REVIEW: Clybourne Park
I’ve seen CLYBOURNE PARK twice now. I want to love it; I think it’s a brilliant concept, with some really interesting dynamics at play. However, both times I’ve…
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REVIEW: Fortune
Have you ever gone to a restaurant and just ordered dessert? That’s what FORTUNE, the newest play at Ensemble Theatre Company is like. Sometimes when you attend a…
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REVIEW: Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
On paper, TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND is exactly the kind of show I tend to avoid. Audience participation, experimental theatre, and full of “one-minute…
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REVIEW: Lady Windermere’s Fan
This post has been sitting in my to-do que for too long. I struggle with shows like Oscar Wilde’s LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN and have a hard time finding…
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FRINGE REVIEW: seXmas Cards
Kate Mock Elliott couldn’t be more naked. Not literally, but in her one-woman show, seXmas Cards, she bares it all bravely. You might call it oversharing and if she…
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REVIEW: The Wolves
I don’t know if the opening night audience really understood how good THE WOLVES is. As a script, its pure genius. Without giving anything away, know that it’s…
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FRINGE REVIEW – ZOINKS! – NOT TO BE MISSED
I told Trey Tatum and Bridget Leak, the forces of nature behind Queen City Flash, that while I always look forward to their Fringe pieces I was a…
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REVIEW: Association of Controlled Dreamers
I love a good new work, especially one that is contemporary and serves its purpose well. ASSOCIATION OF CONTROLLED DREAMERS was the final Studio play this year and…
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REVIEW: Skeleton Crew
The highly anticipated production of Dominique Morriseau’s SKELETON CREW opened Wednesday night at Ensemble Cincinnati. Here’s a synopsis: “Times are tough in 2008 Detroit as a hundred-year-old industry…
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Full Circle: A Story of Mentorship and Collaboration
Last Friday, I was lucky to be invited to a special performance at CCM of an independent study project by graduating senior Zack Triska, directed by Vincent DeGeorge. Triska has…
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