2013 Press
Press Releases
Reviews & Articles
- “Sobering ‘The Bluest Eye’ packs a powerful punch at MOXIE Theatre,” by Carol Davis, Examiner [2/14/13]
- “THEATER REVIEW: Moxie/Mo`olelo’s The Bluest Eye,” by Jean Lowerison, San Diego Gay & Lesbian News [2/14/13]
- “Bluest Eye Examines Self-Image and Community,” by Barbara Smith, San Diego Voice & Viewpoint [2/13/13]
- “The Bluest Eye Takes a Serious Look at the Meaning of Beauty,” by David L. Codden, San Diego City Beat [2/13/13]
- “Bold, Beautiful Woman Come Together in The Bluest Eye,” by Eric G. Tauber, San Diego Theatre Reviews [2/9/13]
- “Review: ‘Eye’ is a gripping vision,” by James Hebert, U-T San Diego [2/9/13]
- “Nobel Laureate’s Bluest Eye is Lyrical to a Fault,” by Bill Eadie, San Diego Story [2/9/13]
- “The Bluest Eye – Critic’s Pick,” San Diego Reader [2/9/13]
- “Poway Actor Featured in Toni Morrison Adaption,” by Emily Sorensen, Pomerado News [2/1/13]
- “Community Collaborations” by Patty Ducey-Brooks, Presidio Sentinel [2/1/13]
- “The Bluest Eye a Team Effort,” by James Hebert, Union Tribune [1/31/13]
- “The Bluest Eye Focuses on Issues of Beauty and Personal Identity“ KPBS Midday Edition [1/30/13]
- “Theatres see eye to ‘Eye’” by James Hebert, Union Tribune [1/30/13]
- “Top Three picks of San Diego events” San Diego City Beat [1/30/13]
- “The Bluest Eye on Inside Art,” hosted by Dave Drexler on KSDS-FM, Jazz 88.3 [1/27/13]
- “Mo`olelo & MOXIE Announce Cast and Creative Team of The Bluest Eye,” East County Magazine [1/26/13]
- “3 to Watch in 2013: Theater,” by James Hebert, North County Times [12/29/12]
Press Releases
- Announcing The Bluest Eye Cast & Creative Team [12/11/12]
- Announcing NEA Grant [11/27/12]
- Announcing Mo`olelo in Baltimore [10/30/12]
- Announcing Incoming Board Members [10/24/12]
- Announcing 2013 Season [9/25/12]
- Announcing The Yearning Feed [9/10/12]
- Annoucing Interim General and Producing Manager [9/6/12]
- California Arts Council Announces Creating Public Value Grant [8/20/12]
- Announcing Cast and Creative Team for Kita y Fernanda [8/6/12]
- Anuncia el Elenco y Equipo Creativo para Kita y Fernanda 8/6/12]
- MO`OLELO GOES TO WASHINGTON [7/19/12]
- Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company and Moxie Theater Announce The Bluest Eye [7/16/12]
- Announcing Cast and Creative Team for Hoodoo Love [4/16/12]
- Announcing Creative Team and Community Partners for How I Got That Story [1/10/12]
Reviews & Articles
- “The Best San Diego Plays of 2012,” David L. Coddon, San Diego City Beat [12/26/12]
- “San Diego Arts Organization Receive NEA Grants,” by James Chute, U-T San Diego [11/27/12]
- “Reviews of Kita y Fernanda and The Trestleat Pope Lick Creek,” by David L. Coddon, San Diego City Beat [10/17/12]
- “Tanya Saracho’s Kita y Fernanda,” by Charlene Baldridge, The World’s Longest Theatrical Blog [10/15/12]
- “With Kentucky Cousins on a Spanish Immersion Quest,” by Donald Harrison, San Diego Jewish World [10/15/12]
- “Kita y Fernanda at Mo`olelo,” by Jeff Smith, San Diego Reader [10/12/12]
- “Kita y Fernanda is a Spellbinding Success: Four Phenomenal Actresses. Two Languages. One Powerful Play,” by Donnie Matsuda, San Diego Drama King [10/11/12]
- “Mo`olelo’s Kita y Fernanda is a Journey Worth Taking,” by Carol Davis, Examiner [10/9/12]
- “Kita y Fernanda is Bilingual Treat by Mo`olelo Performing Company,” by Jean Lowerison, San Diego Gay & Lesbian News [10/10/12]
