GEM OF THE OCEAN is about a lot of things, including race, mysticism, and murder.

The emphasis is on the physical comedy in David Stradley’s production

“The script is a little more silly and beer filled then Shakespeare originally wrote it,” says MTC’s artistic director Sean Connolly.

In Africa as elsewhere, for queers as for everyone, life plays out messily in small tragedies and little loves.

Everyone wants to feel special. This longing to be acknowledged is at the core of Kirsten Greenidge’s MILK LIKE SUGAR.