“Last of the Love Letters” Explores Aftermath of Great Passion—at Crowded Fire
Streaming: May 6 – 17, 2025 Ngozi Anyanwu Energizes Paired Monologues with Music, Dance by Zack Rogow Theater and movies about love stories almost always show us the lead-up to a romance. It’s rare that we hear about the mechanics of an actual relationship, and even less frequent that a plot focuses on the…
“It’s True, It’s True, It’s True”: An Acting Showpiece—at Marin
Barrett & Stevens Turn Renaissance Rome into Punk-Rock London by Rachel Norby Amazingly, “It’s True, It’s True, It’s True” takes its dialogue from a 1612 rape trial in Renaissance Rome. Apart from torture by thumbscrews, the young woman’s accusation that she has been raped could be a dramatization of a trial for rape in…
“Government Housing” Invokes AfroFuturism, Reveals Hard Truths—at LBP
Ayodele Nzinga Transforms Realism to Fantasy, Opening Our Eyes by Kheven Lee LaGrone According to Marvin X, a leading playwright of the movement, “Black theater was the mother of the Black Power Movement.” He explained that, “In America during the 60s, youth received revolutionary consciousness in the Black Arts Movement (BAM), especially the Black…