Rules of Clubbed Thumb: Funny, Strange, Provocative—and Fast
The troupe’s 20th Summerworks festival, featuring plays by Jerry Lieblich, Kate E. Ryan and Jaclyn Backhaus, showcases both its downtown aesthetics and its experimental work ethic.
Category Archives: Previews
‘Zombie: The American’ Occupies the White House
Robert O’Hara’s new play for Woolly Mammoth mixes Jacobean drama with political satire and the zombie apocalypse to make a statement about the undead way we live now.
With ‘Paper Planet’ and the Toddler Takeover, the Playscape’s the Thing
At a three-day festival led by the Alliance Theatre, and in an Aussie import at the New Victory Theatre, theatre for the very young is growing up fast.
‘Black and Blue’ Brings the Ferguson Moment Back Home
Ten months after the killing of Michael Brown, playwright Lee Patton Chiles conjures voices from the struggle on a nearby stage.
A Tour of Alfred Jarry’s Warped Mental Landscape, Crocodiles and All
Spooky Action Theater’s ‘Jarry Inside Out’ imagines the strange afterlife of the brain behind ‘Ubu Roi.’
Comedy and Politics, Strange Bedfellows in Yussef El Guindi’s ‘Threesome’
Eygptian-American playwright’s characters lower their guard on serious issues after first losing some clothes and inhibitions.
Joe Iconis, Back at the Intersection of Young and Awkward in ‘Be More Chill’
A new musical based on Ned Vizzini’s young-adult novel follows a high schooler jonesing for chill pill, literally.
Stew Pays a Debt to James Baldwin With ‘Notes of a Native Song’
The famed essayist and author has long loomed in the background of the songwriter’s work. Stew’s new concert musical pushes the influence to forefront—but don’t expect a hagiography.
Noor Theatre Responds to Breaking News with Breaking Theatre
At the 48 Hour Forum, playwrights will have 12 hours to write a play about last week’s news headlines, and then 36 hours to produce it.
Marisela Treviño Orta: From an Amber Alert to ‘Heart Shaped Nebula’
A news story provided the initial spark. Then the playwright stirred science and Greek myths into her new play about a star-crossed couple.
