Adam Rapp Crafts a Thriller with Two Touchy Writers by Barry David Horwitz “The Sound Inside” is more like a case study than a play. When an isolated Creative Writing Professor at Yale encounters a troubled, arrogant, aspiring freshman, does their mutual literary admiration lead to enlightenment or disaster? Adam Rapp’s play is about…
Jen Silverman’s Crazy Cat Becomes a God Among Us by Tom Glynn As the many disasters and catastrophes over the past five years have frayed individual limits of patience and raised collective levels of insecurity and doubt, along comes a rollicking, belly laugh comedy to offer a little relief. The sweet instruction of this…
Karen Zacarías Updates Shakespeare with Colonial California Clashes by Barry David Horwitz and Jordan Freed We’re immediately enraptured by the chemistry between Romeo and Juliet. Revelatory Sarita Ocón as lovestruck Romeo and delightful Gianna Digregorio Rivera as Juliet prove the power of love at first sight. As they are romancing at the Capulet fiesta,…
Sarah Ruhl Turns Doldrums to Delight by Lynne Stevens We take our seats opposite the minuscule, stark, black stage. The only set pieces are five black stools and two window frames hanging from a track. The actors move the frames to change scenes, a clever device from Set Designer Malcolm Rodgers. The window frames…