Isabella Byrd II: Cradling in the Abyss
[Full article published in UrbanExcavations May 26, 2020, by Martha Wade Steketee.] Isabella Byrd has chased the light in her stage designs around the country in recent years, several of […]
Halley Feiffer: Writing New Roles One Play at a Time
[Full article by Martha Wade Steketee published in The Clyde Fitch Report, March 23, 2019.] Playwright-actor Halley Feiffer is currently shouldering both of her hyphenated roles in The Pain of My […]
Heather Raffo in ‘Noura’ Unpacks Family Legacies with Radical Hope and Forgiveness
Noura by Heather Raffo Directed by Joanna Settle Featuring Heather Raffo Playwrights Horizons November 27, 2018 – December 30, 2018 production site On the 2017 list by The Kilroys of unproduced […]
Ezra, Henry and a Refuge From Adulthood in ‘Log Cabin’
[Original published in The Clyde Fitch Report, June 26, 2018.] What happens when you fold three couples with overlapping friendships and lurking past connections up against one another, throw in […]
Son to Forgive His Betraying Mother? Ask “The Treasurer”
[Original published in The Clyde Fitch Report, September 27, 2017.] What happens to a 13-year-old boy when his mother leaves the family for another life? “She left and poof, there […]
review: the whale
The Whale By Samuel D. Hunter Directed by Davis McCallum Featuring Shuler Hensley, Tasha Lawrence Playwrights Horizons, 416 West 42nd Street November 5, 2012 (opening) — December 15, 2012 production web site Reviewed […]
review: detroit
Detroit by Lisa D’Amour Directed by Anne Kauffman Featuring Amy Ryan, David Schwimmer, John Cullum Playwrights Horizons, 416 West 42nd Street September 18, 2012 (opening) — October 7, 2012 production […]
event musings: industry talk: literary directors and managers
Industry Talk: Literary Directors and Managers Host and moderator Christie Evaneglisto with Kirsten Bowen, Adam Greenfield, Carrie Hughes, Annie MacRae, Elizabeth Frankel Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 6pm Signature Theatre Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre, 480 West 42nd Street event site Signature Theatre and its new home at the Pershing Square Signature Center has become a meeting place of sorts. A […]
review: the big meal
The Big Meal by Dan LeFranc Directed by Sam Gold Featuring Anita Gillette, Tom Bloom, Jennifer Mudge Playwrights Horizons Peter Jay Sharp Theater, 416 West 42nd Street March 21, 2012 — April […]
review: assistance
Assistance by Leslye Headland Directed by Trip Cullman Featuring Michael Esper, Virginia Kull, Amy Rosoff Playwrights Horizons, 416 West 42nd Street February 3, 2012 — March 11, 2012 production web […]
event musings: solo actor / writer roundtable
Dramatists Guild Academy presents: Solo Actor / Writer Roundtable Moderated by Gary Garrison Monday, January 2, 2012 at 5:30pm Playwrights Horizons, 416 West 42nd Street “Theatre is a vocation. It […]
review: milk like sugar
Milk Like Sugar by Kirsten Greenidge Directed by Rebecca Taichman Featuring Tonya Pinkins Playwrights Horizons, Women’s Project Theater, La Jolla Playhouse Peter Jay Sharp Theater @ Playwrights Horizons, 416 West […]
review: a small fire
A Small Fire By Adam Bock Directed by Trip Cullman Featuring Reed Birney, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Michele Pawk, Victor Williams Playwrights Horizons, 416 West 42nd Street production web site: http://www.playwrightshorizons.org/mainstage.asp January 6, […]
review: after the revolution
After the Revolution By Amy Herzog Directed by Carolyn Cantor Featuring David Margulies, Lois Smith, Mare Winningham Playwrights Horizons, Peter Jay Sharp Theater, 416 West 42nd Street production web site October 21, […]
review: me, myself & i
Me, Myself & I By Edward Albee Directed by Emily Mann Featuring Elizabeth Ashley, Zachary Booth, Brian Murray Playwrights Horizons, 416 W 42nd Street production web site: http://www.playwrightshorizons.org/mainstage.asp September 12, 2010 […]
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