Katori Hall – San Diego Story

Bloody past is prologue in MOXIE Theatre’s quite moving ‘Kibeho’

By Martin Jones Westlin | May 9, 2016 |

In 1994 and ’95, genocide claimed at least 800,000 lives in the African nation of Rwanda, and the travesty didn’t materialize without warning. The town of Kibehoe was the site of a Marian apparition to that bloody effect — and MOXIE Theatre has staged a good and relevant entry meant to awaken our sensibilities.

Mountaintop Engages But May Not Satisfy

By Bill Eadie | March 10, 2013 |

What if you knew that this evening was your last on earth? What would you do? And, to complicate matters further, what if you were the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and you had this information? That’s the premise of Katori Hall’s play, The Mountaintop, now through March 31 at San Diego REP’s Lyceum Space. Full of twists and turns, this West Coast premiere may not entirely satisfy, but it will engage.