- “Kita y Fernanda Sweeps Audience Along on Moving Bicultural Journey,” by Pam Kragen, North County Times [10/7/12]
- “Theater Review: Sweeps Audience Along on Moving Bicultural Journey,” by Pam Kragen, U-T San Diego [10/6/12]
- “Kita y Fernanda,” Enlace [10/5/12]
- “Award Winning Theatre Makes Major Announcement,” Presidio Sentinel [10/2/12]
- “The War on Civility,” by Ilene Hubbs, Presidio Sentinel [10/1/12]
- “Backstage Pass: Dual Destinies in Kita,” by James Hebert, U-T San Diego [9/26/12]
- “Fall Theatre Preview: Setting the Stage,” by James Hebert, U-T San Diego [9/22/12]
- “Inside Art with Dave Drexler,” KSDS-FM Jazz 88.3 [9/16/12]
- “Mo`olelo Announces Interim Leader,” by James Hebert, U-T San Diego [9/6/12]
- “Leadership U,” by Ben Wood, Honolulu Star Advertiser [7/27/12]
- “Mo`olelo Received Honors,” by Patty Ducey-Brooks, Presidio Sentinel [7/31/12]
- “Backstage Stories,” by Pam Kragen, North County Times [7/24/12
- "Executive Artistic Director, Seema Sueko, Receives Prestigious Grant," ArtsNFashion [7/23/12]
- “Mo`olelo Leader Sueko Lands Major Grant,” by James Hebert, U-T San Diego [7/20/12]
- “Local Director Wins National Theater Grant”, by Angela Carone, KPBS [7/20/12]
- “Hoodoo Love, Blues, & Potion Soaked Truth,” by Barbara Smith, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint [6/28/12]
- “Mo`olelo’s Blues-Infused Authenticity,” by Charlene Baldridge, San Diego Uptown News [6/22/12]
- “Hoodoo Love Oozes The Blues,” by Roxana Popescu, U-T San Diego [6/22/12]
- “Secrets and Lies,” by Martin Jones Westlin, Words Are Not Enough [6/21/12]
- “THEATER REVIEW: Take a Chance on Hoodoo Love,” by Jean Lowerison, San Diego Gay & Lesbian News [6/20/12]
- “Hoodoo Love,” by Bill Eadie, Talking Broadway [6/20/12]
- “THEATER REVIEW: Mo`olelo’s ‘Hoodoo’ is Ambitious, but Comes Up Short,” by Anne Marie Welsh, North County Times [6/19/12]
- “Hoodoo love at Mo`olelo Performing Arts,” by Jeff Smith, San Diego Reader [6/17/12]
- “Hoodoo Love Brings The Blues to Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company,” KPBS Midday Edition [6/7/12]
- “My Hoodoo Love Spell,” by Ilene Hubbs, Presidio Sentinel [6/1/12]
- “Hoodoo Love at Mo`olelo,” by Ernie McCray, OB Rag [6/1/12]
- “Spotlight on Mo’olelo’s ‘How I Got That Story,’” by Laura Kaplan-Nieto [3/16/12]
- “Vietnam Vets and How I Got That Story,” by Lauren Selman, Huffington Post [3/15/12]
- “He Booked His Tickets from a Barracks in Kandahar,” by Kelly Bennett, Voice of San Diego [3/12/12]
- “Authentic reality at Mo`olelo,” by Cuauhtemoc Kish, Gay San Diego [3/9/12]
- “THEATER REVIEW: Dated Vietnam War-themed ‘Story’ a mixed bag at Mo’olelo,” by Anne Marie Welsh, North County Times [3/8/12]
- “VOSD Field Trip to the Theater,” by Kelly Bennett, Voice of San Diego [3/8/12]
- “‘How I Got That Story’ brings Vietnam back for a new generation,” by David L. Coddon, San Diego CityBeat [3/7/12]
- “How They Got ‘That Story’ to the Stage,” by Kelly Bennett, Voice of San Diego [3/7/12]
- “‘How I Got That Story’ a high energy farce at Mo’olelo,” by Carol Davis, Examiner.com [3/6/12]
- “A Quirky War Story,” by Donnie Matsuda, The San Diego Drama King [3/6/12]
- “Arts Report: A Stomach for Pressure,” by Kelly Bennett, Voice of San Diego [3/6/12]
- “THEATER REVIEW: “How I Got That Story” is a tour de force for two,” by Jean Lowerison, San Diego Gay & Lesbian News [3/6/12]
