Review: An Odets Reawakening
The struggle to make ends meet and survive in any economic crisis is sadly a universal theme of the past, present, and future. What gets us through the hardship is the real story. In Clifford Odets...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Dan Kitrosser
Name: Dan KitrosserHometown: Philadelphia, PAEducation: MFA - New School for Drama in playwriting, BA - NYUFavorite Credits:Tar Baby (Off-Bway w/Desiree Burch), The Mumblings (Fringe 2013)Why theater?:...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Jenny Rachel Weiner
Name: Jenny Rachel WeinerHometown: Coral Springs, FL: where New Yorkers go to retire, and their children follow suit.Education: BFA in Theatre Arts Performance from Boston University and MFA in...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Kelsey Kurz
Name: Kelsey KurzHometown: Roselle Park, NJEducation: Juilliard BFA ActingFavorite Credits:Merchant of Venice (NYSF), Sons of the Prophet (Huntington), Rocky Horror (The Old Globe)Why theater?: Because...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Brad Raimondo
Name: Brad RaimondoHometown: Tenafly, NJEducation: Undergrad NYU: Tisch Drama (Playwrights Horizons Theater School), MFA in Directing from the New School for DramaSelect Credits: In addition to the...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Equiano Mosieri
Name: Equiano MosieriHometown: Born in London, Lives in New York. Arsenal fan for life.Education: MFA from Brandeis UniversitySelect Credits:The Parables Conference at B.A.M, The Shakespeare Forum's...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Zack Calhoon
Name: Zack CalhoonHometown: Salem, OregonEducation: New York University, Tisch School of the ArtsSelect Credits:Hamlet in Hamlet (Boomerang Theatre)Why theater?: I love the adrenaline rush that comes...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Chris March
Name: Chris MarchHometown: San Francisco, CASelect Credits: Chris March's Butt-Cracker Suite! A Trailer-Park Ballet (2012), Christmas with the Crawfords (2000, 2001, 2002)Why theater?: Theater is a...
View ArticleReview: A Twelfth Night Mix Tape
If music be the food of love, play a kickin’ 80s soundtrack. Taking inspiration from William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, among a few other titles, Pull Together Productions presents Sean Graney’s...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Joey Arias
Name: Joey AriasHometown: New York City… Via North Carolina & L.A.Education: Went to Catholic schools my whole life… into College…!!!Favorite Credits: Capitol Records Contract as a kid..… Many...
View ArticleReview: The New Mean
Growing up, everyone seems to find their niche, the thing or friends that help them survive their tween years. In Jenny Rachel Weiner’s darkly funny comedy Horse Girls, an elite equestrian club...
View ArticleSpotlight On...James Rutherford
Name: James RutherfordHometown: Downtown NYCEducation: BA Brown University, MFA Columbia UniversityFavorite Credits: Last year’s Oscar Wilde/Ernest Hemingway mashup The Importance of Being Ernest...
View ArticleReview: A Silent Night of War
The history of war is filled with moments of horror, terror, and sorrow. The stories that are often spoken of are ones that memorialize the struggles and death of the people fighting. Rarely do the...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Laura Butler Rivera
Name: Laura Butler RiveraHometown: Ponce, Puerto RicoEducation: MFA in Acting from Columbia University; and BA in Drama from the University of Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río PiedrasFavorite Credits:Teach,...
View ArticleReview: An Ocean of Recovery
The struggles of living through addiction while dealing life, love, and money take center stage in the fishing port of New Bedford, Massachusetts in Mike Gorman’s If Colorado Had An Ocean. A series of...
View ArticleReview: A Forgetful Modern Fairy Tale
Living the life of a fairy tale may seem like a dream, but when the fairy tale becomes a reality, the dream may turn into a nightmare. In Kristen Palmer’s haunting Once Upon a Bride There Was a Forest,...
View ArticleTheater in the Now's Best of 2014!
Another year, another whirlwind of great entertainment! 2014 brought a lot of daring and new theater as well as some great revivals of classic and modern texts. While some would say the year on...
View ArticleTop 10 Most Viewed Posts of 2014!
It's that time of year again. To reveal the Top 10 most viewed posts on Theater in the Now! We had 45 big hits this year, but here are the 10 most clickable.1. Spotlight On...Brett Ackerman2. Review:...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Kyoung H. Park
Name: Kyoung H. ParkHometown: Santiago, ChileEducation: MFA in Playwriting, Columbia UniversityFavorite Credits:disOriented and the upcoming premiere of TALAWhy theater?: I stumbled into playwriting as...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Terri Mateer
Name: Terri MateerHometown: Brattleboro, VermontEducation: BS Interior DesignFavorite Credits: Doing A Kind Shot at FringeNYC. What an experience!Why theater?: Because there are actual real, live...
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