Based on the dark and disturbing folktales of the Brothers Grimm, James Stover’s original world-premiere adaptation for the Renegade Company, GRIMMS’ JUNIPER TREE, examines the…
View More GRIMMS’ JUNIPER TREE (Renegade): Important Lessons to Be LearnedTag: The Renegade Company
And the winners are….
The Barrymore Awards are on hiatus this year, returning in all their splendor for the 2013/14 season, but on November 4, 2013, Theatre Philadelphia gave out several awards recognizing local theaters and artists.
View More And the winners are….[1.2] BATHTUB MOBY-DICK (The Renegade Company): 2013 Fringe review
Renegade’s contemporary deconstruction of Herman Melville’s classic novel about one man’s vengeful obsession with an eponymous white whale features a tour-de-force solo performance by Ed…
View More [1.2] BATHTUB MOBY-DICK (The Renegade Company): 2013 Fringe review2013 Philly Fringe Festival :: the MOST coverage and Six Picks for the Festival
As its mission, Phindie provides independent coverage of Philadelphia theater and arts, with a focus on independent theater. So the Philly Fringe Festival* is a…
View More 2013 Philly Fringe Festival :: the MOST coverage and Six Picks for the Festival[1.1] BATHTUB MOBY-DICK (The Renegade Company): 2013 Fringe review
We are all searching for something in this life, and oftentimes it’s something that can’t be got. That’s Captain Ahab’s story, but it’s probably yours…
View More [1.1] BATHTUB MOBY-DICK (The Renegade Company): 2013 Fringe reviewFringe Preview 7: South Philly Fringe
It’s perhaps peculiar that there aren’t more established theater spaces in South Philadelphia (The Shubin and Theatre Exile’s new headquarters are lonely outposts). And in…
View More Fringe Preview 7: South Philly FringeMichael Durkin: An interview with the creator of BATHTUB MOBY-DICK about, er, Moby-Dick and baths.
Call me Ishmael. As founding artistic director of The Renegade Company (therenegadecompany.org), Michael Durkin has provided Philadelphia audiences with a stream of engaging theatrical productions: Hamletmachine,…
View More Michael Durkin: An interview with the creator of BATHTUB MOBY-DICK about, er, Moby-Dick and baths.Deb Miller’s Top Picks for FringeArts 2013
HUSH NOW SWEET HIGH HEELS AND OAK by Brian Sanders’ JUNK (Photo credit: Steve Belkowitz) This year’s FringeArts Festival has a new name, but the…
View More Deb Miller’s Top Picks for FringeArts 2013Another take on GLASS: SHATTERED (Renegade)
Pacified by a pre-show serving of *Little Baby’s* ice cream, the Renegade Company’s audience sat in a cozy room with broken victrola records scattered on…
View More Another take on GLASS: SHATTERED (Renegade)GLASS: SHATTERED (Renegade): 60-second review
Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie is described as a “memory play”: its plot an extended flashback, its theatrical pretense laid bare. GLASS: SHATTERED, Michael Durkin’s…
View More GLASS: SHATTERED (Renegade): 60-second reviewHAMLETMACHINE + MEDEAPLAYS = Renegade’s Richly Challenging Work
n HAMLETMACHINE and MEDEAPLAYS, now in seemless production at the space by The Renegade Company, Müller has reassembled classic texts and plot-points into a dislocating new context.
View More HAMLETMACHINE + MEDEAPLAYS = Renegade’s Richly Challenging WorkTwo Philadelphia companies take Medea in new directions
The story of Euripides’s third place finish in the 431 B.C. Athens Dionysia festival is one to warm the hearts of unsung writers everywhere. The great Greek…
View More Two Philadelphia companies take Medea in new directionsA Versatile Acting Showcase in The Renegade Company’s THE AMISH PROJECT
“What happens to a person when they live in a world where you can’t believe anything and the things you don’t want to believe are…
View More A Versatile Acting Showcase in The Renegade Company’s THE AMISH PROJECT