- “‘Paranoid and Neurotic and Nauseous’: A Play Opens,” by Kelly Bennett, Voice of San Diego [3/6/12]
- Review by Charlene Baldridge [3/5/12]
- “HOW I GOT THAT STORY Opens at Mo`olelo,” Broadway World [3/3/12]
- “Play review: ‘Story’ has actors of valor,” by James Hebert. U-T San Diego [3/3/12]
- “It’s Opening Night in ‘Ambo Land,” by Kelley Bennett, Voice of San Diego [3/2/12]
- “She Costumes 21 Characters on a Budget,” by Kelly Bennett and Sam Hodgson, Voice of San Diego [3/1/12]
- “Vets’ Real Stories Compared to a Fictional War,” by Allie Daugherty, Voice of San Diego [2/28/12]
- “One Actor, 20 Characters. And the Soundtrack.” by Kelly Bennett, Voice of San Diego [2/27/12]
- “Mo`olelo Goes to War with ‘How I Got That Story’,” by James Hebert, U-T San Diego [2/26/12]
- “The Show Should Feel Like a Wild Rollercoaster,” by Kelley Bennett, Voice of San Diego [2/24/12]
- “The Drama Of War Reporting,” by Claire Caraska, Angela Carone, and Maureen Cavanaugh, KPBS [2/23/12]
- “Showing Actors How to Portray War’s Horror,” by Kelley Bennett and Sam Hodgson, Voice of San Diego [2/22/12]
- “How to Direct a Surreal Play,” by Kelly Bennett, Voice of San Diego [2/21/12]
- “Melding Artistry and Activism, Part 3,” by Donnie Matsuda, San Diego Drama King [2/5/12]
- “Melding Artistry and Activism, Part 2″ by Donnie Matsuda, San Diego Drama King [2/4/12]
- “Melding Artistry and Activism, Part 1″ by Donnie Matsuda, San Diego Drama King [2/2/12]
- “Top 5 to Watch in 2012,” San Diego Union Tribune, [1/1/12]
Press Releases
- Announcing Irvine Grant [12/6/11]
- Announcing Recognition from The American Theatre Wing [10/3/11]
- Announcing 2012 Season [9/28/11]
- Stick Fly News Flashes (pdf) [1/25/11]
- Announcing Residency at The 10th Avenue Theatre (pdf) [1/3/11]
- Announcing Stick Fly (pdf) [11/15/10]
- Announcing 26 Miles Casting
Reviews and Articles
- “World-premiere musical announced, plus other theater news” by James Herbert, SignOnSanDiego.com [12/7/11]
- “Working in the Theatre,” American Theatre Wing [10/24/11]
- “Casting coups, and other theater news” by James Herbert, SignOnSanDiego.com [11/4/11]
- “Ivy Bethune Tri-Union Diversity Awards sets honorees” by Dave McNary, Variety.com [10/26/11]
- “Bill Cosby to Receive Ivy Bethune Tri-Union Diversity Award” by Dan Balcazo, TheaterMania.com [10/26/11]
- “Play Review: Zero in on ’26 Miles’” by Abelardo Rodriguez, SDTheatreReviews.com [10/15/11]
- “Review: Mo’olelo’s road comedy ’26 Miles’ searches for authenticity,” by Pam Kragen, NCTimes.com [10/13/11]
- “26 Miles an Ode to Spanish Mothers,” by Paola Hornbuckle, ArtNFashion Magazine [10/8/11]
- “26 Miles at Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company,” by Jeff Smith, SanDiegoReader.com [10/7/11]
- “Miles cruises through bumps,” by James Hebert, SignOnSanDiego.com [10/7/11]
- “On the road again…,” by Bill Eadie, Sandiego.com [10/7/11]
- Notes from Charlene Baldridge on Mo`olelo [10/6/11]
- “Backstage,” by Pam Kragen, North County Times [10/6/11]
- “Theater preview: Mo`olelo’s Road Trip,” SignOnSanDiego.com [10/4/11]
- “Mo`olelo Earns National Theater Honor,” SignOnSanDiego.com [10/3/11]
- “American Theatre Wing Announces Recipients of National Theater Company Grants,” American Theatre Wing [10/3/11]
- “Theater briefing: Mo`olelo Announces Season,” SignOnSanDiego.com [9/29/11]
- “26 Miles Balances Dark Issues with Wry Humor,” KPBS Midday Edition [9/29/11]
