JC Lee’s A & P Represent A Brave, New World by Barry David Horwitz Meet two young Greek warriors: One named A for Achilles and the other P for Patroclus. Looming behind them we hear Homer’s Iliad, with the Trojan War raging in their future. They speak like we do, and they struggle to…
Millennial Notes Jeanne Sakata Summons Supreme Court Struggle by Evelyn Arevalo reviewed live at TheatreWorks, on July 26, 2018 Playwright Jeanne Sakata brings to life the terrors of the U.S. Japanese concentration camps during WWII in a gripping one man show. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the removal and relocation…
Jorge Luis Borges Meets the Moment in New York Closet by Jennifer Ann Charron Not a lot of good has come out of 2020. Even the most privileged, most content, most well-adjusted of us seem to be struggling to find any light. But last week, I witnessed a marvelous source of resilience for the dark…
Millennial Notes Elizabeth Carter Creates A Female-Centric World by Abby Tozer With a woman in the title role and three bi-racial daughters vying for the throne, Director Elizabeth Carter’s “King Lear” progressively challenges Shakespeare’s roles. Animating a remote cast of 13 actors, Carter carves a new path for virtual theater, putting live actors in…