In 2008, Danielle Drakes founded TheHegira as a commitment to showcasing the stories of women of color. Now, after two years of mentorship at the Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint, her theatre company makes one of its boldest brush strokes yet. Using bright red — the most vital color of all — they’ve painted Suzan-Lori Parks’s 1999 tragic play into a powerful picture of one woman’s poverty and perseverance. Under the assured direction of Raymond O. Caldwell, this ensemble show has grown into a hot burning briquette, at once fervently alive and aggressively pared down. [Read more...]

Kavita (Lynette Rathnam) hasn’t given up on reality entirely. She’s just decided to bookmark it for a while. And why not, when there’s another story to live, a warm, rich world lying beyond the curve of each turned page? Kavita has put all of her earthly love into her copy of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”, hoping that the novel might infuse her own ordinary life with some bright, rustling romance. [Read more...]

Performance artist Paige Hernandez finally gets a chance to take center stage and tell her own story, and man, does she Rock!  Often seen around town as a supporting artist who brings excitement and energy to other people’s work, Hernandez, supported by sibling “Nick tha1da”  as attentive Dj , brings touching insights and a refreshing exuberance to her coming of age story, whose title riffs from “paid in full.” [Read more...]

Friendship, love, art, obsession, addiction, betrayal, sex, abduction, and murder, sprinkled with hints of incest and family fun-loving cannibalism for good measure.    [Read more...]

This workshop production of Anna K provides a unique look at a well-worn tale. The adaptation by Jacqueline E. Lawton, set in 1920′s Paris, drops hints about pivotal social change along with elements of hedonism, early Dada artistic expressionism, and of course, the ever present tug of love and duty.  So many disparate elements would have a tendency to be a muddled mess, and there are, in fact, some murky moments as characters struggle to find their voice and true motivation, [Read more...]