- “The Theater’s Queen of Green – and Contessa of Community Outreach” by Pat Launer, San Diego Metropolitan Magazine [9/14/11]
- “Bravo Mo`olelo” by Ilene Hubbs, Presidio Sentinel [9/10/11]
- “Stick Fly buzzes to Broadway,” San Diego Union Tribune [9/7/11]
- “Creativity in Action,” TCG Webinar [3/14/11]
- Stick Fly review by Barbara Smith, Voice and Viewpoint [3/17/11]
- Stick Fly reviews by Esther Paul [3/17/11]
- Stick Fly review by Jean Lowerison [3/16/11]
- Stick Fly review by Pat Launer [3/11/11]
- Stick Fly review by Carol Davis [3/10/11]
- Stick Fly review by Charlene Baldridge [3/8/11]
- Stick Fly review in The San Diego Reader [3/9/11]
- Stick Fly review by Pam Kragen [3/9/11]
- Stick Fly review by James Hebert [3/8/11]
- An interview with Lydia Diamond in The Chocolate Voice [3/2011]
- Creative Thinking In Action [3/8/11]
- Stick Fly review by Bill Eadie [3/7/11]
- Stick Fly review by Homer Hesse, San Diego Reader [2/27/11]
- “Theater preview: The Buzz on Stick Fly,” San Diego Union Tribune [2/27/11]
- “The World of the Black Bourgeoisie,” KPBS These Days Radio Interview [2/24/11]
- “Yellow Face and Beyond,” by Howard Ho, Asia Pacific Arts [1/21/11]
- Interview of Seema Sueko in National Performing Arts Convention website [1/17/11]
- San Diego Theater Critics Circle Awards, Culture Lust [1/11/11]
- “Behind the Scene: TV,” VOSD & NBC 7/39 [1/7/11]
- “Gypsy No More, Local Theater Co. Finds a Home,” Voice of San Diego [1/7/11]
Press Releases
- Mo`olelo Announces Yellow Face [8/23/10]
- Mo`olelo Announces $7,500 deRose Matching Challenge [7/14/10]
- Mo`olelo receives grant from the NEA (pdf) [5/3/10]
- Mo`olelo Announces Tuesdays at The 10th (pdf) [4/1/10]
- Mo`olelo Releases Green Theater Choices Toolkit (pdf) [1/4/10]
Reviews and Articles
- Threats to funding for San Diego Arts Organizations, These Days, KPBS [12/9/10]
- “Playing multiple roles,” by James Hebert [12/9/10]
- FOX 5: San Diego Asian Film Festival [10/23/10]
- “Yellow Face cleverly spoofs political correctness,” by Anne Marie Welsh [10/20/10]
- “Yellow Face is Engaging” by Jean Lowerison [10/20/10]
- San Diego Reader Critic’s Pick [10/21/10]
- “Behind the Scenes: Yellow Face,” By Jenni Prisk [10/21/10]
- “A trip to China with a crazed playwright,” by Charlene Baldridge [10/21/10]
- “Witty, Wise ‘Yellow Face’ is subversive fun” by James Hebert [10/17/10]
- Blog post: “Yellow Face at Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company”by Anand Sarwarte [10/16/10]
- “Coloring the American Dream,” by Jennifer Chung Klam [10/16/10]
- “In Yellow Face, a playwright finds himself,” by James Hebert [10/14/10]
- What does it mean to be Asian? Radio Interview in KPBS’ These Days [10/7/10]
- Participant Observer Spotlight [9/9/10]
- “Tuesdays at Mo`olelo,” by Charlene Baldridge (pdf) [5/27/10]
- Jenni Prisk on Mo`olelo’s reading of Stick Fly (pdf) [5/27/10]
- “NEA Smiles on Mo`olelo,” by James Hebert (scroll down to 3rd section) [5/10/10]
- “Shakespeare teaching vital lessons on language,” by Nina Garin [3/15/10]
- Review “self (the remix)” by Charlene Baldridge [3/11/10]
- Hyping the Hyphenate,” by Pat Launer [3/11/10]
- “Rangy hip hop ‘remix’ tells life story,” by Anne Marie Welsh [3/10/10]
- “The complexities of identity in ‘self (the remix)’,” by James Hebert [3/9/10]
- “Two San Diego Plays Tackle Multi-Cultural Theme,” by Darlynne Reyes Menkin [3/7/10]
