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Author: Kathryn Osenlund

Kathryn Osenlund, Theater aficionado. Reviewer for Phindie.com. ATCA member (American Theater Critics Assn.) Professor Emeritus Communications and Theater, Holy Family University. Instructor Philadelphia Police Academy: Police role plays and public speaking. Visiting Lecturer Oxford University. Instructor in Warsaw, Poland. NEA Fellow: Arts Journalism. Barrymore Award Nominator. National Critics Institute, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Education: Villanova, PhD in Media; Temple University, MA in Theater; UArts, BFA in Film.
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LIBERTY CITY RADIO THEATRE (Bill Arrowood & Liberty City Radio Theatre): 2017 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 23, 2017 No Comments

Old style ‘On’ and ‘Applause’ signs light up. The show starts.

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THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI (DBaD Productions): 2017 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 19, 2017 No Comments

The Fringe is an excellent place for companies to mount political protest plays

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A BILLION NIGHTS ON EARTH (Thaddeus Phillips and Steven Dufala): 2017 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 18, 2017 No Comments

It looks like a father’s love went into the making of this big adventure, Phillips’s warmest work yet.

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HOME (Geoff Sobelle): 2017 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 14, 2017 No Comments

Bringing it all back home

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FISHTOWN: A Hipster Noir (Tribe of Fools): 2017 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 12, 2017 2 Comments

This is what you’re looking for. This is Fringe. Tribe of Fools delivers the goods… again.

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THE OXFORD IMPS (Improvisers from Oxford): Edinburgh Fringe 2017

Kathryn Osenlund August 29, 2017 No Comments

What Fringe Festival? The Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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EDISON (Static Assembly): Edinburgh Fringe 2017

Kathryn Osenlund August 28, 2017 No Comments

What Fringe Festival? The Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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FREE FRINGE: A round up of stand up at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe

Kathryn Osenlund August 28, 2017 1 Comment

What Fringe Festival? The Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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BLACKCATFISHMUSKETEER (Malaprop Theatre, Dublin): Edinburgh Fringe 2017

Kathryn Osenlund August 28, 2017 No Comments

What Fringe Festival? The Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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LOVE GASOLINE! (CalArts Festival Theater): Edinburgh Fringe 2017

Kathryn Osenlund August 27, 2017 No Comments

What Fringe Festival? The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Phindie writer Kathryn Osenlund visited Scotland to see some shows from the home of Fringe. This one’s a…

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FAGIN’S TWIST (Avant Garde Dance Company and The Place): Edinburgh Fringe 2017

Kathryn Osenlund August 26, 2017 No Comments

What Fringe Festival? The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Phindie writer Kathryn Osenlund visited Scotland to see some shows from the home of Fringe.

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LADY MACBETH: UNSEX ME HERE (Company Chordelia and Solar Bear): Edinburgh Fringe 2017

Kathryn Osenlund August 25, 2017 No Comments

Phindie writer Kathryn Osenlund visited Scotland to see some shows from the home of Fringe.’

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CATHY (Ali Taylor): Edinburgh Fringe 2017

Kathryn Osenlund August 24, 2017 No Comments

Phindie writer Kathryn Osenlund visited Scotland to see some shows from the home of Fringe.

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From Philly to Edinburgh: Meeting up with Chris Davis at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Kathryn Osenlund August 23, 2017 No Comments

In his 4th year here at Edinburgh it looks like Chris has become quite a popular fixture.

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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES DICKENS & COUNT LEO TOLSTOY: DISCORD (Lantern Theater Company): Locked in limbo with literati

Kathryn Osenlund June 13, 2017 2 Comments

The Lantern team transforms an essentially all-talk playscript into an engaging, living piece of theater.

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THE BROKEN HEART (Quintessence): Dark matter

Kathryn Osenlund April 7, 2017 No Comments

Melancholy John Ford was more ‘himself’ and less ‘Shakespearean’ than other less bold Cavalier dramatists.

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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (Bristol Riverside Theatre): In a little river town a great but shopworn rock opera is reborn

Kathryn Osenlund March 27, 2017 6 Comments

I went in to the show a doubting Thomas a came out a believer.

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Lantern Theater Company Coriolanus
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CORIOLANUS (Lantern): Succeeding with a Shakespeare many companies wouldn’t attempt

Kathryn Osenlund March 18, 2017 4 Comments

With a strong cast and design wizards the Lantern has made CORIOLANUS a visceral, lively and thought-provoking experience

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seagull EgoPo review
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SEAGULL (EgoPo): A comedy of torn hearts and thwarted dreams

Kathryn Osenlund February 8, 2017 No Comments

The pathetically unfulfilled romantic expectations! The sad characters and absurd human comedy! EgoPo nails it, and beautifully. Sketches by Chuck Schultz.

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HAMLET (Bedlam Theater Company): “Shakespeare’s most underrated comedy” is at McCarter in Princeton

Kathryn Osenlund January 27, 2017 No Comments

Bedlam’s imagination and the energy of their acting make their production stand out.

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