“Reborning” is the phenomenon in which customers purchase extravagantly expensive infant dolls – sometimes facsimiles of lost loved ones – that are amazingly lifelike in every particular. Fascinated ...

Maybe you know what “reborning” is, maybe you don’t. It’s a real phenomenon. In the context of Zayd Dohrn’s 2010 play “Reborning,” the term refers to the creation of a “reborn” doll, an infant so ...

Reborning: Dark comedy. By Zayd Dohrn. Directed by Josh Costello. Through June 11. SF Playhouse, 533 Sutter St., S,F. 75 minutes. $30-$50. (415) 677-9596. www.sfplayhouse.org. Kelly's boyfriend wants ...

In the Reborning subculture, collectors “adopt” hyper-realistic artificial babies–impeccably crafted from vinyl, glass, doe suede, and up to eighty layers of paint. The “parents” care for their dolls ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by This play by Zayd Dohrn, about a victim of a horrific crime who grows up to be a dollmaker, is a dark comedy — with a touch of horror. By Laura ...

In recent years, Chance Theater has shown increasing skill in producing plays with a tight focus upon two or three characters. The 2011 drama “Reborning” is just such a play. Directed by Oanh Nguyen, ...