What People Are Saying

" Peter Pan, directed by Newman, will surely inspire a lot of post-show conversation. By boldly choosing to stage Barrie's original nonmusical script, and by electing to break the sacred rule that Peter must be played by a woman (here, he's played by Adam Burkholder), Newman has already set us up for a Peter Pan experience like no other. He then elevates to originality by casting Captain Hook (Claire Perry) and the other pirates as women, by creating a Mad Max-meets-Godspell Neverland that looks something like a paintball course on Mars, and by staging the cleverly gorgeous flying scenes as if they'd been conceived by Cirque du Soleil." North Bay Bohemian

"...the haunting and jaw-droppingly lovely ending (wow!) is quite worth the price of admission." North Bay Bohemian

"The production team under director James Newman really does justice to this wonderful piece, overall, South Pacific is a remarkable achievement by triple-threat performers." 

San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle

"Crisply and warmly directed by James Newman, Shrek fills the enormous Burbank Auditorium with an eye-pleasing army of singing dragons, trash-talking animals and tap-dancing rats."  North Bay Bohemian