Millennial Notes Sedef Ecer Depicts Social Outcasts in Urban Slum by Jordan Freed Turkish playwright Sedef Ecer and translator Evren Odcikin bring us a fascinating story, shedding light on Istanbul’s continuing conflict over urban refugees. “On the Periphery” is exactly the kind of theater we want to see, giving voices to people and struggles…
Millennial Notes Tony Hale Elevates Will Eno’s Struggling Script by Jordan Freed You may be familiar with “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch,” a Carnegie Mellon professor diagnosed with terminal cancer at age 47, in 2008. His lecture went viral with 19 million views and became a best-seller. Pausch appealed to our sense of…
Millennial Notes David Lindsay-Abaire’s Sharp-Edged Seniors Act Up by Jordan Freed Working at a retirement home for a year, I saw my fair share of squabbles between residents, ranging from a stolen seat in the dining hall to snarky gossip about who’s sleeping with whom. “Ripcord” by David Lindsay-Abaire ramps up the senior drama…
Millennial Notes Whitty & Magruder Challenge Love & Gender Norms by Jordan Freed Does it make a lick of sense to combine Sir Philip Sidney’s 400-year-old pastoral romance Arcadia with the 1980s new wave sound of the Go-Go’s? Not in the slightest. But is it entertaining as hell? You bet! At New Conservatory Theatre…