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Rep Examines the Misery of Holidays

By Welton Jones | January 19, 2020 |

Among the bright celebrations of theatrical holidays spectaculars there is a darker sub-genre of plays about families bashing each other yet somehow surviving to fight again next year. The Rep currently has one of these.

The Good Outweighs the Bad in SD Rep’s ‘Outside Mullingar’

By Martin Jones Westlin | February 1, 2016 |

Ireland is more than the home of great writers and greater potatoes. To hear San Diego Repertory Theatre’s decent ‘Outside Mullingar’ tell it, it’s also a lovers paradise despite some pretty weighty odds.

Rep’s ’60s Anthem ‘Steal Heaven’ Rings True

By Martin Jones Westlin | January 15, 2015 |

If you remember the 1960s (some of us don’t, after all), you’ll remember Abbie Hoffman, a leader in counterculture thought — and with its world-premiere ‘Steal Heaven,’ San Diego Repertory Theatre has not only drawn a good bead on Hoffman but the importance of dissension’s very place in the American experience.

The monarch never arrives, but SD Rep’s ‘Butterflies’ is commendable

By Martin Jones Westlin | January 13, 2014 |

San Diego Repertory Theatre is giving “In the Time of the Butterflies,” the story of four sisters’ valiant fight against Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo’s bloody regime, its English-language world premiere through Jan. 26. Curiously, the entry is missing a lot about its flesh-and-blood antagonist — but a highly developed culture of ensemble carries the performances in this commendable piece about a brutal reign the West can’t afford to forget.