Cold Rain opens with a familiar scene: three women, joining hands as they light candles and recite a simple love spell. A Macbethean trope, this spell acts as the inciting incident catapulting the Weekes sisters—Shirley, Carly and Lolly—into an unhappy future. A thoughtful story riddled with potential, Cold Rain’s scattered timeline leaves audiences laughing but […]

The #MeToo era has been brought to light by unrelentingly brave female voices. Sobriety of Fear, and specifically its playwright and solo performer Shaun Michael Johnson, successfully turns the light on domestic abuse and its myriad and devastating effects on one entire family.