Things are not yet as bad as the reality presented in the play. But it urges us to beware, to speak up for ourselves at the ballot box, and not allow the promise of 1776 to continue down the sad road to nightmare.
View More CLASS C (Azuka): Dystopia close at hand
A bold, visceral performance giving the strong script its due.
View More AN ILIAD (Arden): Rage returns to Ilium
An extended consideration of the new Synge production from Mount Airy’s Quintessence Theatre.
View More An Irish Masterpiece Still Shocking: Considering Synge’s PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
Anyone who has sung around a campfire can attest to the power of music to elicit feelings of closeness
View More CLOSE MUSIC FOR BODIES (Michael Kiley): 2017 Fringe review
Two shows by Philadelphia writer Mary Tuomanen opened on consecutive nights last week, providing a singular opportunity to assess common threads tying together works by the author.
View More Two by Tuomanen: MARCUS/EMMA (InterAct) and HELLO! SADNESS (FringeArts)
Narrative, fiction, performance, and reality collide through the breaking of bread.
View More FEED (Applied Mechanics): 2016 Fringe review 14
Encourages its audience to pay attention, and compels us into conversation afterward.
View More I AM NOT MY MOTHERLAND (Orbiter 3): A different kind of interactive theater
Henrik Eger talks to director Rebecca Wright about her work and influences.
View More Meta-morphing Kafka’s Gregor: Interview with director Rebecca Wright in THE METAMORPHOSIS, (Quintessence Theatre Group)
A sensational production of Franz Kafka’s story, utilizing sound, movement, color, and light to transport the audience into the eerie world of salesman-turned-cockroach Gregor Samsa .
View More THE METAMORPHOSIS (Quintessence): Leave the bug spray at home
Churchill raises questions about individuality in society, the ethics of cloning, and nature vs nurture, but this is no didactic political piece.
View More A NUMBER (Tiny Dynamite): A father and his son(s)
With WE ARE BANDITS, director Rebecca Wright and Applied Mechanics are working against a brutal opponent: American cynicism.
They’ve turned the third-floor space of Asian Arts Initiative into what looks like a sprawling, minimalist installation piece. Tables, chairs, and little else delineate various spaces throughout the basketball-court-sized venue, including a city square, the apartments of various characters, a rooftop, and a church.
View More WE ARE BANDITS (Applied Mechanics): People like us don’t meet
“Let’s assume you’re traveling,” says Thaddesus Phillips, placing the audience as the sojourner. And he whisks us off. With co-creators Tatiana Mallarino and Patrick Nealy, and director Rebecca Wright, Phillips has concocted something special with 17 BORDER CROSSINGS.
View More 17 BORDER CROSSINGS (Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental/FringeArts): Voyage of imagination