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•  The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
• By Stephen Adly Guirgis
• Directed by John Vreeke
• Produced by Forum Theatre
• Reviewed by Tim Treanor

I’ve taken more time than I usually do to write this review because I wanted to be sure you understood how good this play is. I wanted to tell you in plain and direct language the nature of the thing that you have before you.

It’s not that it’s simply good theater, with a tight dramatic arc and developments which are both outrageously funny and absolutely credible within the parameters of the story…although it is all of that. Nor is it simply that some of our best actors - Hemmingsen, McCormick, del Cerro, Jorgensen - do some of their best work ever, although they do. It is that The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a moral act, which can bring grace to the stricken heart. It will both entertain you and make you think. It could save your life. (more…)

By Don DeLillo

Directed by Michael Dove

Produced by Forum Theatre & Dance

Reviewed by Janice Cane

During the intermission of Valparaiso at the H Street Playhouse a few nights ago, my companion turned to me and asked, “So, what do you think?” My response: “I like it, but it’s a little strange.” If I had only known what was in store for me! Act One was very good with a little bit of weird mixed in, but Act Two was very weird with a woefully small bit of good mixed in. (more…)