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Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
directed by Lise Bruneau
produced by Taffety Punk Theatre Company
reviewed by Tim Treanor

Taffety Punk presents its all-woman production of Shakespeare’s great Romeo and Juliet as a revenge play. Unfortunately, it is meant as revenge against the Shakespeare Theatre for its all-male production of the same play.  People!  Can’t we all just get along? (more…)

The Devil in His Own Words

Directed by Lise Bruneau

Produced by Taffety Punk Theatre Company

Reviewed by Ronnie Ruff

Marcus Kyd of Taffety Punk Theatre Company is super interested in that guy downstairs with the horns and a penchant for causing mischief. So what do you do if the devil is your guy?  Kyd spent a few years finding the best mentions and literary snippets of the fiery one in classic literature, the Bible and just about anywhere else. This is not to say of course that when all the research is done and texts lifted the results always work as a play - The Devil in His Own Words is what it is - a collection of over thirty examples of well delivered Satan prose from some of the most respected writers of our day and days past. Kyd is engaging as an actor, clearly in command of the material, although one hour into this tribute to the evil one we find ourselves becoming a bit weary of Flashpoint’s wooden seats from Hell and praying to God for an intermission. Director and company member Lise Bruneau keeps the show moving fluidly but the play still needs some revisions to keep the audience involved for the entire length of the performance. (more…)