Ants, Astronauts, and Asparagus: Latiné Theater Lab Delivers a Wild Ride with ‘Last of the Red Hot Robots’
Photo courtesy of Latine Theater Lab Brian Shaer plays multiple characters, including Pablo, in the playlet The Wrong Stuff in the world premiere production of Last of the Red Hot Robots. By AARON KRAUSE A social media influencer learns from a DNA test that she is among the...
Island City Stage’s ‘At the Wedding’ Is Sharp, Funny, and Deeply Human”
Photo by Matthew Tippins Victor (Steven Guez) and Eli (Timothy Mark Davis) try to keep a wedding cake upright in Island City Stage’s triumphant production of At the Wedding. By AARON KRAUSE Want a neat, perfect wedding? You won’t find one in Bryna Turner’s funny, energizing, and emotionally sharp comedy,...
Latine Theater Lab readying to launch ‘Last of the Red Hot Robots’
By AARON KRAUSE Murderous astronauts. DNA mutants. Alien zoo-goers. Sex-crazed robots. These are just a few of the oddball characters in Latiné Theater Lab’s (LTL) upcoming world premiere professional production of South Florida playwright Brian Harris’s sci-fi comedy Last of the Red Hot Robots. Billed as a campy, satirical, and unexpectedly...
South Florida Theater Round-Up: Upcoming Festivals, Honors, and Celebrations
Storytelling, social justice, and artistic transformation will occupy the limelight during Brévo Theatre’s upcoming program, Rooted & Resilient. The event is a one-day festival culminating in a monologue competition. It will take place Saturday, Aug. 23, at the Ali Cultural Center. The address is 353 Dr. M.L.K. Jr. Blvd. in...
New City Players to tackle race, resistance, and resilience in ‘Confederates’
Cast members Gemma Berg, Toddra Brunson, Nai Fairweather, and Denzel-McCausland. By AARON KRAUSE When you think of live theater during the summer, lighthearted, escapist fare may spring to mind. Understandably so — in the sweltering heat, who wouldn’t want to sit back, relax, and simply enjoy the show? But while...
Fornés’s ‘Mud’ Dares to Show Us the Brutality Beneath Poverty
Photo by Nat Ordonez Juan Gamero and Calia Katz in Latine Theater Lab’s inaugural production of Maria Irene Fornes’s powerful play, Mud. By AARON KRAUSE Launching a new theater company with a live production can be frightening. But Latine Theater Lab founding artistic director Alex Gonzalez shows courage by...
Nature and nostalgia unite in POW’s Innovative Staging of ‘The Sound of Music’
Maria Rainer (Abbey Alder) embraces nature and music in POW’s production of The Sound of Music. By AARON KRAUSE The von Trapp children energetically circle Maria Rainer in a fresh, believable South Florida production of The Sound of Music—one that is as smart as it is lively. But the...
Latiné Theater Lab launches in South Florida with Fornés’s Mud
By AARON KRAUSE Alex Gonzalez is “thrilled to be back where I belong – creating art and building something meaningful through theater.” Specifically, the Miami native is building Latiné Theater Lab, one of South Florida’s newest nonprofit, professional theater companies. The group is preparing for its debut production: Mud...
Aging, memory, art collide in Pigs Do Fly’s ‘Painting Churches’
Photo by Carol Kassie Mags (Ana Marie Calise), Gardner (William Mahone) and Fanny (Laura Turnbull) in Pigs Do Fly Productions’ staging of Tina Howe’s poetic play Painting Churches. By AARON KRAUSE Like an eager child, a septuagenarian gazes in wonder at a paper airplane in Pigs Do Fly...
New City Players imbues ‘All My Sons’ with skill, heart
Photo by Ryan Arnst Timothy Mark Davis, Laura Turnbull, and Michael Gioia appear in a scene from New City Players’ production of All My Sons. By AARON KRAUSE The opening scene of New City Players’ (NCP) first-rate professional production of Arthur Miller’s tragic masterpiece, All My Sons, is appropriately...