by Chris Rohmann | Apr 15, 2010 | Stage
“But suddenly,” says the narrator of Anton Chekhov’s satirical short story “The Death of a Clerk,” about to describe an unexpected, life-changing sneeze. And then he pauses. “This ‘but suddenly’ occurs often in...
by Chris Rohmann | Apr 16, 2010 | Stage
There’s a new kid on the cyberblock, a child of mixed parentage and ambivalent identity. The Good Ear Review is an online literary magazine that celebrates the art of the dramatic monologue—short one-character sketches that capture character, place and...
by Chris Rohmann | Apr 22, 2010 | Stage
One man is running for his life, and one is running his life into the ground. One of them has the look of a classic vigilante cop from TV and movies, but he’s no knight in dirty armor. The other is the hero of a classic spy thriller who now finds himself in a...
by Chris Rohmann | Apr 23, 2010 | Stage
The 10-minute play is a relative newcomer to the contemporary stage, but it has grown like ivy. Numerous festivals, how-to courses and script collections are devoted to the mini-genre, which has also spawned a particularly addictive variant. The format’s...
by Chris Rohmann | Apr 29, 2010 | Stage
“There’s a great belief in Amherst that conversation and dialogue can actually produce change,” says Zak Berkman. “The idea that if you can get everyone in the room to talk about something, it can affect the community as a whole.” Berkman...
