Jun 20, 2022 | Press, Reviews, The Upstairs Department
By: Charlotte Selton | May 08, 2022 photo by Christopher Mueller When Chelsea Marcantel was commissioned by Signature Theatre in February 2020 for a new play, she had no way to know the profound changes and losses soon coming to her industry and world. Her...
May 20, 2022 | Interviews, Press, The Upstairs Department
by Kaylee Dugan | May 20, 2022 photo by Christopher Mueller Chelsea Marcantel isn’t afraid to talk about death. In fact, the playwright behind well-known works like “Airness,” kind of thinks it’s vital. In her newest play “The Upstairs Department,” which is at...
May 19, 2022 | Airness, Press, Reviews
by Ron Hubbard | May 19, 2022 “Airness,” a paean to air-guitar competitions, is currently receiving its Twin Cities premiere in Park Square Theatre’s first production since the pandemic’s arrival. Pictured from the cast are Daniel Petzold, left, Neal Skoy, Eric “Pogi”...
May 18, 2022 | Airness, Press, Reviews
by Arthur Dorman | May 18, 2022 Daniel Petzold as Facebender (Photo by Dan Norman) Who would have thought a play about the U.S. National Air Guitar Championship would be receiving a rave from this reviewer? I confess to showing up for Airness, the play that marks...
May 18, 2022 | Press, Reviews, The Upstairs Department
Chelsea Marcantel’s gently touching and deeply satisfying new play is about a brother’s and sister’s quest for connection. By John Stoltenberg | May 6, 2022 photo by Christopher Mueller Can you imagine a warmly funny and sweetly moving play full...
May 16, 2022 | Airness, Articles, Press
by Pat Sackett | May 16, 2022 Back in 2017 a group of us from the Twin Cities went to the Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, KY, searching for new works to produce at Park Square. We’ve seen other great plays there that were later produced at Park...
May 15, 2022 | Articles, Press, Reviews, The Upstairs Department
The very best of these, ‘John Proctor Is the Villain’ at Studio Theatre, is nothing less than revelatory by Peter Marks | May 20, 2022 From left, Migs Govea, Paola Lázaro and Justin Weaks in “There’s Always the Hudson” at Woolly Mammoth Theatre. (Teresa...
May 6, 2022 | Press, Reviews, The Upstairs Department
by Rachael F. Goldberg | May. 6, 2022 photo by Christopher Mueller There are a wide variety of beliefs about what happens to us after we die. Some believe in heaven or hell, some sort of reward or punishment for actions taken in this life. Some...
May 6, 2022 | Press, Reviews, The Upstairs Department
by Susan Berlin | May 6, 2022 photo by Christopher Mueller As audiences for The Upstairs Department enter the ARK Theatre at Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia, they see a serene room bordered by dark red curtains (viewers sit on all four sides),...
Apr 26, 2022 | Articles, Press, The Upstairs Department
The Tony-winning regional theatre presents the play about a young man who survives a serious illness to find he may now have supernatural powers. BY LEAH PUTNAM photo credit: Christopher Mueller The world premiere of Chelsea Marcantel’s The Upstairs...
