The Howland Company
iPhoto caption: Julian De Zotti, Ruth Goodwin, and Thomas Mitchell Barnet in 'take rimbaud.' Photo by Wade Muir.
REVIEW: At Buddies, take rimbaud blends critical theory with glorious theatrical mess-making
While Susanna Fournier’s script despairs about the political limits of art, ted witzel's production induces the anarchic sensation that anything is possible on stage.
iPhoto caption: The company of 'The Welkin.' Photo by Dahlia Katz.
REVIEW: The Welkin careens from raucous comedy to crushing tragedy
The problem with human rights is that, if you believe in them, you have to apply them to everyone. Political opponents. Murderers. Your ex. People whose phones go off at the theatre. Women. The character of Sally puts this theory to a stress test; in bahia watson’s assured hands, she’s gleefully unlikeable, glorying in a storm of suspiciously modern swearing, lacking any flicker of conscience, and biting the hands that are trying to help her.
iPhoto caption: L to R: Raquel Duffy, Amaka Umeh, Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster, Mayko Nguyen, Ruth Goodwin, Hallie Seline, and Brefny Caribou. Photo by Dahlia Katz.
Mayko Nguyen and bahia watson to star in Canadian premiere of The Welkin
Soulpepper Theatre, the Howland Company, and Crow’s Theatre have announced the 17-person cast appearing in Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin, a courtroom drama set in 1759 England.
iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.
REVIEW: Hypothetical Baby exquisitely untangles abortion, white feminism, and Sylvia Plath
Rachel Cairns had an abortion. And the actor-slash-playwright is here to tell you why.