One day, many years ago, inside the pages of a book, a bored boy who didn’t know what to do with himself came home from school and found an enormous package in his room. The tag read, “For Milo, who ...

Chronicle Theater Critic Robert Hurwitt asked Elevator Repair Service founder and Artistic Director John Collins, whose troupe makes its Bay Area debut this weekend, if the name of his company had any ...

A group of melancholy suits wanders into work, finds a beat-up copy of “The Great Gatsby” and performs every last word of it…. Dionysus is played by a puppet constructed from a silver Thermos and ...

How many shows has Elevator Repair Service written? Elevator Repair Service has written 5 shows including The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928) (Creator), The Select (The Sun Also Rises) ...

Elevator Repair Service's new work presents the company’s take on Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull. The piece reimagines Chekhov’s classic drama by blurring the line between a play and a frank chat with ...

A new rehearsal video offers a behind-the-scenes look at ULYSSES, the upcoming production by Elevator Repair Service, ...

In his younger and more vulnerable years, director John Collins flatly rejected the idea that theater is about bringing words on paper to life. He instead placed his trust in actors, space and ...

“Gatz,” Elevator Repair Service’s celebration of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” now at REDCAT, has persuaded theatergoers around the world to sit for a full-text stage rendering of a novel ...

Penny Stamps is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and ...