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Gwyn McAllister, a resident of New York and Martha’s Vineyard, may be best known on the Vineyard as a frequent contributor to The Martha’s Vineyard Times. However, on the island of Manhattan, McAllister is also making a name for herself, most recently with an off-off-Broadway production of her show “Santacide.” The play is described as […]

I’m in New York again for a return engagement of Oakland resident Ishmael Reed’s “The Conductor,” his new play on the current state of race in America. Reed’s twist is that Blacks are running an underground railroad to help South Asian minorities under siege by whites in the Bay Area. Based on the recent San Francisco Board of Education and district attorney recalls, Reed turns real life into a “what if” satire to expose the racism at play. | By Emil Guillermo I’m in New York aga...

Mike Lemme's production will hold Equity-approved showcases at the end of the month to expand its creative and production teams.

Filipinos weren’t enslaved, but as colonized people the tens of thousands who came as laborers were convenient replacements to come and work the agricultural fields of California. There’s not much difference between how Filipino colonials were treated compared with Blacks post-slavery. Filipinos, like Blacks, couldn’t be citizens, couldn’t intermarry, couldn’t own land, couldn’t vote. | By Emil Guillermo “Emil Amok: Lost NPR Host…,” the one-man show I’m doing at Under St. Mar...