There is nothing better than walking into a theater and
being completely and utterly captivated, allowing your mind to run wild, guided
by the limitless imagination of the playwright, director and the
There is nothing better than walking into a theater and
being completely and utterly captivated, allowing your mind to run wild, guided
by the limitless imagination of the playwright, director and the
Inspired by the true story of a nun’s mysterious disappearance and murder in a remote Michigan parish in 1911, The Runner Stumbles has all the basic ingredients for an engrossing whodunit.
In 1849, Charlotte Brontë’s future was shaping up to be as bleak as her past. The sole survivor in a family of six siblings, the 33-year-old spinster faced spending the rest of her years caring for her elderly father.
Though there’s plenty of variety to be found in the Shelter’s anthology of thematically linked one-acts, the entries are alike in the high caliber of their performances.
While it may premature to identify a current trend in theater from the British Isles, it is certainly noticeable that many recent imports have a structural approach in common.
Calling their process “investigative theater,” the Civilians have pioneered a method of making theater in which interview subjects are selected in accordance with a chosen theme.
Clybourne Park, originally produced off-Broadway in 2010, is proof that things never change. The play went on to win a Pulitzer Prize while we witnessed even more astonishing events tied to race.