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Finding art in taking risks: Doug Williams
“I have hated this play sometimes,” says Doug Williams. Strong words, when you’re talking about something you’ve written yourself.
View More Finding art in taking risks: Doug WilliamsTheater in the Galleries: Renegade and the Barnes collaborate with SUBJECT: WOMEN
The Barnes Foundation and the Renegade Company are collaborating on a series of 15 minute theatrical interpretations of the works in the Barnes collection as part of the FREE First Sunday Series.
View More Theater in the Galleries: Renegade and the Barnes collaborate with SUBJECT: WOMENA MURDER HAS BEEN ARRANGED (Hedgerow): There’s something spooky backstage
A MURDER HAS BEEN ARRANGED may contain all the usual elements of a typical who-dunnit, but it’s spirit lies elsewhere
View More A MURDER HAS BEEN ARRANGED (Hedgerow): There’s something spooky backstageMeta-morphing Kafka’s Gregor: Interview with director Rebecca Wright in THE METAMORPHOSIS, (Quintessence Theatre Group)
Henrik Eger talks to director Rebecca Wright about her work and influences.
View More Meta-morphing Kafka’s Gregor: Interview with director Rebecca Wright in THE METAMORPHOSIS, (Quintessence Theatre Group)OTHELLO (Curio): A different approach to an iconic tragedy
This original take on OTHELLO has more the feel of a farcical comedy than an ironic tragedy
View More OTHELLO (Curio): A different approach to an iconic tragedyMICKLE STREET (Walnut): Whitman and Wilde meet and then they talk
Life imitates art far more than art imitates art.
View More MICKLE STREET (Walnut): Whitman and Wilde meet and then they talkHOLD THESE TRUTHS (Plays & Players): When the hero loses, we all lose
The lesser-known story of Gordon Hirabayashi, who ought to be publicly regarded as one of America’s outlying forces of justice, is told fearlessly by Makoto Hirano in Jeanne Sakata’s HOLD THESE TRUTHS.
View More HOLD THESE TRUTHS (Plays & Players): When the hero loses, we all loseTHE VULGAR EARLY WORKS (Chelsea & Magda): Sex, society, slapstick
Chelsea & Magda speak directly from their vaginas. If you’re not into that kind of thing, don’t see THE VULGAR EARLY WORKS.
View More THE VULGAR EARLY WORKS (Chelsea & Magda): Sex, society, slapstickDada Is a State of Mind: {HTP} explores PAINTER AND PATAPHYSICIAN THOMAS CHIMES
Intellectual property lawyer, art collector, and university lecturer Mari Shaw’s just-published book, Painter and Pataphysician Thomas Chimes excerpts 15 years of private conversations with artist…
View More Dada Is a State of Mind: {HTP} explores PAINTER AND PATAPHYSICIAN THOMAS CHIMESMILK LIKE SUGAR (Simpatico): Dreams and reality
Everyone wants to feel special. This longing to be acknowledged is at the core of Kirsten Greenidge’s MILK LIKE SUGAR.
View More MILK LIKE SUGAR (Simpatico): Dreams and reality36 years at Hedgerow House and Theater: Longtime fellow Susan Wefel’s life in her theatrical home
When Susan Wefel moved into Hedgerow Theatre’s farmhouse in Rose Valley, PA, she was the youngest person in the building. Thirty-six years and dozens of performances later, she’s still going strong.
View More 36 years at Hedgerow House and Theater: Longtime fellow Susan Wefel’s life in her theatrical homeTHE CHERRY ORCHARD (People’s Light): Capturing the comedy, insight, and pathos of Chekhov
Completed in 1904, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Anton Chekhov’s final dramatic work, is the most often staged of all Russian plays worldwide, and its production at…
View More THE CHERRY ORCHARD (People’s Light): Capturing the comedy, insight, and pathos of ChekhovSTAIRS TO THE ROOF (EgoPo and Rowan): An absurdist take on a fledgling work by Tennessee Williams
This is Tennessee Williams as you’ve never seen him, filled with youthful ardor, idealism, and scorn, and well suited for showcasing a young ensemble of emerging talents.
View More STAIRS TO THE ROOF (EgoPo and Rowan): An absurdist take on a fledgling work by Tennessee WilliamsTHE WHALE (Theatre Exile): Intelligence and transformation moving under the surface
Not many plays have this kind of unmistakable resonance. When you encounter such a play, you know it. With works of consequence you can feel the pull of intelligence and transformation moving under the surface.
View More THE WHALE (Theatre Exile): Intelligence and transformation moving under the surfaceMOTHERS AND SONS (PTC): Closure, revenge, and life after AIDS
Katherine and Cal seem uncomfortable together, and we soon learn why: they are forever connected by the death of Andre.
View More MOTHERS AND SONS (PTC): Closure, revenge, and life after AIDSHowever Painful the History: Interview with Jeanne Sakata, playwright of HOLD THESE TRUTHS (P&P)
One of the most shameful aspects in modern US history took place during World War II, when large numbers of Japanese-American citizens of all ages,…
View More However Painful the History: Interview with Jeanne Sakata, playwright of HOLD THESE TRUTHS (P&P)MICHAEL & EDIE (Villanova Theater): 60-second review
It’s more than the classic boy meets girl, boy likes girl, girl is cold to boy tale:. Rachel Bonds’s MICHAEL & EDIE is a whirlwind of realization, emotion, and introspection.
View More MICHAEL & EDIE (Villanova Theater): 60-second reviewINTO THE WOODS (Theatre Horizon): Agony is ecstasy
Theatre Horizon tackles Steven Sondheim’s alternative take on fairy tales.
View More INTO THE WOODS (Theatre Horizon): Agony is ecstasyUNDER THE SKIN Gets Under My Skin: Interview with playwright Michael Hollinger
Henrik Eger talks to playwright Michael Hollinger about his latest work, UNDER THE SKIN.
View More UNDER THE SKIN Gets Under My Skin: Interview with playwright Michael Hollinger