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Danielle Martin Capital Fringe Reporter Danielle Martin teaches the creative arts around town, sees and makes theatre both here and in Philly, and is in between graduate school programs. Last year she finished up her MA in Theatre History and Criticism at CUA and is heading up to Boston very soon to begin an MA in Arts in Education at Harvard.

Lebensraum

  • Lebensraum  
  • Reviewed by Danielle Martin  

Question: How awesome is it when 3 college kids play a whole host of characters working magic one of the best political plays in the last quarter of a century?

Answer: Pretty damned Awesome. [Read more...]

The Cloud Factory

  • The Cloud Factory  
    Reviewed by Danielle MartinIt’s a treat to come into a low-tech performance, and before the show begins be invited into the piece’s atmosphere. In this case, original, sweet folk tunes calmed and opened the space up for solo performer Alix Sobler,

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Crashing Home

Crashing Home  
Danielle Martin

Four vignettes that use song, yoga, metaphor, and video to present the facets of womanity. Disclaimer: while I adore feminist plays and work (it was thrust and vantage of my thesis), this particular vein of reclamation [Read more...]

A Nervous Smile

A Nervous Smile 
by Danielle Martin

What’s cool about Fringe in concept is the possibilty that on a shoe-string budget, the highlight is a small group actors doing service to a playwright. Here,  contemporary American playwright John Belluso’s recently discovered works is easily sparked to life in this pared down black box production.

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