Archives for July 10, 2011

A murder, an execution, a conspiracy and a history of rumored abuse stand at the center of Belle Parricide.  Based on the historical tale of a young Italian noblewoman named Beatrice Cenci who was executed for the murder of her father in 1599, the work shows how one event can capture people’s imagination for centuries.

Every junky knows that the first thing that happens when you stick a needle into your arm—before any narcotic reaches your veins—you give up a drop of blood.  It floats in the syringe like a little red balloon. It may not seem like much, but after a few hundred or thousand injections, they add up.  […]

Have you ever met a human manifestation of the ozone layer before? I hadn’t either, but upon viewing Terry McKinstry’s 70 Million Tons, my answer to that question will never be the same. And it’s for the better. We spend plenty of time personifying the planet (Earth Day, Mother Earth, etc.), but to give a […]

Ellouise Schoettler is an enthusiast of genealogy. My Diamond Jubilee is her first public performance telling her autobiographical story of Finding Gus. Based on how the performance is staged, it is easy to imagine that before she only told the story in the comfort of her home.