- Review “self (the remix) at Tenth Avenue Theatre,” by Jennifer Chung Klam [3/7/10]
- Review “self (the remix),” by Jeff Smith [3/7/10]
- “Theater on the Green” by James Hebert, The San Diego Union-Tribune [2/28/10]
- Robert Farid Karimi and DJ D Double on FOX 5 San Diego [2/26/10]
- Robert Farid Karimi’s Remixed Self, KPBS These Days [2/22/10]
Press Releases
- Mo`olelo Announces self (the remix) (pdf) [11/16/09]
- Mo`olelo Announces 9 Parts of Desire Discussions & Community Events (pdf) [9/14/09]
- Mo`olelo Announces Cast for 9 Parts of Desire (pdf) [7/22/09]
- Mo`olelo Announces $30,000 Grant from The James Irvine Foundation (pdf) [6/18/09]
- Mo`olelo Announces 9 Parts of Desire (pdf) [4/27/09]
- Mo`olelo Announces Good Boys (pdf) [2/27/09]
- Mo`olelo Announces Bridges Education Program (pdf) [2/10/09]
- Mo`olelo Announces Birthday Bash (pdf) [1/14/09]
Reviews and Articles
- “Tossing the Script,” by James Hebert, San Diego Union-Tribune [12/27/09]
- Mo`olelo Announces self (the remix), BroadwayWorld.com [11/18/09]
- Mo`olelo influences Broadway, Teresa Eyrig’s Weekly Briefing #49 [11/12/09]
- “Nine parts desire, one part confusion,” by Carol Davis, San Diego Jewish World [10/11/09]
- Bravissimo Mini-Reviews by Rob Appel, San Diego Theatre Scene [10/17/09]
- “The loss of faith, the aftermath of war and the life of a great entertainer,” by Jean Lowerison, Gay & Lesbian Times [10/22/09]
- “From their mouths,” by Jeff Smith, San Diego Reader [10/21/09]
- “Nine Parts of Desire,” review by Pat Launer, Jazz 88.3 [10/15/09]
- “9 Parts of Desire,” review by Kathleend Downs [10/15/09]
- “Women,” by Charlene Baldridge, Curtain Calls #27 [10/15/09]
- “Under the veil,” by Pat Launer, San Diego News Network [10/15/09]
- “Documentary Theatre: The war, through Iraqi women’s eyes,” by Keli Dailey, SignOnSanDiego Street [10/14/09]
- “Voices of Iraqi women ring out in well-staged ‘Desire’,” by Anne Marie Welsh, North County Times [10/14/09]
- “3 women play 9 who love, desire amid Iraqi war, loss,” by Janice Steinberg, San Diego Union-Tribune [10/13/09]
- “Surviving Iraqi Devastation,” By Don Braunagel, SanDiego.com [10/11/09]
- “Stories of Iraqi Women,” Radio Interview on KPBS These Days[10/8/09]
- “Mo`olelo Receives Grant; Commissions Chaltal Bilodeau to write new play,” BroadwayWorld.com [6/19/09]
- “Of death, closets and a goofy weekend,” Gay & Lesbian Times [6/11/09]
- “Friends and foes,” House Seats Union-Tribune Blog [6/6/09]
- “Mo`olelo fulfills promise with Good Boys,” La Jolla Village News [6/4/09]
- “An attempt to make sense of the senseless,” Curtain Calls #12
- “Pat Launer on San Diego Theater: Good Boys,” San Diego News Network [6/3/09]
- “Pat Launer’s Center Stage,” Jazz 88.3 Radio [6/3/09]
- “Moving Good Boys mirrors real-life San Diego tragedy,” North County Times [6/3/09]
- “Good Boys revisits tragic crime,” NBC San Diego [6/1/09]
- “Good Boys,” San Diego Reader [5/31/09]
- “Good Boys, as seen 5/30/09,” by Rob Appel [5/30/09]
- “Good Boys: Cathartic School Shooter Play,” SignOnSanDiego.com [5/28/09]
- “Mo`olelo explores lingering effects of violence,” Sandiego.com [5/30/09]
- “Mo`olelo stages play about school shooting,” KPBS Radio Interview [5/21/09]
- “‘Good Boys’ looks at shooting and aftermath,” San Diego Union Tribune [5/21/09]
- “Ammunition and Aftermath,” San Diego Magazine [5/2009]
