by Chris Rohmann | Mar 18, 2010 | Stage
“The need to have a home and family is gone from most of the world,” mourns the central character in The Trip to Bountiful. She’s Carrie Watts, whose blissful childhood in a Texas farm town (its name deriving from the bounty of its crops) gave way to...
by Chris Rohmann | Mar 25, 2010 | Stage
“We live on land long trod. We admire the landscapes the deer ran upon, the natives named and cared for, and our ancestors escaped to. And the landscape allows the dreaming.” Earlier this month, Double Edge Theatre hosted one of its Sunday morning...
by Chris Rohmann | Mar 26, 2010 | Stage
During this winter of economic discontent, I’ve been talking with summer theater managers around the region to see how they did last year and, as spring turns toward summer, how they’re approaching the upcoming season. The area’s two Equity companies...
by Chris Rohmann | Apr 1, 2010 | Stage
“This is the fourth revision of the 10th draft of my play,” said Julian Olf, drawing an appreciative laugh from his audience. Most of the people who crowded into a Northampton living room on a recent Wednesday evening were playwrights, directors and...
by Chris Rohmann | Apr 1, 2010 | Stage
It’s not a theater by any stretch. The low ceiling, whitewashed brick walls, folding chairs and bare-bulb lighting make for a less than salubrious performance experience. But the basement of Thornes Marketplace in Northampton, formerly occupied by Dynamite...
