The Howland Company and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre are collaborating on the final show of Buddies’ season, take rimbaud. Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster is a part of the stellar cast of take rimbaud, and I got to ask her about the show, about her relationship with The Howland Company, and what audiences can expect from…
Two siblings, separated by miles and years. A woman who can’t help but lie, even though it all sounds like the truth. All of them yearning for connection. Zaiba Baig’s latest plays, Kainchee Lagaa + Jhooti: The Begging Brown Bitch Plays, directed by Tawiah Ben M’Carthy, are a thought provoking and boundary pushing double bill…
It’s time for the 47th Annual Rhubarb Festival! Hosted by Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, this festival of new works featuring artists from at home and abroad is sure to push boundaries and open minds. This year’s curator is Ludmylla Reis, and I was able to ask them some questions about this year’s festival, what…
What would you sacrifice for someone you love? Would you risk getting shot, stop your studies, give up your marriage? Would you travel across oceans, across countries, across The Green Line? Makram Ayache’s The Green Line, translation by Hiba Sleiman, is a heartbreaking story of queer romances and familial ties which span generations. A pointed…
The first weekend of Fringe is always an exciting one! More folks are able to be out and about at shows, which means sold out houses and a great energy. For me, it also means that my fiance is able to join me for a day or two of Fringing and we always have such…
Do you know who you were in a past lifetime? Maybe you were the face of a maize flour company, or a stripper working on Christmas Eve. Maybe you made arepas with love or maybe you made love to strangers. Genrefuck. explores the complexities of life through two different stories: Reina by Augusto Bitter and…
What does it mean to truly start over? Myah isn’t sure, but she’s quit her job and left her boyfriend, and now she’s got nowhere to go. What she does know, is that she’s never going back. Amanda Wilkin’s Shedding a Skin is not just about starting over, but finding oneself and one’s place within…
April is a notoriously busy month in the theatre community, and this year is proving to be no exception. I’ve got plenty of exciting things to see this month, and hopefully you’ll be able to check them out as well! Paradise Lost – Randolph College for the Performing Arts The seventeenth century and present day…
What happens when you’ve had enough? You’re at the end of your rope and you just can’t take another bad thing happening in your life? Do you cry, scream, or both? Or do you try to set the grocery store you were just fired from on fire, like Beth. There is Violence and There is…
Imagine a place out of time, where the flora and fauna stretch to the sky in a wondrous display of natural beauty. Adam Paolozza’s Last Landscape does just that: imagines the beauty of our world on a massive scale. With each scene created right before your eyes, and yet not a word spoken throughout, Last…
A View from the Box 