- “The Eco-Friendly Theatre of the Future,” DramaBiz [4/2009]
- “9 Parts of Desire set as Mo`olelo’s fall 2009 performance” Broadwayworld.com [4/27/09]
- “AT25: An Eye on the Future,” American Theatre Magazine [4/2009]
- “Closer to finest,” by Evan Henerson, Backstage [3/23/09]
- “Mo`olelo launches ‘Bridges’ Project,” Broadwayworld.com [2/15/09]
- “Director returns to ‘Since Africa’ with even better results” by Pam Kragen, North County Times [2/4/09]
Press Releases
- Mo`olelo Announces Night Sky (pdf) [6/2/08]
- La Jolla Playhouse Announces Mo`olelo as Resident Theatre Company (pdf) [4/21/08]
- Mo`olelo Announces Art Museum Night at Permanent Collection (pdf) [2/8/08]
Reviews and Articles
- “Stages of Change,” by James Hebert, The San Diego Union Tribune [12/21/08]
- “MetLife/TCG A-Ha! Think it! Do it!, Theatre Communications Group, [Sept 2008]
- “Curtain Calls,” by Pat Launer, San Diego Theatre Scene [9/18/08]
- “San Diego Teen Perspective,” by Alice Cash, San Diego Theatre Scene [9/16/08]
- “Night Sky audience experiences aphasia,” by Carol Davis, San Diego Jewish World [9/16/08]
- “Night Sky,” by Jean Lowerison, Gay and Lesbian Times [9/18/08]
- “Enlightening Sky Show,” by James Hebert, The San Diego Union Tribune [9/8/08]
- “Down the rabbit hole,” by Jennifer Chung Klam, SanDiego.com [9/8/08]
- “La Jolla Playhouse: Night Sky Previews,” Travel Like a Local, SignOnRadio [8/29/08]
- “The Greening of American Theater,” LMDA Review (pdf) [Summer 2008]
- “La Jolla Plus,” American Theater [July/August 2008, pages 14-15]
- More bang for your buck,” by Wendy Fry, The San Diego Union Tribune [6/22/08]
- “Mo`olelo named resident troupe at La Jolla,” by Diane Haithman, Los Angeles Times [4/28/08]
- “La Jolla Playhouse opens doors to San Diego’s Mo`olelo,” by Kenneth Jones, Playbill On-Line [4/28/08]
- “Mo`olelo becomes first Resident Company at La Jolla,” Broadwayworld.com [4/28/08]
- “Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company gets lucky,” San Diego City Beat [4/29/2008]
- “Theater Company Goes Green,” by Greg Bledsoe, NBC San Diego (video) [4/3/08]
- “‘Ecstatic about link to Playhouse,” by Valerie Scher, The San Diego Union-Tribune[4/27/08]
- “Examining Intentions,” by Don Braunagel, San Diego Magazine[March 2008]
- “Paintings and color clash in ‘Permanent Collection’,” by Robert Pincus, The San Diego Union-Tribune [3/2/08]
- “Art for Whose Sake?” by Pat Launer, San Diego Theatre Scene [2/29/08]
- “Hip-hop Aeschylus, the politics of art and everybodys favorite yenta,” by Jean Lowerison, Gay & Lesbian Times [2/28/08]
- “Art and race,” by Kinsee Morlan, San Diego City Beat [2/26/08]
- “The Spoils of Morris,” By George Weinberg-Harter[2/23/08]
- “Permanent Collection,” by Jeff Smith, San Diego Reader[2/23/08]
- “‘Racist!’ Inflames powerful Mo`olelo’s Permanent Collection,” by Robert Hitchcock[2/23/08]
- “Raising Issues,” The San Diego Union Tribune (pdf) [2/18/08]
- “Mo`olelo play deals with race, change and permanency,” by Gloria Tierney, ASIA(pdf) [2/1/08]
Press Releases
- Mo`olelo Announces Permanent Collection (pdf) [12/6/07]
- Mo`olelo Announces Cowboys & Libraries (pdf) [10/26/07]
- Mo`olelo Announces First Show Produced Under GREEN Theater Guidelines (pdf) [10/15/07]
- Mo`olelo Announces Cowboy Versus Samurai (pdf) [8/1/07]
- Mo`olelo Meets Challenge from The Parker Foundation (pdf) [6/18/07]
- Announcing Green Mo`olelo (pdf) [6/1/07]
