A wealthy woman invites two strangers to her home for an unusual meal. We are in a postapocalyptic world of sirens, curfews, roadblocks, private security militias, and omninous police sweeps. The chaos outside is in surreal contrast
1001
Why do we tell stories? Scheherazade (played by Yasmin Tuazon in Jason Grote’s exquisitely reimagined, recontextualized retelling of the story of 1001 Nights)
The Skin of Our Teeth
The Skin of Our Teeth Written by Thornton Wilder Directed by Rahaleh Nassri Produced by Rorschach Theatre Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson Any full scale production of The Skin of Our Teeth nowadays is a tough sell. Thornton Wilder’s 1942 script contains a smorgasbord of messages in as many styles and formats, wraps deep […]
This Storm Is What We Call Progress
This Storm Is What We Call Progress By Jason Grote Produced by Rorschach Theatre Directed by Jenny McConnell Frederick Reviewed by Tim Treanor A gal, a pal, a cabal…Kabbalah! This perfect Storm has been brewing for centuries – brewing within us, from the days of the first Adam’s atoms, when we sought to find the […]
Rorschach in Exile
Rorschach Theatre, which suddenly held a leaving-the-church yard sale last Fall, has found a temporary home at Georgetown University’s Davis Perfoming Arts Center, allowing Rorschach to continue its season, and, at times, have 2 shows running in separate spaces. Today’s Backstage column by Jane Horwitz has the details.
Kit Marlowe
Kit Marlowe By David Grimm Directed by Jessie R. Gallogly Produced by Rorschach Theatre Reviewed by Tim Treanor David Grimm’s Kit Marlowe is a history play, written in the old style and the high language, so full of juice and life and sweetness of phrase that it could have been written by Marlowe himself, had […]
birds
by Jennifer Maisel Directed by Wendy McClellan Produced by Rorschach Theatre Reviewed by Rosalind Lacy Jennifer Maisel’s 90-minute play birds is based on a fairy tale. An extinct myth, that once inspired us, clarifies beautifully what happens on stage in this muddy but well-acted play. Once upon a time, in the Grimm’s fairy tale, Jorinda […]
References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot
By Jose Rivera Produced by Rorschach Theatre Reviewed by Ronnie Ruff Scott McCormick as the Moon (Photo: Marigan O’Malley-Posada) Communication between men and women or the lack of it is at the very heart of Rorschach Theatre’s References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot. Oh I know! There is communication with the moon, some pretty […]
The Beard Of Avon delights in Rorschach’s bawdy who dunnit
When Will Shakspere’s (sic) wife (Valerie Fenton) exclaims that it really doesn’t matter who wrote Shakespeare’s plays we really have the essence of The Beard Of Avon. It is the love of theatre and how that love propels the artistic process that is really important. This mounting of Amy Feed’s whodunit comedy, while done on a budget, is a feast for […]
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