Millennial Notes Sarah Ruhl Challenges Marriage with Free Love by Krista Pearl McAtee “This play is about polyamory” we hear audience members whisper to each other before the play starts. Their childlike giddiness about the taboo topic is exactly what playwright Sarah Ruhl tears to shreds. She tests the boundaries of marriage, love, and…
Millennial Notes Mona Golabek Relives Her Mother’s Story & Plays Classics by Evelyn Arevalo “The Pianist of Willesden Lane” is absolutely spellbinding. Mona Golabek’s solo performance expertly entwines riveting classical piano with a shocking WWII story. She recounts how, in 1938, her mother, Lisa Jura, narrowly escaped the Nazi’s. Lisa, a passionate fourteen year…
Millennial Notes Kate Robards’ Refreshing Approach to Love & Sexuality by Tanvi Agrawal In her audacious one-woman show, “PolySHAMory,” Kate Robards shares the raw details of her stint in a non-traditional relationship. She tells us about coming to terms with veiled infidelity, and finding the strength to restart life with more self love. Kate…
Millennial Notes Whitty & Magruder Challenge Love & Gender Norms by Jordan Freed Does it make a lick of sense to combine Sir Philip Sidney’s 400-year-old pastoral romance Arcadia with the 1980s new wave sound of the Go-Go’s? Not in the slightest. But is it entertaining as hell? You bet! At New Conservatory Theatre…