Kenneth Lin

From left, James Carpenter, Safiya Fredericks, Denmo Ibrahim, Anthony Fusco, Rami Margron, Lance Gardner and Stacy Ross are excellent in California Shakespeare Theater’s innovative adaptation of “Much Ado About Nothing.” (Courtesy Alessandra Mello)

Cal Shakes’ cross-gender ‘Much Ado’ both funny and deep

If you’ve been attending theater in the Bay Area for any length…

Courtesy photoPun Bandhu and Delia MacDougall play old college flames negotiating a tough new issue in TheatreWorks’ production of “Warrior Class.”

‘Warrior Class’ a pointed political drama

Two plotlines intersect and lead inexorably toward an intense finale in Kenneth…