Julio Jacobo – San Diego Story

ion’s ‘Kin’ Works Amid Cast’s and Writer’s Due Diligence

By Martin Jones Westlin | March 17, 2015 |

Forget whatever you’ve heard about the fabled six degrees of separation. ion theatre company’s good ‘Kin,’ behind a colossally enthused academy cast, illustrates that we’re all a lot closer under the skin than we think.

Circle’s earnest “2.0” has the community, and military life, in its sights

By Martin Jones Westlin | February 4, 2014 |

Maybe Circle Circle dot dot needs to get more specific in its references to the city it seeks to portray and reflect. Even so, its “San Diego, I Love You, 2.0” features two very good performances in this story about military life and a couple’s sacrifice within it. The scrappy company understands that theater is a terribly public act, and its site-specific approach isn’t lost on an art form that’s been embracing community-based performance forever.