Love triangles, sexual liberation, and relationship complexities abound in Micheline Auger’s Donkey Punch, in which characters challenge themselves to either live up to the person they think they are or fight for the person they want to be. The play, …Read more

“Annapurna” isn’t a title that rolls off the tongue, but it works for the tone of this play: not everything here is easy. Playwright Sharr White has written a dense piece about a difficult and complicated relationship between two people unable to liv …Read more

Growing up in the south, with an abusive, alcoholic father and a passive and emotionally void mother, young Doug Knott made the decision never to pass on his family’s legacy, promising to himself never to become a father.  In “Last of the Knotts”, Kn …Read more

In “Jamaica Farewell”, the story of one women’s journey to the United States from her native Jamaica, actress/playwright Debra Ehrhardt tells the true and unbelievable story of accomplishing her dream to come to America against all odds.  It’s story …Read more

Playing with ideas of love, hope, inspiration, artistic merit and dreams, “The Nina Variations” is a clever, funny, and heartfelt adaptation-cum-homage to Chekhov’s “The Seagull”. The two main characters, Nina (Leigh Adel-Arnold) and Treplev (Mark Ko …Read more

Authenticity, in language and delivery, is not always easy to convey. And thus having Spanish actor Pep Muñoz play Ricard, a fictitious character inspired by a Catalan activist and bank robber Enric Duran, gave “39 Defaults” a necessary sense of real …Read more

“The Mutilated” is nothing but rough around the edges. The daring play by Tennessee Williams is bold, ugly, and throws a punch. In the New Ohio Theater’s 38 year musical revival of this lesser known gem, creatively tackled by director Cosmin Chivu, w …Read more

Making its world premiere, the New York City Players’ production of Tina Satter’s “House of Dance” is one of those performances that leaves you uplifted and fulfilled.  The show gives you a glimpse into the world of dance — and even if you don’t hav …Read more

There is no easy or pretty way to approach the subject of pedophilia, which playwright Paula Vogel explores in  “How I Learned to Drive”.  Tongue in Cheek Theater’s well-crafted production of this Pulitzer Prize-winning play is currently at the Bridg …Read more

What is perhaps most compelling about Jerry Ford’s story in the play “Hope” is that he lived to tell the tale. In this one-person show based on the writer/actor’s life growing up in Detroit, the audience witnesses a constant transformation — Ford no …Read more