Director Jordan Laffrenier focuses on atmosphere, delivering a heightened production that takes more from 1990s erotic thrillers than it does from naturalistic tragedy.
By Liam Donovan /Mar 24, 2026
iPhoto caption: Clare Coulter in 'Queen Maeve.' Photo by Jae Yang.
The astonishing Clare Coulter manages to appear one moment as if she’d blow away in a faint breeze, another as though she’d easily cleave you in twain with a broadsword.
By Ilana Lucas /Mar 16, 2026
iPhoto caption: Photo Tarragon Theatre by Teagan McCanny.
Tarragon Theatre’s 2026-27 season features world premieres by Anahita Dehbonehie, Katherine Gauthier, Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho), and Luke Reece, plus four other Canadian works.
By Liam Donovan /Mar 16, 2026
iPhoto caption: Clare Coulter in 'Queen Maeve.' Photo by Jae Yang.
“This is the first stage play I've done in such a long time,” says Coulter, “but I feel I've really learned what the stage asks of the actor: that they go beyond what we used to call the footlights and settle in to where the audience is.”