Paul Dukas’ Opera, Directed by Alison Pogorelc, Asserts Women’s Wisdom by Jennifer Ann Charron Beginning with Paul Dukas’ lush opera, director Alison Pogorelc delivers a gorgeous and deeply clever production—imparting her own interpretation, as well as allowing us room to choose our own. Pogorelc’s unique talent challenges us to engage—desperately needed in today’s operas….
Millennial Notes Jessica Dickey Provokes Reflections on Women’s Rights by Amy Deng What does it feel like to have a vagina? Nan Day, the cancer researcher in Jessica Dickey’s play, says it’s neither good nor bad, but rather confusing. In this entertaining and heartwarming play, Dickey spotlights women’s perspectives on their bodies and gender…
Millennial Notes José Rivera’s Soldier Brings Gulf War Home to California by Amy Deng As the moon takes over the surreal California desert, the night sky and thorny cactus glow fluorescent blue. Beside an elongated green statue of a woman, a lustful wild Coyote (Gabriel A. Ross) and a spoiled house Cat (Alexandra Wahl)…
Jacklyn Backhaus Spins Herstory from Medieval to Modern by Patricia L. Morin Jaclyn Backhaus’ “Wives,” a comic satire spanning five centuries in four acts, mixes exaggerated caricatures of women as they struggle with the roles of wife, lover, and mother. “Wives” begins in the kitchen of medieval French king Henry II, then whisks us…