- San Diego Responds to The Adoption Project: Triad (pdf) [4/3/07]
- Mo`olelo Announces Kimber Lee (pdf) [3/1/07]
- Mo`olelo Announces Community Art Installation (pdf)[2/17/07]
- Mo`olelo Announces the 2007 season (pdf)[1/18/07]
Reviews and Media Articles
- “Theater Review: Cowboy Versus Samurai,” by Jeff Smith, San Diego Reader [12/6/07]
- “The cowboy, the math queen and the over-the-hill debutante,” by Jean Lowerison, Gay and Lesbian Times [12/6/07]
- “‘Cowboy’ updates ‘Cyrano’ tale with a modern-day, Asian twist,” by Pam Kragen, North County Times [12/5/2007]
- “Mo`olelo lassos humor, humanity,” by Jennifer Chung, San Diego.Com [12/4/2007]
- “Well-cast production is a thoughtful takeoff on ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’” by Anne Marie Welsh [December 3, 2007]
- “Follow Spot: Green Room,” by Kristen Andresen, Inside Arts (pdf) [September/October 2007]
- “Mo`olelo Goes Green — and gets funny,” by Anne Marie Welsh, The San Diego Union-Tribune [11/25/2007]
- “Arts Off Broadway Students Volunteer at Orphanage in Swaziland,” North County Times [10/7/07]
- “Solving for Pattern,” by Mike Lawler, EcoTheater Blog (pdf) [8/7/2007]
- “News and Views,” by Pat Launer, Curtain Calls, San Diego Theatre Scene(pdf) [6/8/07]
- “Theater Company Goes Green,” The Daily Transcript (pdf) [6/7/07]
- “It’s a Civic Dialogue; Vote When you Buy a Ticket,” by Seema Sueko, Letter to the Editor of the Union Tribune [5/20/07]
- “Arts in Review: The Adoption Project: Triad,” by Carol Davis, Jewish Sightseeing [4/5/07]
- “Three’s Company,” by Pat Launer, Curtain Calls, San Diego Theatre Scene (pdf) [3/23/07]
- “Slice of Reality with Side of Silliness” by Jean Lowerison, Gay and Lesbian Times [3/22/07]
- “Mo`olelo’s ‘Triad’ looks at adoption from three perspectives” by Pam Kragen, North County Times [3/21/07]
- “Mo`olelo’s ‘The Adoption Project: Triad’” by George Weinberg-Harter [3/20/07]
- “Emotions rule ‘The Adoption Project’”, by Anne Marie Welsh, San Diego Union Tribune [3/19/07]
- “Mo`olelo Announces Associate Director” by Charlene Baldridge [3/15/07]
- “Is that a roar I hear?” by Anne Marie Welsh [3/15/07]
- “Telling Stories,” by Charlene Baldridge, Performances Magazine (pdf) [March 2007]
- “New play by Mo`olelo shatters the myths of adoption,” by Gloria Tierney, ASIA (pdf) [3/2/07]
- “Sign of the Times” by Don Braunagel, San Diego Magazine (pdf)[03/07]
Press Releases
- Mo`olelo Announces The Adoption Project: Triad 2007 (pdf)[12/17/06]
- Unprecedented demand for the hottest ticket in town (pdf) [10/13/06]
- Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company Announces Since Africa (pdf) [8/10/06]
- Mo`olelo Receives $20,000 Grant to Fund Since Africa (pdf) [7/11/06]
- Mo`olelo Announces “My Home,” an Arts Education Program (pdf)[6/20/06]
- Mo`olelo news: San Diego warmth felt all the way to Minnesota (pdf) [3/15/06]
- Mo`olelo Announces The Adoption Project: TRIAD (pdf) [3/7/06]
- Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company Announces 2006 Season (pdf) [2/27/06]
- press/ (pdf) [1/18/06]
Reviews and Media Articles
- “Standing Ovations” by Don Braunagel, San Diego Magazine, December 2006
- High Tech High Incorporates theater into life, curriculum
- “Mo’olelo makes magic”, by Charlene Baldridge
- “Out of Africa”, by Pat Launer, Oct 21, 2006
- “Since Africa, a tale of discovery”, by Gloria Tierney, October 20 2006.
