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• The Plague
• By Albert Camus . Adapted for the stage by Otho Eskin
• Directed by Robert McNamara and Ellen Wilhite
• Produced by Scena Theatre
• Reviewed by Steven McKnight

Dramatizing a novel is difficult, even more so when that novel, The Plague by Albert Camus,   serves primarily as a platform for discussing philosophical responses to the absurdity of the human condition in an arduous situation.  Yet the cast of Scena Theatre’s production makes a game effort that leavens the discourses with enough convincing drama to make The Plague an intelligent and memorable piece of theatre. (more…)

• The Chairs 
• By Eugene Ionesco 
• Directed by Robert McNamara
• Produced by Scena Theatre
• Reviewed by Rosalind Lacy

Blinding light floods the stage and the walls of the castle tower. An illustrious fanfare accompanies the opening of the upstage double doors. Surprise: nothing is there because an imaginary emperor is standing there.  After what seems like eons later, the expected, real character enters through a side door. Brava and bravo to the Scena Theatre’s design team: Marianne Meadows for lights; David Crandall for sound; and Hannah J. Crowell for that set design of eight-loose-hinged doors, for a delayed stage entrance with impact—the climax of The Chairs. (more…)