If the thought of infiltrating a reality TV dating show in order to expose all its phoniness doesn’t tickle your funnybone, you don’t live in playwright Itamar Moses’ universe.

Moses did his research in front of the idiot box, watching episodes of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette,” then teamed up on lyrics with old friend Gaby Alter while Alter wrote the rock-inspired songs for the new musical “Nobody Loves You.”

What kind of lunatic would volunteer to stand for hours – nay, days – with several other people, each with one hand on a pickup truck, in hopes of winning it by being the last person standing – and touching – the vehicle?

It turns out that lots of people in Texas would, and in 1997 S.R. Bindler and Kevin Morris made a documentary about a group of people who did just that.

SAN DIEGO -- Award-winning singer/songwriter Bobby Jo Valentine will present a special one-night concert with singer-songwriter Tom Goss on Friday, May 18, at the Diversionary Theatre.

Bobby Jo Valentine's clever melodies

Growing up is never easy, especially not for Master Harold (“Hally”), whose familial teacher and role model is a drunk, crippled from war and simply not there for his son.

Starting a new theater company in this economic environment isn’t exactly a piece of cake either, but 16-year-old Austyn Myers, one of the best teen actors in these parts, is playing the first and doing the second, and a creditable production of Athol Fugard’s autobiographical “Master Harold ... and the boys” is the result.