Jul 15, 2015 | Press, Reviews
Expect Laughter, Maybe Tears, Taking in Playhouse’s KY Voices Production Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 8:05 am By BEN KLEPPINGER Kentucky is all too often the butt of jokes about rednecks, backwards education or meth heads. Sometimes it seems like the larger...
Aug 6, 2014 | Articles, Press, Reviews
Hatfield McCoy Feud Comes to Life Again via Play Posted: Thursday, July 31, 2014 5:00 am By Bruce Justice, Staff Writer MCCARR, Ky. — The attire was circa late 19th Century. The cacophony of both peacemaking and combatant voices hung heavily in the already burdened...
Aug 9, 2013 | Articles, Press, Reviews
Crowds watch the Hatfield – McCoy feud on stage by Rebekah Pewitt • August 4, 2013 MCCARR, Ky. (WYMT) – A crowd gathered at Sunday’s showing of “Blood Song: The Story of the Hatfields and the McCoys.” With the pull of the trigger, you’re...
Jun 15, 2013 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
Collaboraction’s Sketchbook could use a little curation A program of shorts is the standout at the annual theater fest’s bloated 13th incarnation. by By Justin Hayford • June 13, 2013 What you want is to see “The Shorts: 9 Destinies,” a program...
May 10, 2012 | Press, Reviews
Chelsea Marcantel Pens a Tabloid Wet Dream 20% Theatre Company presents Devour Reviewed by Katy Walsh Kim and her Kardashian sisters. Paris and Nicki Hilton. Ivanka Trump. People magazine has snapshots of them. TMZ keeps tabs on them. The world watches these gals...
May 8, 2012 | Press, Reviews
A stunning world premiere looks inside the exotic world of the rich, young and pretty. Devour Centerstage Show Review Reviewer: John Dalton Tuesday May 08, 2012 “All my life I have been extraordinarily bored,” cries Anais to the ceiling and everyone who chooses to...
Apr 14, 2011 | Press, Reviews
Brecht Adaptation Successfully Unearths New Orleans of Old By Jason Rost Rating: ★★★ There was a unique and fascinating collaboration that occurred between two small theatre companies this year. The “Full Circle Festival” may have unfortunately fallen off the radar...
Apr 12, 2011 | Press, Reviews
The Voodoo Chalk Circle by Keith Griffith *RECOMMENDED* The afterbirth is all that remains of Bertolt Brecht in Chelsea Marcantel’s new, strikingly original adaptation of his 1948 play, The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Marcantel’s lyrical dialogue and sweeping,...
Apr 12, 2011 | Press, Reviews
The Voodoo Chalk Circle at the State Theatre of Chicago | Theatre Review by John Beer *CRITIC’S PICK* I’m not sure how Brecht would view Louisiana native turned Chicagoan Marcantel’s loose adaptation of his Caucasian Chalk Circle. While setting the piece in the...
Nov 9, 2010 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
Inside each room lies a literary genius gasping for breath Reviewed by Paige Listerud Rating: ★★★ That Virginia Woolf created anything is a testament to her drive, razor-sharp intelligence and prolific, intense imagination. That her work emerged as a leading voice in...
