by Kristen Nevarez Schweizer March 30, 2026 Releasing a hardcover without blurbs on the dust jacket is a power move. Instead of celebrity endorsements, the back cover of Good Writing: […]
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KRISTEN NEVAREZ SCHWEIZER is the daughter of Filipino and Mexican immigrants who met in San Diego. She loves this city, earning her bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts at San Diego State University while writing for The Daily Aztec before working at local-focused institutions, including the San Diego Business Journal and San Diego REPertory Theatre. In addition to covering San Diego art news, she profiles local artists in her award-winning ART SEEN series.
She currently serves as a pastor at Makers Church in North Park.
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ART SEEN: Paloma Young and the Craft of Storytelling Through Costume
by Kristen Nevarez Schweizer March 27, 2026 The highest compliment you can pay Paloma Young’s work in The Notebook: the Musical is that you didn’t think about her at all. […]
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THE BUZZ: 400 Scripts. One Weekend. Zero Dollars. MOXIE’s New Works Festival Is Back.
Kristen Nevarez Schweizer March 25, 2026 Full disclosure: I have a soft spot for MOXIE Theatre because they truly have moxie. For over twenty years, this brassy company on El […]
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THE BUZZ: From a Surveillance Van to a Tea Party at the End of the World: Your Complete Guide to LJP’s WOW Festival 2026
By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer March 25, 2026 There will be a cargo van parked on the UC San Diego campus this April. Picture being inside. Alone in front of live […]
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THE BUZZ: San Diego Writers Festival Returns with Jodi Picoult—and it’s all FREE!
By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer March 4, 2026 San Diego Writers Festival is borderline radical because, as a free, open-to-the-public event, it treats the written word as a community resource rather […]
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THE BUZZ: March on Stage: How to Experience San Diego Theatre Month
by Kristen Nevárez Schweizer In March, San Diego Theatre Month turns the whole County into a sampler platter: big houses, small stages, musicals, plays, improv, concerts, and dance. The official […]
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THE BUZZ: Emerging Voices, Expert Direction: Plays by Young Writers Festival This Weekend
Young people are often told to “find their voice.” The Playwrights Project is one of San Diego’s institutions that actually hands them a microphone, dims the lights, and pays professionals […]
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THE BUZZ: Cygnet’s “Somewhere Over the Border” A West Coast Premiere That Hits Home
By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer February 24, 2026 I walked into The Joan ready to do my job as a theater critic: take notes in the dark, clock the pacing, track […]
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THE BUZZ: Say it three times: Beetlejuice is back in San Diego
By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer February 24, 2026 If you grew up with Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice, you probably remember the feeling before you remember the plot: gothic comedy, grief, and chaos […]
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THE BUZZ: La Jolla Playhouse’s The Recipe Is a Rom-Com with Sole, in French Sauce
By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer February 21, 2026 When I think of Julia Child, I hear an overly-theatrical voice, yelling joyfully about butter. La Jolla Playhouse’s world-premiere play The Recipe keeps […]
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THE BUZZ: No Intermission, No Mercy: The Old Globe’s Hedda Gabler
Plays by Henrik Ibsen typically feel like a stressful slow burn; a bedside candle lit dangerously close to the curtains. In The Old Globe’s new Hedda Gabler, ruthlessly condensed to […]
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THE BUZZ: An Immigrant Story, Refracted Through Oz: Cygnet Theatre’s New Musical Arrives When We Need It
By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer February 12, 2026 Cygnet Theatre meets this American moment with their San Diego musical premiere, Somewhere Over the Border from Brian Quijada. Inspired by The Wizard […]
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THE BUZZ: Your February 2026 Guide to San Diego Theatre
By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer February 2, 2026 After the December holiday shows end, theatres can crack their knuckles and begin anew. February is when art makers shake off tinsel and […]
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THE BUZZ: What San Diego Theater Lost, What We Kept, and the Script That Fills the Gap
By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer February 1, 2026 In a diverse city as theatrically busy as San Diego, the most meaningful artistic choice a company can make is which plays to […]
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THE BUZZ: North Coast REP Makes Theater for the Present Tense
David Ellenstein on the World Premiere of Louisa Gillis at North Coast Rep By Kristen Nevarez Schweizer When a theater nurtures new work long enough, world premieres stop feeling like […]
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