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[Fred Mason]

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Posted: 5/26/26 at 6:23pm

Eisa Davis’s new play with music is running now through June 21st at Vineyard Theater.  Directed by Pam MacKinnon.  Anyone see it?

Four gifted teenagers collaborate and collide one pivotal summer at a prestigious girls’ music program in Berkeley.  As their connections intensify, the world outside thrums with a steady undercurrent of disaster and emergency - and they must find new ways to improvise on stage and off. 

[Ptero2]

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Posted: 5/26/26 at 11:09pm

I saw the first preview and it was embarrassingly awful. Some of the worst dialogue I've ever had the misfortune of sitting through. You might think from the plot description and cast list that this is about four girls bonding during their time in a music program, but you'd be wrong! It's actually about THREE girls bonding during their time in a music program, and one other character who is completely pointless and uninvolved with the story being told. Seriously, they couldn't think of ANYTHING for her character to do? Did someone owe that actress a favor and just shoved her in there at the last minute? 

The music is decent enough but you basically get one extended jam session and a few little 30 second practice sections here and there between the hamfisted "drama" and convoluted plot twists. Don't even get me started on how stupid the earthquake scene looked.