actor / director / designer / storyteller
DAVID L. YEN
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A timely production of one of
Shakespeare’s most political
and relevant plays. Cut down
to run in a stripped, modern
dress, and focused run time
of around 95 minutes, with
no intermission.
The production will tour in three different spaces, over three weekends: at 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa (outdoors), Sonoma Community Center in Sonoma (outdoors), and Life on Art in Petaluma (indoors).
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julius caesar
(fight choreographer)
Jacobethan Theatre Workshop/
Shakespeare in the Park(ing Lot)
there's no place like home...
(same stuff, better day)
A joyful, high-energy
musical comedy
packed with unforgettable songs, humor, and heart. It’s a celebration of youth, fame, and the delightful chaos that happens when pop culture collides with small-town life.
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9/18/26-10/4/26
Based on the 1954 teleplay 12
Angry Men by Reginald Rose,
this adaptation tells the story of
12 jurors charged with the unenviable task of deciding a young man’s fate. Accused of brutally murdering his father, the young man’s life hangs in the balance as a jury battles reasonable doubt, prejudice, and their own morality in a cramped, overheated deliberation room. Tempers flare as the reality of a death sentence weighs on the minds of these 12 strangers.
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12 angry jurors
(juror 8)
Cinnabar Theater
In my last post, I wrote of my loss, and subsequent return of joy to my theater life. That trend has continued--I have now been granted the chance to not only do a joyful role in a show that was right in my wheelhouse, but also check off one of the few remaining roles on my bucket list. And the opportunities continue to leap at me:
+ Fight choreography with an extraordinary group of teenagers in a play that was one of my most meaningful roles to date. (I played the lead in the Scottish Play almost two decades ago, and it was one of the best experiences in a long career.)
+ A return to one of the most professional organizations I've ever worked with (Mountain Play) in the show I first did with them nearly twenty years ago. My first adventure on the Mountain was as the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz; this summer I get to play the titular character.
+ A chance to work at the place that was nearly my last theater experience. I still hold we shared responsibility for that mess of emotional trauma--this is an opportunity for me to heal, doing one of the most meaningful stories I've ever gotten to help tell.
In The Artists' Way, author Julia Cameron likens our trip through life and creativity as a journey around a mountain. Sometimes we return to the same view as we circle upward--but the vantage point is different. We've grown, we've learned, we've changed. Many tiny elements of my last six months back have reminded me of the joy I had when I started doing theater here in Northern California, more than twenty years ago. I feel fortunate that I'm in the state of mind now that I can recognize them, instead of being focused on the obstacles. The latter, of course, only makes me ungrateful, grumpy, and makes the privilege of performing seem like a burden. The former gives childlike glee. I feel grateful and-if I'm being honest-a little intimidated at the responsibility to stay focused and support my fellow artists in these endeavors. It's good to be home.
David (February 2026)