Review: The Magical Bathroom, or Perfection
You comb through mounds and mounds of plays to find something stirringly vivacious and juicy but chances are you haven't come across Maybe Tomorrow. Written by Max Mondi, Maybe Tomorrow is simply...
View ArticleReview: A Tough Musical Sell
For a long time, musicals were that place where you escaped reality. The material was light and fluffy and allowed you to leave the theater with a smile on your face. Nowadays, tough subjects seem to...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Tess Howsam
Name: Tess HowsamHometown: Colorado SpringsEducation: British American Drama Academy, Bard CollegeFavorite Credits: BELOW (NYC Fringe Festival and ENCORE Festival 2012) ODD.A.SEE (Arts@Renaissance)...
View ArticleReview: The Saga of the Concussion Era
Listen up sports fans, here's some theater for you! With the media continuing to explode about athlete safety with concussions, comes Eric William Morris and Ashley Rodbro’s's Running Interference. The...
View ArticleReview: A Bad Last Night
The ever-changing landscape of real estate and rent prices has caused many beloved establishments in New York City to shut their doors. To pay homage to these places we knew and loved comes Last Night...
View ArticleReview: Super Unfunny
Everyone wants to be a superhero. As a kid, you probably put on a sheet or towel and pretended to soar through the air. What began as a silly prompt, Pickles is the tale of Annie and her super...
View ArticleReview: Gun and Games
Inspired by Chekhov's Platonov comes a dinner part from hell. Written by Sean Murphy, The Starter transports the characters and themes from the Chekhov play to Texas where Anna arrives back in town...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Julia Yarwood
Name: Julia YarwoodHometown: Floral Park, NYEducation: BA Dramatic Art, the University of North Carolina, Chapel HillSelect Credits: Anya in The Cherry Orchard, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Jenny in The...
View ArticleReview: A Quirky Little Love
The romantic comedy is a genre that has been done to death. Discovering new ways to share the tale of two people in love is almost a necessity to be considered refreshing. Fortunately Hand Grenades by...
View ArticleReview: The Light Within the Darkness
There are ways to portray difficult topics. Jacob Marx Rice did it expertly and with perfect care. Make em laugh! Laughing balances out the grief and it worked wonders. In Coping, grieving and mental...
View ArticleReview: The Painfully Awkward Family
All families are weird and dysfunctional. They all have those weird idiosyncrasies. But the Kelly family takes the cake for weird and awkward. A mom with an unhealthy obsession with filling her happy...
View ArticleReview: A 70s Sitcom Life
Write what you know. Sometimes that theory provides some awful stories and sometimes it gets gold. Verano Place falls into the latter category. Inspired by playwright Katie Atcheson's parent’s open...
View ArticleReview: Plath's Path
Sylvia Plath is notorious for writing. She's also well known for her untimely suicide. But what some may not know is that was not get first attempt. That occurred during college. In Fernanda Douglas...
View ArticleReview: A Sensory Stimulation
Imagine yourself in a nightmare where you fall down a giant hole into a never ending pit of despair. Though it may be dark, it's still vivid. Now imagine that dream appearing before your eyes. That is...
View ArticleReview: The Walkie Talkie Show
With a zombie apocalypse on their hands, a married couple battles the elements and each other. Written by Dave Lankford, Night of the Living is a psychological thriller of marital proportions. Told...
View ArticleReview: Glenn vs. Divine
In the 1970s and 80s, there was one female impersonator that stood out from them all. Her name was Divine. She was brash and crude. She made her fame by pairing with the king of shock value. But...
View ArticleReview: Playwrights Get Spoofed
Imagine a bunch of theater geeks trying to do a sketch comedy show. The sketches would be filled with theater reference after theater reference. That’s essentially what you get with Loose Canon....
View ArticleReview: Covering Up Holes
Once upon a time there was a single mom and her son. The mom had bad luck in the world of dating and the son didn't care for many of the suitors. One day, a mysterious crack forms in the ceiling. And a...
View ArticleReview: A Show DOA
Love and death. Thematically they have a history together. They are once again paired together in Jonathan G. Galvez's A Life TBD. Broken up into three scenes, A Life TBD chronicles the love of Mark...
View ArticleReview: A Local Lens on Family and Homosexuality
Many times via the media we only see the broad scope on a topic. We see it from a global perspective. Rarely do we see the local perspective. With the landscape of LGBTQ equality drastically changing...
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