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The Jester’s Wife

(Graphic design credit: Sarah Lewis Smith)

Three magnetic fabulously clad comic actors enact this imaginative fantasia based on the 7th century tale of the Irish St. Dymphna’s martyrdom.

Published September 24, 2023
Categorized as Reviews Tagged Elena Vannoni, Emma Taylor Miller, Gloria Novi, Knowledge Workings Theater, Marjorie P. Elliott, Steve Weatherbee, T.J. Elliott, The Jester's Wife, Xander Jackson

Dear Mr. Bottrell, I Cannot Possibly Accept This

David Dean Bottrell. (Photo credit: Carmen Guzman)

Veteran actor David Dean Bottrell hilariously and insightfully chronicles his life journey from Kentucky to NYC and LA, in his entertaining solo show.

Published September 19, 2023
Categorized as Reviews Tagged Carmen Guzman, David Dean Bottrell, Dear Mr. Bottrell, I Cannot Possibly Accept This, Pangea

Tripping On Life

Lin Shaye (Photo credit: Amanda Rebholz)

Screen actor Lin Shaye appealingly performs her autobiographical self-written solo play dealing with love and loss in 1960’s dreamy and druggy California.

Published September 18, 2023
Categorized as Reviews Tagged Lin Shaye, Marshall Rubinoff, Robert Galinsky, Tripping on Life

Stupid F*cking Bird

Haley Rice. (Photo credit: Annie Saeugling)

This spirted small-scale revival of the affectionate and faithful spoof of Anton Chekov’s “The Seagull” is wonderfully performed and inventively presented.

Published September 18, 2023
Categorized as Reviews Tagged Aaron Posner, Conor Hamill, Haley Rice, Isaac Byrne, Matthew Corozine Studio, Mel Mattos, Nya Bowman. Jey Kennedy, Stupid F*cking Bird, Theatre 4the People, Timothy Wagner, Trevor Markanovic

Swing State

Mary Beth Fisher. (Photo credit: Liz Lauren)

Four tremendous Chicago actors perform in this impeccably written contemporary American drama set on a Wisconsin prairie; it is entrancingly presented.

Published September 17, 2023
Categorized as Reviews Tagged Anne E. Thompson, Audible, Bubba Weiler, Goodman Theatre, Kirsten Fitzgerald, Liz Lauren, Mary Beth Fisher, Rebecca Gilman, Robert Falls, Swing State

Psychic Self Defense

Nikki Calonge. (Photo credit: Maria Baranova)

An absorbing performance art piece featuring surrealistic vignettes, a variety of curtains and pseudoscience; it is vividly presented and performed.

Published September 15, 2023
Categorized as Reviews Tagged Adrienne Swan, Craig Flanagin, Daniel Allen Nelson, Ean Sheehy, Elyse Durand, HERE Arts Center, Kate Brehm, Maria Baranova, Nikki Calonge, Normandy Sherwood, Psychic Self Defense

The Creeps

Catherine Waller. (Photo credit: Andrew Patino)

Charismatic New Zealand-born performer Catherine Waller is bewitching in her highly theatrical solo show which is comprised of dark vignettes.

Published September 7, 2023
Categorized as Reviews Tagged Andrew Patino, Catherine Waller, Steven Berkoff, The Creeps

A Will To Live

Masha King. (Photo credit: David Zayas Jr.)

Masha King is towering as a young Jewish woman in Poland who survives internment at three concentration camps in this powerful Holocaust dramatization.

Published August 27, 2023
Categorized as Reviews Tagged A Will To Live, Chain Theatre, David Zayas Jr., Helena Weinrauch, Kirk Gostkowski, Masha King, Rick Hamilton

What Else Is True?

Sam Gonzalez. (Photo credit: Maria Baranova)

A youthful, animated and entrancing ensemble portray the six members of a NYC college improv comedy troupe in this affective and bittersweet major play.

Published August 20, 2023
Categorized as Reviews Tagged A.R.T./New York Theatre, Adam Coy, Adam Langdon, David Rosenberg, Dylan Guerra, Ed Herbstman, Egg & Spoon Theatre Collective, Ema Zivkovic, Jake Beckhard, Jawaun Hill, Olivia AbiAssi, Sam Gonzalez, Serena Berman

Chanteuse

Alan Palmer. (Photo credit: Russ Rowland)

A gay male cabaret performer poses as his deceased landlady to escape Nazi persecution in this powerful musical solo show that is grandly performed.

Published July 14, 2023
Categorized as Reviews Tagged Alan Palmer, Chanteuse: A Survival Musical, Dorothy Danner, HERE Arts Center, Palmer Productions, Russ Rowland

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