and support local theatre!

What better way to celebrate the holiday season than to see the Pear Theatre's upcoming show: Geeks vs. Zombies? Action, gore, and raunchy humor fill this…

It's inspiring to see how Peninsula theatre companies are connecting with audiences during this strange time. An example...
04/26/2020

It's inspiring to see how Peninsula theatre companies are connecting with audiences during this strange time. An example is The Pear Theatre's Pear Slices Backstage Pass series, which includes interviews with Pear Playwrights Guild members such as Paul Braverman. Also check out our 2013 episode featuring The Pear's production of Braverman's "The Apple Never Falls." We usually ask our viewers to go out and support local theatre... but for now, *stay in* and support local theatre!

The Pear Avenue Theatre premieres The Apple Never Falls from February 22 to March 10. While Boston hides behind locked doors in fear of the Strangler, Frankie Payne,…

We usually ask our viewers to go out and support local theatre... but now you should *stay in* and support local theatre...
04/04/2020

We usually ask our viewers to go out and support local theatre... but now you should *stay in* and support local theatre! It's inspiring to see how Peninsula and San Jose theatre companies are connecting with audiences during this strange time. An example is City Lights Theater Company's preview performance of "Coded: The Virtual Experience" on video. Also check out our 2011 episode featuring City Lights' production of "The Santaland Diaries" (it includes two musical numbers by the Ho-Ho-Ho singers!).

City Lights augmented their presentation of this one-man show with a trio of singing elves. Host Nina Perry interviews the one actor and the director, and the elves…

We usually ask our viewers to go out and support local, live theatre... but now you should *stay in* and support local, ...
03/29/2020

We usually ask our viewers to go out and support local, live theatre... but now you should *stay in* and support local, live theatre! It's inspiring to see how Peninsula theatre companies are connecting with audiences during this strange time. An example is Dragon on Demand on Vimeo, where you can rent some of Dragon Productions Theatre Company's past shows; available now is 2019's production of "Macbeth." And in the meantime, check out our 2018 interview with the Dragon's Artistic Directors, Alika Ululani Spencer-Koknar and Max Koknar.

Meredith Hagedorn, Founder and Executive Artistic Director of the Dragon Theatre, is stepping down at the end of 2018, and Alika Spencer-Koknar and Bora “Max”…

We usually ask our viewers to go out and support local, live theatre... but now you should *stay in* and support local, ...
03/22/2020

We usually ask our viewers to go out and support local, live theatre... but now you should *stay in* and support local, live theatre! It's inspiring to see how Peninsula theatre companies are connecting with audiences during this strange time; an example is this afternoon's Dragon Story Hour with Alika - Time Sailors by Shelli Frew Pt 1. And in the meantime, check out our 2018 interview with the Dragon's Artistic Directors, Alika Ululani Spencer-Koknar and Max Koknar.

Meredith Hagedorn, Founder and Executive Artistic Director of the Dragon Theatre, is stepping down at the end of 2018, and Alika Spencer-Koknar and Bora “Max”…

The Tabard Theatre Company's "The 39 Steps" will end its run THIS WEEKEND! Watch our Peninsula Backstage episode about t...
02/25/2020

The Tabard Theatre Company's "The 39 Steps" will end its run THIS WEEKEND! Watch our Peninsula Backstage episode about the show, and then go see it!

The Tabard Theatre Company’s upcoming production of The 39 Steps mixes a Hitchcock film with a spy novel, plus a dash of Monty Python to get a fast-paced whodunit.…

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