In this two-part series, Henrik Eger talks to Penelope Reed and Kittson O’Neill about their intergenerational collaboration in Hedgerow Theatre’s ON THE VERGE.
View More Intergenerational Theater, part 1: Kittson O’Neill talks about directing the veteran cast of ON THE VERGE (Hedgerow)Tag: Jennifer Summerfield
ON THE VERGE (Hedgerow): Self-discovery in the land of the unknown
There are so many layers to uncover in this work. It is a smart and clever piece; more performance art with humor and drama than a traditional comedy.
View More ON THE VERGE (Hedgerow): Self-discovery in the land of the unknownWomen ON THE VERGE: Kittson O’Neill and Jennifer Summerfield on Hedgerow’s wacky new comedy
Hedgerow fellow Brock Vickers sat down to talk to director Kittson O’Neill and actor Jennifer Summerfield about the theater’s January production.
View More Women ON THE VERGE: Kittson O’Neill and Jennifer Summerfield on Hedgerow’s wacky new comedyTo alter or not to alter, that is the question: Dan Hodge on directing HAMLET in unorthodox ways
Dan Hodge discusses his edited version of HAMLET, onstage through November 23 at Hedgerow Theatre.
View More To alter or not to alter, that is the question: Dan Hodge on directing HAMLET in unorthodox waysHAMLET (Hedgerow): The play’s the thing
I have some friends who think William Shakespeare is the greatest writer in the English language, but they don’t like going to the theater to…
View More HAMLET (Hedgerow): The play’s the thing[podcast] Cutting Hamlet: Director Dan Hodge on adapting Shakespeare’s masterpiece for the stage
Every staged version of Hamlet is edited. Posterity left us two “authentic” written versions of William Shakespeare’s masterpiece, as well as a poorly transcribed but…
View More [podcast] Cutting Hamlet: Director Dan Hodge on adapting Shakespeare’s masterpiece for the stageTILL BIRNAM WOOD (John Schultz): Fringe Review 30
One way to focus on the extraordinary eloquence and drama of Shakespeare’s language is to eliminate all visual distraction, and that is precisely what John Schultz has done in TILL BIRNAM WOOD—a rapid-fire 55-minute adaptation of Macbeth that is performed before a blindfolded audience.
View More TILL BIRNAM WOOD (John Schultz): Fringe Review 30SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (Hedgerow): I hated Jane Austen, but I love this
I took a seat on one of the long, cushioned benches at the unusual Hedgerow Theatre, a grist mill from the 1800s, for the opening night of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. Satisfied that at least I was introduced to such a beautiful place, I wondered what Jane Austen was going to smother me with this time.
View More SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (Hedgerow): I hated Jane Austen, but I love thisDANCING AT LUGHNASA (Curio): Casting Disaster
The summer of 1998, I permanently moved out of my mother’s house. (My mother moved down to Nashville abruptly and without me.) So I traveled…
View More DANCING AT LUGHNASA (Curio): Casting DisasterPhoto Essay: Kyle Cassidy captures DANCING AT LUGHNASA (Curio Theatre)
Photographer Kyle Cassidy is a Philadelphia treasure. He has been documenting American culture since the 1990s, photographing goths, punks, cutters, politicians, metalheads, dominatrices, scholars, and…
View More Photo Essay: Kyle Cassidy captures DANCING AT LUGHNASA (Curio Theatre)MACBETH (Hedgrow): An ambitious and effective take on the Scottish play
Director Dan Hodge does not mind imposing his vision upon a text. His bold decision to combine the Ariel and Miranda characters proved surprisingly effective.in…
View More MACBETH (Hedgrow): An ambitious and effective take on the Scottish playA DOLL’S HOUSE (Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion): 60-second review
It’s hard to imagine a better set design for Henrik Ibsen’s devastating feminist classic than the living room of the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Victorian House…
View More A DOLL’S HOUSE (Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion): 60-second reviewRETURN OF CONFESSIONS OF A PLATE AND SHOE (SmokeyScout): 60-second review
Josh McIlvain’s RETURN OF CONFESSIONS OF A PLATE AND SHOE should be put in a time capsule and used by future generations as a how-to…
View More RETURN OF CONFESSIONS OF A PLATE AND SHOE (SmokeyScout): 60-second reviewPhindie Podcast 01: coffee with Jennifer Summerfield
For Phindie’s first Philadelphia Independent Theater Podcast, hosts Christopher Munden and John Rosenberg sit down for coffee with local actor Jennifer Summerfield. We talk about…
View More Phindie Podcast 01: coffee with Jennifer SummerfieldALP D’HUEZ (Hella Fresh): One couple’s twisting mountain stage
Kensington cops may ask why you’re on rundown Ormes Street, but don’t get rattled: the play happening inside the Papermill Theater satisfies like mom’s chicken…
View More ALP D’HUEZ (Hella Fresh): One couple’s twisting mountain stageFun new theater at Plays and Players in Philadelphia
Running through November 19, Joy Cutler’s Pardon My Invasion continues a rich traditional of fun theater at Plays and Players. Tucked away on the quiet residential Delancey…
View More Fun new theater at Plays and Players in PhiladelphiaConor McPherson’s The Weir: Subtlety and the Supernatural at the Curio Theatre
Irish playwright Conor McPherson has been called the “finest dramatist of his generation” (London Telegraph) with works that are “as near to perfection as a play can come”…
View More Conor McPherson’s The Weir: Subtlety and the Supernatural at the Curio Theatre