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CAMELOT (Act II Playhouse): 60-second review CAMELOT is the example of a group of talent working together to create an amazing experience for the audience. 
We Are All Chelsea Manning: Inis Nua actors on what THE RADICALISATION OF BRADLEY MANNING means to them We asked the actors in this challenging production: Who is Bradley Manning to you? 
JULIUS CAESAR (Quintessence): Why must republics fall? Quintessence Theatre Group explores the Shakespearean death throes of the Roman Republic. 
Theater in Sketch: MARIA MARTEN, or The Murder in the Red Barn (PAC) Maria Marten or The Murder in the Red Barn by the Philadelphia Artist Collective found the silly in the serious 
The Lonely Heart of Darkness: Chris Davis on his ONE-MAN APOCALYPSE NOW Chris compares the Edinburgh and Philly Fringe festivals and shares his thoughts on waking up to the scent of Napalm. 
According to Wikipedia, 12 ANGRY MEN was originally a television play broadcast in 1954, eventually making its way to the (actual) stage and then to the silver screen. I’ve gotta observe—this seems to be a somewhat odd theatrical evolution. In any case, I’d never seen any of the show’s various incarnations, and was only vaguely familiar with the show’s essential plot when Tara selected it for our Friday night entertainment. more…
