The masses lead lives of quiet desperation despite the moments of contentedness that can be cultivated by the smallest or briefest of actions. Set in the Basque Country, Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga’s poignant drama Flowers (titled Loreak in Eusk …Read more
With its Patagonian Archipelago, Tierra Del Fuego Islands and 2,670 miles of coastline, Chile’s cultural landscape holds mystical elements. In his documentary The Pearl Button, director Patricio Guzman explores how nature holds within it the memory a …Read more
Few movies tread the often misunderstood, ignored and fetishized frontier of female sexuality with honesty, compassion and depth. Writer-director Alanté Kavaïté’s dreamy and multilayered drama Summer of Sangaile is one that depicts the eponymous hero …Read more
It’s always thrilling to discover a fresh new voice making waves in international theater, one that not only engrosses its audience and keeps them invested in the unfolding narrative, but also forces each individual to question everything they know a …Read more
The song “Magdalene Laundries” by Joni Mitchell tells the tale of an unmarried twenty-seven-year-old woman forced to work behind the walls of a convent as punishment for the way men look at her. The nameless woman bears witness to the stories of the …Read more
After gaining critical acclaim at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her play Belfast Boy, Kat Woods returned to the annual festivities this year with a new hit, Wasted, starring British up-and-comers Will Merrick and Serena Jennings. Wasted, in …Read more
Jemaine Clement and Regina Hall star in writer/director Jim Strouse’s thoughtful People Places Things. After his relationship ends, Will Henry (Clement), a graphic novelist and professor at the School of Visual Arts, finds himself reeling from a brok …Read more
From the 18th through the late 20th centuries, women and young girls deemed fallen were forced to atone for their “sins” at labor camps in Ireland known as Magdalene laundries. These women, many of whom were prostitutes, single mothers, rape victims, …Read more
A group of friends must deal with the aftermath of a suicide in Jacob Marx Rice’s play Coping. After a hit run at this year’s New York International Fringe Festival, it makes its way to the Soho Playhouse as part of the FringeNYC Encore series. Mr. R …Read more
At a prestigious art school, one teacher and two students get tangled in an unpredictable web of power and deceit in playwright Lisa Lewis’ SCHOOLED. After its successful premiere at the New York International Fringe Festival, the play will run as pa …Read more
