Second Wind in Review

In its twenty-year history, Second Wind Productions has produced plays, radio dramas, and musical productions. Our theatrical productions have toured, repeated themselves upon demand, and included the following:
(If you would like to read the full review, please click on the name of the play.)

• The Way Light Strikes Filled Mason Jars
(Edinburgh Festival)
• The Gravedigger's Tango (SF)
(West Coast Premiere)
• Topdog Under Dog (SF)
• A Beautiful Home for the Incurable (SF)
• The Road to Mecca (SF)
• Murder (SF)
(Bay Area Premiere)
• Master Harold... and the Boys (SF)
• Nora (A Doll House) (SF)
• The Stone Trilogy (SF)
(World Premiere)
• Down the Road (SF)
• Ghost in the Light (SF)
(World Premiere)
• Criminal Genius (SF)
(Bay Area Premiere)
• Erin's Hope (SF)
(World Premiere)
• My Children! My Africa! (SF)
• Merchant of Venice (SF)
• For Coloured Girls... (CO)
• Master Harold and the boys (CO)
• Of A More Fatal Nature (CO)
(World Premiere)
• Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (CO)
• The Blood Knot (CO)
• A retrospective of Terence (CO)
('85 Stage, '86 Public Radio)
• The Dutchman (CO)
• Chambers of the Heart (CO)
(World Premiere)
• Sizwe Bansi is Dead (CO)
• An Important Meeting (CO)
(World Premiere)

Raves for Second Wind

• Master Harold... and the Boys "One of the most affecting dramas of the last 50 years, done right, " (Michael Scott Moore, SF Weekly )
  E-Pick (The SF Weekly)
  "An altogether impressive treatment that shows small theater at its best... unswervingly honest and wrenching." (Robert Avila, SF Bay Guardian)
  
• The Stone Trilogy "Ian Walker's Trilogy is stunning... and much more. A riveting, emotional journey. " (Wanda Sabir, SF Bay View ) "It's rare to find such fine theatre in a small place."
  
• Ghost in the Light "An unheralded little gem… sumptuous… Handsomely mounted. Terrific writing. " (Douglas Gordy, The Slant )
  Hot Ticket (The San Francisco Bay Times)
  
• The Blood Knot: "Intelligent… lively… devastating. Director Mark Jenkins has staged a remarkable show." (Kate Boyd, The Colorado Daily)
  "Riveting. Stunningly poignant. Near flawless." "Four Stars." (Sandra Dillard-Rosen, The Denver Post)
  "Delightful… an emotional roller coaster ride." (Dianne Zuckerman, The Boulder Daily Camera)
• Ceremonies in Dark Old Men:
  "Merits more than passing mention in print…." "Directed with searching clarity."( The Rocky Mountain News)
• Sizwe Bansi Is Dead:
  "Recipient of the C.U. Boulder Outreach Award to tour Colorado representing outstanding arts affiliated with the University of Colorado. "Surpassed expections…." (Eulipions Cultural Center, Denver).

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