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Abducted
Action!
Asian for Dummies
Ball and Daisy Chain
Can You See Me?
Certain Things...
Chinese Clown Cabaret
Cincinatti
Come Fly With Me Nude
Comedy on the Square
divagation
Faker
Flame and the Stone
Flower Murderer
Framework
Future Folkloric
Hollywoodland
Home/Darkness
Hooray for Speech...
It's Stupid to Steal...
Late Night With God
Long-Form Improv &...
m.i. blue's TWILITE...
Magic @ the Fringe
Moliere Than Thou
nEO-sURREALISTS Present
Other American Stories
Oui Be Negroes
PAIN
Quarter Into It
Rabbit Causes Dog
Rap Canterbury Tales
Reframing the Hourglass
Short and Sweet...
some life
Subhuman-True Tales...
This Love Train...
Thrilling Adventures...
Tonight: The Harsh …
Under the Counter...
Viva Karaoke!...
Viva Vivi
Wrestling an Alligator
Young War
Zeppelin Beach Improv

Play: "Home/Darkness
Reviewer: Paul Kleyman
Reviewer Email: paul@asaging.org
Rating: 5 Stars
The slash-title is the only thing I don't like about this superb production. Joe Dunn (directed by the keen-minded Charlie Varon, has crafted one of the most incisive statements about the effect of 9/11 on American Society that I've seen in fiction of nonfiction. The show's several scenarios involving a British philopsphy professor at U.C. Berkeley, a Pakistani merchant and his rebellious all-American teenage son, and Christian fundamentalist car salesman, each emerges separately but become entwined in love and fear by the play's end. Dunn is a commanding performer, a Brit whose mastery of both character and accent is almost as impressive as his skill as a writer. This is the initial outing for a play that has taken about a year to delvelop, I was to told. There are a few slow spots and transitions that could be smoother, but quality is so high and the performance so absorbing that theater lovers will find it a sheer pleasure to be able to say, "I saw it when it was first stag!
ed." This work should go to the top of the Best of the Fringe list.

Play: Home/Darkness by Joe Dunn
Reviewer: Michelle Richards
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Rating: 5 Stars
Masterful, thoughtful and funny. The diverse characters that Joe brings to life push us to explore what it means to be an american in these times. An awesome show!

Play: Home/Darkness
Reviewer: Alpana
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Rating: 4 Stars
I haven't seen anything so intelligent for a very long time. As the characters battle with their American identities their dichotomies are starkly evident. This show is simply AMAZING.

Play: Home/Darkness by Joe Dunn
Reviewer: Jamie Jobb
Reviewer Email: jamiejobb@mac.com
Rating: 5 Stars
I'm not sure catharsis is the right word. Perhaps it is. Never in a theater have I been so devastated by a solo performance, and I've seen lots of solo work. As a fledgling writer/performer, I struggle with the form myself. I've also seen Joe Dunn develop his craft in Charlie Varon's workshops. Joe's "Home/Darkness" is a stunning series of sizzling snapshots of our time. And it is a bleak, bleak time. This show is Code Red. And Joe has a great future in our community. He needs everyone's support. This is not easy work for one man to do. Thanks for doing it Joe.

Play: Home/Darkness
Reviewer: Joe Schmitz
Reviewer Email: joeschmitz@sbcglobal.net
Rating: 5 Stars
An excpetional and thought-provoking work of theatre. Joe Dunn's piece combines the things you hope for in a performance: an engaging story, memorable characters, and good acting. An honest but optimistic look at America right here and now.

Play: Home/Darkness
Reviewer: Linda S.
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Rating: 4 Stars
Well written and well acted. The unfolding of four different characters by one solo actor came together very well as each personality was developed to be an interesting, entertaining, and unique slice of america.

Play: Home/Darkness
Reviewer: Diana Wynne
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Rating: 5 Stars
Best play with a slash in the title since "Homebody/Kabul." Joe captures that rosy moment when we first glimpsed Oz and the political despair of the current moment. A brave and moving play that explores the collision of cultures and ideologies we call home: the streets of San Francisco.