Eva Trieger

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Eva Trieger is an educator and a freelance writer specializing in coverage of the arts.

Bluestein dramedy to be read Oct. 29 at North Coast Rep

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California -North Coast Rep Theater will produce the New Works Reading Series sponsored by Nebcal Printing, that will kick off with a dramedy written by stand-up comic Steve Bluestein. I had the good fortune to interview Bluestein by phone earlier this month. Rest, in Pieces is Bluestein’s baby, and will enjoy […]

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Eva Trieger, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Hay Fever’ has audience squirming

By Eva Trieger OCEANSIDE, California — What do you get when you combine an aging melodramatic actress, a volatile writer, their two self-absorbed adult children and four unwitting guests? A riotous collection of awkward moments, flaring tempers, emotive displays and loads of fun. Mira Costa College Theater School Director, Eric Bishop, brings us Noel Coward’s delightfully

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Humor, or should we say levi-tea, in pottery

“One piece of log creates a small fire, adequate to warm you up, add just a few more pieces to blast an immense bonfire, large enough to warm up your entire circle of friends; needless to say that individuality counts but teamwork dynamites.”  Jin Kwon By Eva Trieger MAMARONECK, New York — Mamaroneck Library is

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eva Trieger, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

‘A Funny Thing’ happened at the North Coast Rep

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — I can just imagine North Coast Rep’s Artistic Director, David Ellenstein, dancing a jig and high fivin’ his reflection in the mirror after landing one of the most synergistic casts to ever perform on this cozy stage. Sporting 13 actors and four musicians, A Funny Thing Happened on the

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘American Socialist,’ story of Debs, debuts July 4

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — How often do you catch yourself humming a tune, or singing along with lyrics, when you suddenly experience that moment of clarity as you realize the song’s message?  The instant when you learned that “Ring Around the Rosie” was about Black Plague or that U2 was singing about

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Eva Trieger, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

You may go nuts over ‘Squirrels’

By Eva Trieger LA JOLLA, California — Sure, we’ve all seen actors warming up by reciting tongue twisters or singing scales to loosen up their vocal cords, doing yoga poses or lunges to limber up and get their creative juices flowing, but watching hours of squirrel videos?  Studiously ogling nature documentaries of squirrels eating, sparring, and

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Romeo, Romeo and Juliet’ probes summer stock

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — What a perfect play to kick off summer! The Roustabouts, San Diego’s newest and most adventurous theater company, celebrates Season 2 with a charming show that honors the Bard and modern audiences. “Romeo, Romeo and Juliet” tracks the lives of two summer stock theater actors and their director, revealing

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Viterbi’s ‘In Every Generation’ debates Jewish questions

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — The holiday of Pesach begins with us recalling our past, and closes with our pledge to the future. The same holds true for In Every Generation, a new play written by Ali Viterbi and directed by Gabrielle Hoyt. The reading took place before a nearly full house at

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Noises Off’ brings you behind the scenes of a comedy

By Eva Trieger CORONADO, California — Noises Off, the British play-within-a-play, was conceived by writer Michael Frayn in 1970, as he watched Vanessa Redgrave from the wings, perform in a show he authored. What he discovered was that the play was much funnier from off-stage and so he created this clever idea for his British

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

‘Evening with Groucho’ brings back funnyman Marx

By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — A delighted North Coast Repertory Theater audience watched in amazement Tuesday night, as Frank Ferrante became funnyman Groucho Marx.  Before our very eyes, Ferrante painted on his mustache, donned rimmed glasses and adopted the familiar Noo Yawk accent in his lightning quick banter. The ninety-minute show recalled Marx

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Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire