Richard Feren

Feature Article

Spotlight: Soheil Parsa

In a life already full of fascinating chapters, Soheil Parsa has turned another page. Early this summer, Parsa stepped down as co-artistic director of Modern Times, the theatre company he co-founded three decades ago with Peter Farbridge. The “dream” now for Parsa, as he characterizes it, is to work as a freelance director, liberated from fundraising and administrative responsibilities.

Written by Karen Fricker, Photography by Dahlia Katz / Oct 8, 2021
Nappoholics Anonymous

Twerking, Facial Hair, and French Kissing

  • I’m still ninety percent sure that Roch Voisine was ghost-sung by Anne Murray.

By Tony Nappo / Jun 11, 2019
A graphic of Tony Nappo edited to appear as multiple people sitting in a circle as a spoof of Alcoholics Anonymous. At the top and bottom of the image is text that reads
Nappoholics Anonymous

Charlottesville, My Circumcision, and Taste of the Danforth

I find the 1979 Steve Martin classic comedy The Jerk is one of those movies that really stands the test of time... provided you stopped watching it in 1982.

By Tony Nappo / Aug 15, 2017
iPhoto caption: Video still from Cage in development at Soulpepper. Photo by Daniel Malavasi
Artist Perspectives

Apes, Zen Buddhism, and John Cage

Before stepping into the theatre together, Diego Matamoros, Richard Feren, and I spent some time at the zoo.

By Lorenzo Savoini / Mar 9, 2017