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Mark Crawford iPhoto caption: Photo by Ann Baggley.

In Lighthouse Festival’s The New Canadian Curling Club, a classic Canadian sport helps newcomers break the ice 

“I had this idea to write a play about a group of relative strangers who come together with one common goal,” says playwright Mark Crawford. “I love that kind of narrative: people from disparate parts of a community who come together to form their own little community.”

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / May 14, 2025
iPhoto caption: Jewelle Blackman as Fate in Hadestown.

As If By Fate: Returning to Hell and Re-Opening Hadestown

Broadway actor Jewelle Blackman reflects on the strange and sentimental reality of returning to Hadestown after the pandemic.

By Jewelle Blackman / Nov 18, 2021

Marijuana Legalization, Peoplekind, and Fifty Shades Freed

This is maybe the first week ever that I was glad to be me and not Justin Timberlake.

By Tony Nappo / Feb 13, 2018

Rules for Teenagers, Famous House Painters, and Why You Should See Shows

What if I had stopped people from seeing a phenomenal piece of theatre because I was tired and not in the right frame of mind to receive it?

By Tony Nappo / Nov 21, 2017