The opening sequence of Spinning Into Butter feels cozy, comfortable and familiar – a student is called into a typical dean’s office, not too cluttered or pristine. Maura McGinn plays Dean Sarah Daniels with accuracy and precision, pulling bifocals in place when necessary, trying to find a way to help a struggling yet promising college […]

In the Joseph Wright painting, “Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump,” a Saint of Knowledge, his face rigid with scientific rapture, displays the results of his experiment. Around him, his apostles, family and friends gaze on in various expressions of certainty and satisfaction. To his left, a middle-aged man smugly explains the results […]

The Boys Next Door by Tom Griffin is the kind of play that makes you laugh in an uneasy way. One question this wonderfully acted production asks is pointed and direct — can a play about four mentally challenged men living together in a small apartment be humorous without the focus of the joke being […]