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Reggie Wilson, Fist and Heel Performance Company's The Good Dance, a collaboration between Wilson's company and that of Andréya Ouamba / Compagnie 1er Temps. The Good Dance-dakar/brooklyn premieres locally at the Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theatre, in San Francisco, April 1-3, 8 PM in a prerecorded interview. Visit http://www.ybca.org/ Kendra Kimbrough-Barnes is presenting a new work, "Home Is That Way," at CounterPULSE, April 1-4, 8 PM. “Home is That Way?” Kendra Kimbrough Barnes creates an impassioned dance piece about a family dealing with incarceration. When a son/ a brother loses an idea of where home is (literally and figuratively) after being in the prison system, this leads to retracing steps. Told in four chapters, "Home is That Way?" is a dance drama that that recalls the innocence, genius, tragedy, and rebirth of an imaginative boy. Visit http://counterpulse.org/ Ron Jones, best known for an incident in his classroom in Palo Alto, CA, "The Wave, The Musical," captures in current productions hosted by The Marsh Theatre early this year. The play is up again, April 16-17, April 23-24, 7:30 PM, this time at Mercy High School in San Francisco, 3250 19th Ave. Visit http://www.ronjoneswriter.com/ Cathleen Riddley, "Culpurnia," in Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto, with previews beginning April 7-9. The show continues through May 9.Cathleen is returning to TheatreWorks stages where she appeared previously as Mabel in the sensational hit Crowns, going on to play the role at the Marines Memorial Theatre in San Francisco.A Julliard trained performer, Cathleen also has a Masters degree in Sociology and has trained with National Theater of the Deaf. Visit theatreworks.org