Richard Wesley’s nail-bitting new play is less a “play,” and more of an immersion into the life of Bernard (Nic Few), the title character, as he climbs the ladder of […]
In Southern California, not everyone has to confront racism in the same way as manifested in the South during the late 60s and early 70s. Back then, Toni Morrison wrote about […]
Bringing the Skylight’s series featuring women playwrights and directors to a close, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s Hungry Ghost may be the most densely packed, metaphorical drama presented this year. Dring tells the tale […]
Almost everyone knows about Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman, that exposes the pursuit of an American Dream with tragic consequences. But fewer people know how much Miller was intrigued by […]
What a metaphor for life! Bernardo Cubria simmers it down to a shucking bucket of crabs, all struggling to get up and out, no matter at whose (or whats’) expense. Sound […]
What an ingenious move, to reposition Shakespeare’s History Plays to feature a woman who might seem to simply sit on the sidelines while the men do all the jockeying for […]
