Andre Amarotico Connects Shakespeare’s Rebel Prince to Modern Times by Jenyth Jo SPARC Theater’s outdoor production of “Hamlet” displays the best of regional theater: talented actors, superb attention to the lines, and a set that takes advantage of evening’s changing light. What a joy to see “Hamlet” as the crows and dragonflies fly above…
Mark-Eugene Garcia Invokes Gay Latine Mystery by Kheven Lee LaGrone Mark-Eugene Garcia’s “Goat Blood” sneaks up on us like a slowly boiling pot of water. His play starts with a simmer, like many a race play. Then “Goat Blood” heats up and takes some surprising twists until it comes to a boil with the…
Bradbury & Vonnegut Conjure Comic Characters Searching for Easy Answers by Mary Lou Herlihy “Absolutely Science Fiction!” offers stories with remarkably prescient predictions about humans looking for easy answers to complex questions. In Ray Bradbury’s and Kurt Vonnegut’s imagined futures, humans look to technology to save them. Both sci-fi writers conjure characters looking for…
Taylor Mac’s Queer-Friendly Farce Inspires Hope & PRIDE by Jenyth Jo I’m certain Eleanor Roosevelt never imagined her words “With freedom comes responsibility” would inspire a play set in a theater ball-crawl pit. And what a world we enter! We are treated to a Greek spectacle and become the ball-throwing Chorus. We echo booyahs,…