by Colin Thomas | Sep 9, 2019 | Review
Oddly, I found The Legend of White Woman Creek both hypnotic and boring. Katie Hartman, who wrote the piece with partner Nick Ryan, who’s running the lights, performs solo. Starting out as an academic who specializes in the paranormal, she summons the ghost of...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 9, 2019 | Review
Playwright Lili Robinson has some great instincts. Mx, Robinson’s exploration of her combined African and white heritage, starts with a monologue from Mz. Nancy (Alisha Davidson looking gorgeously imposing in a red sequined dress, scarlet-and-gold headscarf, and...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 8, 2019 | Review
I’m in love with Larry. In green coveralls and what looks like a paper cut-out beard, clown Candice Roberts plays Larry in this solo show. The guy’s a hoser — complete with an Ottawa Valley accent — a man’s man, who isn’t woke enough for the woman he wants to date....
by Colin Thomas | Sep 8, 2019 | Review
It’s a gift. In Didn’t Hurt, Rodney DeCroo shares stories about his brutal childhood and the resulting struggles in his adult life. But it’s not all grim; in fact, the most moving moments are the funniest and most tender. DeCroo is a gentle and engaging storyteller....
by Colin Thomas | Sep 7, 2019 | Review
Tamlynn Bryson is a charm machine. (In case it’s not clear, that’s a very good thing.) In Bedwetter, she takes an unlikely topic — her own bedwetting, which continued until she was 15 — and turns it into a consistently entertaining hour. Bryson performs Bedwetter solo...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 7, 2019 | Review
Shawn O’Hara’s new monologue, Advanced Field Zoology for Beginners, contains deathless lines, but it’s not quite ripe. As he did in last year’s Field Zoology 101, O’Hara plays the highly unqualified field zoologist Dr. Brad Goosebury, who delivers absurd wildlife...
