by Chris Rohmann | Jun 16, 2015 | Stagestruck
Three early-season productions have at their hearts a quest — for a lofty ideal; for an escape from bondage; for a job, any job. All three quests are in some sense foolhardy — desperate pursuits of a shimmering grail. But all are, in their very different ways, utterly...
by Chris Rohmann | Jun 10, 2015 | Stagestruck
Following up on my latest rant about gender equity in area theaters — the lack of it, that is (see “The Distaff Side,” Sept. 24 and Oct. 15, 2014) — I’ve been looking at the upcoming summer season. While the push for gender parity in American theater has gained...
by Chris Rohmann | May 27, 2015 | Stagestruck
In this pause between the winter and summer theater seasons, I’ve had a chance to look into a couple of recent books by theater faculty at local colleges. Both authors are also working artists whose practice informs their teaching, and vice versa. Peter Lobdell, who...
by Chris Rohmann | May 6, 2015 | Stagestruck
They call it a play, but it’s hard work. While staging a theater production is by definition a cooperative enterprise in a shared space, the script that provides its foundation is most often a solo undertaking created in a private room. Playwrights are the loners in...
by Chris Rohmann | Apr 28, 2015 | Stagestruck
One is an expansive Shakespearean study of power and its fruits, another looks at an awkwardly intimate reunion of two ex-lovers sundered by moral choices. One is a heady duel between biology and spirit at the frontiers of science, and one is a philosophical comedy...
