Eady & Mast Propose Treatment for Israeli/Palestinian Tribalism by Lynne Stevens “We Repair Army Jeeps,” claims the sign outside a modest garage in a small Israeli town. But inside bigger questions roll out. Do they repair injured hearts, too? Inside, we meet Him (cautious Nick Musleh) and Her (probing Elissa Beth Stebbins). They are…
Eady & Mast Unveil Palestinian Identity Nightmare by Jenyth Jo In “The Return,” playwrights Hanna Eady and Edward Mast sensitively portray the suffering of Palestinians in Israel, where they are under constant suspicion and surveillance. When a Palestinian car mechanic’s painful past comes back to haunt him, we learn that his constrained life is…
Richmond & Maxwell’s Witty Story & Songs Spotlight Stellar Ensemble by Kim Waldron “Ride the Cyclone” was reviewed on September 30, 2024, at NCTC. The standard musical does not start with a death, let alone half a dozen, but there’s not much standard in this off-beat, yet upbeat production. Six teens killed in a…
Moisés Kaufman’s Docudrama Still Horrifies After 25 Years by Jenyth Jo In 1998, two ignorant losers brutally beat and hogtie Matthew Shepard to a barbed-wire fence post outside Laramie, Wyoming. Shepard was a 5’2” college student, targeted because he was gay. When the news of this hate crime came out, New York writer Moisés…