Under Milk Wood: sensuality and wonder

by | Apr 22, 2023 | Review

I don’t know if language gets more glorious than this. The poetry in Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood, a radio play from 1954 that was adapted for the stage, is unabashedly beautiful. In it, two narrators introduce us to the fictional Welsh town of Llareggub...

Rubaboo means stew: This stew is bland

by | Apr 16, 2023 | Review

Artistically, Rubaboo is mostly terrible. But there’s no denying the project’s good intentions. Core creator Andrea Menard, who also stars in this cabaret performance, has set out to explore the history and wisdom of her Métis culture. She’s aiming for truth and...

Stupid Fucking Bird: inconsistent but sometimes glorious

by | Apr 15, 2023 | Review

The Search Party’s production of Stupid Fucking Bird isn’t perfect, but it includes so many wildly successful elements that it’s worth seeing. Aaaron Posner’s script is a riff on Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull. The timeframe is updated to the present and some of the...

Black & Rural: stuck in its head

by | Apr 1, 2023 | Review

I’m white and urban writing about playwright Shayna Jones’s exploration of being Black and rural. Keep that in mind as you read this. In her solo show Black & Rural, which she has written and is now performing, Jones tells us that she lives in a mountain village...