Millennial Notes Dillon Chitto Combines History with Humor by Erin Weitzman Dillon Chitto’s comedy“Pueblo Revolt” brings to light an unlikely Native American victory over the Spanish Colonial occupation of North America. Set in New Mexico in 1680, Native American brothers Feem (charming Eduardo Soria) and Ba’homa (commanding Steven Flores) hold radically different views about…
Christopher Chen Creates a Complex Mystery by Patricia L. Morin “The Headlands” captures us in an inventive murder mystery that intertwines a dysfunctional Asian American family with questionable memories of a burglary gone wrong. Playwright Christopher Chan cleverly splits his play into the impact of the father’s death and the unreliability of remembrances. How…
Millennial Notes Michael Socrates Moran Invokes Song & Story in Mythic Spectacle by Jeanette Quick “Exodus to Eden,” Michael Socrates Moran’s ambitious new play, breaks new ground in both its staging and its themes of otherness, environmental destruction, and homelessness. The haunting voice of graceful Nkechi Live as an Exiled Angel fills the room,…
Caridad Svich Pens Fantastical Romp Amid Amazon Boxes by Robert M. Gardner Arriving at the beautiful Lesher Center, we admire the modern lines of this stately, elegant theater, looking forward to a play by prolific playwright Caridad Svich. “Red Bike,” billed as a day in the life of an eleven-year-old, does not forewarn us…