Deborah Yarchun Explores Threats & Benefits of AI by Patricia L. Morin “Atlas, the Lonely Gibbon” delivers a blend of tense and comedic moments in an AI world gone rogue. A young techie couple spotlights the clash between their sophisticated cyber-apartment and basic human feelings. The stunning modern set by Designer Andrew Patton includes…
Sor (Sister) Juana Inés de la Cruz Spotlights Women’s Issues by Patricia L. Morin “House of Desires” offers a delightful bounty of surprises as it explores forms of love and the humorous predicaments of romantic couples. In La Val’s tiny underground theater, we can feel the breeze as an actor passes in front…
Jacklyn Backhaus Spins Herstory from Medieval to Modern by Patricia L. Morin Jaclyn Backhaus’ “Wives,” a comic satire spanning five centuries in four acts, mixes exaggerated caricatures of women as they struggle with the roles of wife, lover, and mother. “Wives” begins in the kitchen of medieval French king Henry II, then whisks us…
Aishah Rahman Unfolds Grief Inflicted on Black Families by Patricia L. Morin Aishah Rahman’s 1987 play “The Mojo and the Sayso” tells the story of a 1973 murder of a 10-year-old-boy in Queens, New York. The boy was shot in the back by a drunken plainclothes cop. They charged the police officer, and then…