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fromVulture
3 weeks ago

The Other Place Is a Low-Stakes Antigone

Modern productions reimagine Sophocles' Theban plays across genres, with Antigone adapted into a suburban family drama that narrows epic catharsis into a muted, domestic reckoning.
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fromwww.berkeleyside.org
1 month ago

Listen to directors talk about Shotgun Players' 2026 shows

Shotgun Players' 2026 season stages provocative, emotionally bold plays confronting taboo, climate crisis, and aging through risk-taking theater and a world premiere.
fromVulture
5 months ago

On the Road, in Three Dimensions: Caroline

One marker of the spurious issue play-a form the contemporary American theater features in surplus-is that it tends to be populated with puppets. Their inhabitants can, like the horror that is Tilly Norwood, look real, they can be loud or colorful or quirky, but ultimately they plug into a formula - they do what the playwright needs them to do. That's why it's refreshing to come across a play like Preston Max Allen's Caroline, the assured, affecting three-hander.
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