I wondered if further following the directive to push upward instead of outward, balancing the corporeal dark with a little more spiritual lightness, might have made this ambitious and heartfelt production spark just a little bit hotter.
By Ilana Lucas /Feb 17, 2026
iPhoto caption: Durae McFarlane in 'Primary Trust.' Photo by Dahlia Katz.
Eboni Booth's Pulitzer Prize-winning Primary Trust invites its audience to visualize hopeful futures rather than disasters. This tender production, directed by Cherissa Richards, proposes that imagining such a future is the first step to achieving it.
By Izzy Siebert /Jan 28, 2026
iPhoto caption: Members of the company of 'Pu Songling: Strange Tales.' Photo by Johnny Hockin.
Rooney and Healey skewer the Rogers family with a disarmingly relaxed virtuosity that the surrounding Crow's Theatre production sometimes supports, and sometimes lets down.