- ‘Since Africa’ a poignant, realistic look at ‘Lost Boys of Sudan’ tragedy, by Pam Kragen, October 19 2006
- “Since Africa” at Diversionary Theatre by Jennifer Chung, October 16, 2006
- “Found Treasure” by Anne Marie Welsh, San Diego Union Tribune, October 16, 2006.
- Best New Theater Company, San Diego Magazine, June 2006.
- San Diego Union Tribune, Arts News, Mo`olelo Cites Prather, May 21, 2006
- San Diego Union Tribune, Award Winning Student Review of A Piece of My Heart, May 6, 2006
- “Homeless Theaters” by Jeff Smith, San Diego Reader
Press Releases
- A Piece of My Heart Teaches Local Students About the Vietnam War (pdf) [10/28/05]
- Announcing APOMH Cast (pdf) [8/2/05]
- Announcing Perspectives Program (pdf) [4/1/05]
- Announcing Squirrel Wife (pdf) [3/4/05]
Reviews and Media Articles
- “San Diego Theatre Scene – Pat Launer’s Review of A Piece of My Heart”
- Gay and Lesbian Times review of “A Piece of My Heart”
- Jenni Prisk’s review of “A Piece of my Heart”
- SignOnSanDiego.com – Politics as usual: Vietnam-set play just as true today
- SignOnSanDiego.com – ‘Heart’ to heart
- San Diego Magazine Perspective – August 2005
- The Fund for Women Artists – Peace Begins With A Vision
Press Releases
- Announcing Land Southward (pdf) [11/23/04]
- Announcing Awards (pdf) [11/23/04]
- Announcing Seema Sueko at Yale Rep (pdf) [9/21/2004]
- Announcing Remains (pdf) [8/10/2004]
- Announcing Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company (pdf) [6/2/2004]
- Mo`olelo founder and artistic director Seema Sueko stars at the Old Globe in ‚??The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow.‚?ù (pdf) [6/2/2004]
Reviews and Media Articles
- The Land Southward – sd theatrescene.com
- 50 People to Watch in 2005 – San Diego Magazine
- “Best Underattended Play” – Gay & Lesbian Times
- Critic’s Choice! “An Impressive Debut… powerfully acted, often charming.” – San Diego Union Tribune
- A “Don’t Miss”! “Director Siobhan Sullivan and her skillful cast keep us caught up and caring.” – KPBS
- “Thought-provoking and moving theatre… On several occasions, the piece cuts through the Babel of rhetoric and put human faces on a multisided conflict.” – San Diego Reader
- “Provocative inaugural offering… smooth and compact production.” – Backstage West
- “An Auspicious Debut…well acted and well directed.” – North County Times
- “The show takes on the sensitive and volatile issue of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in a way that is relatively balanced and reveals a fascinating, nuanced, and authentic glimpse into various aspects of both societies that you’re just not going to see on CNN or Fox News…The result is a very impressive and important world premiere for the new theatre company.” – San Diego Playbill
- “With ‘Remains,’ Seema Sueko looks for the ‘truths’ in painful territories.” – San Diego Union Tribune
- Small Venues produce Big Surprises. – San Diego Union Tribune
