Play review
The disappeared of Ayotzinapa reverently remembered in new theater work
November 19, 2024Mexico has one of the highest rates of disappearances in the world, many the victims of femicide. Political, environmental and labor leaders have often been targeted for elimination as well.
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A U.S. stage premiere of ‘I, Daniel Blake’ is filled with pathos
October 17, 2024The UK Guardian called the play “Chilling…highlights the realities of an inflexible system that does not recognize individual needs, nor allow space for compassion.”
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World premiere of ‘A Good Guy’ confronts the epidemic of gun violence
September 23, 2024“Whenever someone declares that the best way to stop a school shooter is to arm teachers, I can tell that they haven’t spoken to any teachers about it,” says playwright David Rambo.
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‘Memnon’: Harlem comes to Malibu (ancient Black Lives Matter too)
September 12, 2024The approximately 80-minute one-act play can be a bit talky with lengthy monologues or soliloquies, although I imagine this may be how some Greek dramas were presented in those ancient amphitheaters under the starry Grecian skies...
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‘God Will Do the Rest’ introduces an idiosyncratic Filipino American immigrant family
September 11, 2024From his clever and wise writing in last year’s The Bottoming Process, I could tell Nicholas Pilapil would be one playwright to watch.
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