Review: The Complexity of Oedipus
The canon of Greek comedies and dramas have played a historic role through time. Some have even impacted other disciplines including psychology. Freud coined the term "Oedipus Complex" that describes...
View ArticleBlog Hijack: A Conversation with Jae Woo
In today's Blog Hijack, playwright Haley Jakobson sat down with actor Jae Woo to talk a little bit about life and theater!Name: Jae WooHometown: Auckland, New ZealandEducation: Boston University School...
View ArticleReview: The Sugary Love Jukebox
Welcome to the Springfield Super Senior Prom of 1958. The Marvelous Wonderettes are the fill-in entertainment where their set list is all about love. Receiving a sugary revival at Theatre Row, The...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Poppy Liu
Name: Poppy LiuHometown: born in Xi'An, China; childhood in St. Paul, Minnesota; adolescence in Shanghai, China; currently residing in BrooklynEducation: BA at Colgate University (Theater & Women's...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Drew Brody
Name: Drew BrodyHometown: Wilmette, ILEducation: Georgetown University School of Foreign ServiceFavorite Credits: Music and lyrics for Cutman: A Boxing Musical (Goodspeed Theaters 2011), Derma (Piccolo...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Tatyana Kot
Name: Tatyana KotHometown: grew up at Stepnogorsk, KazakhstanEducation: MA in Education from Kurgan State University, Kurgan, RussiaSelect credits:Salome with Blackmoon Theater Company at the Flea,...
View ArticleReview: A Long, Long Night
by Michael BlockShakespeare is a crowd pleaser. It draws audiences in thanks to familiarity. But with an abundance of companies taking on the Bard, you have to do more than just tackle the text. These...
View ArticleReview: A Bland Bee
by Michael BlockOne of the most produced shows dominating theaters all over the USA is William Finn, Rachel Sheinkin, and Rebecca Feldman's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. After a fruitful...
View ArticleTechnically Speaking with...Jorge D. Dieppa
Name: Jorge D. DieppaHometown: Caguas, Puerto RicoEducation: MFA Set Design from Brooklyn College and a BS In Mechanical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico College of Engineering...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Isaac Byrne
Name: Isaac ByrneHometown: Granbury TexasEducation: BA in English, Schreiner UniversityFavorite Credits:The Other Mozart is probably the most successful and the most important show I've been blessed to...
View ArticleTechnically Speaking with...Sarita Fellows
Name: Sarita FellowsHometown: Freetown Sierra LeoneEducation: MFA in Design for Stage and Film, NYU Tisch School of the Arts.Favorite Credits:Fabuloso and Bug, with the Boundless theater Co. Pericles...
View ArticleReview: A History of Regrets
by Michael BlockLife is a series of sacrifices. And when it comes to love, sometimes the heart takes over for the brain. In Sevan K. Green's This Time presented by Rising Circle Theater Collective, one...
View ArticleTechnically Speaking with...María-Cristina Fusté
Name: María-Cristina FustéHometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico (currently lives in Sunnyside, NY)Education: MFA in Design for Stage and Film from NYU Tisch School of the ArtsFavorite Credits: Madama...
View ArticleReview: Whether We Like It Or...NOT!
by Kaila M. StokesIn a small theater at the top of the 8th floor in a doorman building in the heart of Times Square, is The Tank. This non-profit home for the arts is where many emerging artists...
View ArticleReview: Here's to Latrice!
by Michael BlockWhen you can silence a cabaret crowd, you know you're a winner. And Latrice Royale is a winner. Bringing hope and inspiration, Here's to Life is not what you're expecting but it's...
View ArticleReview: A Slasher's Revenge
There's something amazing about adapting Thomas Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy. When a concept works, it can be brilliant. The overall theme in the original text is so universal that lifting the...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Jessica Frey
Name: Jessica FreyHometown: Lexington, KYEducation: NYU, Tisch, Atlantic Acting SchoolSelect Credits: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility; Clown Bar, and Giant Killer Slugs with Pipeline Theatre...
View ArticleReview: The Revenger's Game
Revenge makes a man go mad. Just ask Hamlet. Or The Revenger’s Tragedy's Vindici. The Revenger's Tragedy by Thomas Middleton is a Jacobean classic appropriately about one man's mission of revenge...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Erika Phoebus
Name: Erika PhoebusHometown: Glen Burnie, MDEducation: University of Colorado, BoulderFavorite Credits: I workshopped this new musical in college called Knock Out by Raechel Sherwood. It was a...
View ArticleSpotlight On...Ami Brabson
Name: Ami BrabsonHometown: Cleveland, OhioEducation: M.F.A. , NYU / TISCH Graduate School of ActingSelect Credits: Frequently appeared as Mary Pembleton in Homicide: Life on the Streets. Other TV...
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