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...
Fierstein’s ‘Torch Song’ Still Sings — and Simmers
Ma (Lourelene Snedeker), Arnold Beckoff (Alex Martinez) and David (Jackson Goddard) in an upbeat scene from Plays of Wilton’s powerful production of Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song. By AARON KRAUSE “There’s still a stain on the sidewalk,” teenage David tells Ed in Harvey Fierstein’s classic, complex, and relevant play, Torch...
New City Players’ Confederates: A Fierce, Funny Look at Slavery’s Lingering Shadows
Photo by Kevin Ondarza Sara (Nai Fairweather) is unafraid of battle in Dominique Morisseau’s powerful play Confederates. By AARON KRAUSE Slavery’s chains still bind in unexpected ways, and Dominique Morisseau’s bold, nuanced dramedy Confederates urges us to unshackle ourselves—and one another—from their lingering grip. New City Players’ (NCP) riveting professional...
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...
‘Dangerous Instruments’ is a harrowing, human story we cannot afford to ignore
Photo by Curtis Brown Photography “Cool Mr. P” (Matt Stabile) comforts single mother Laura Hammond in Palm Beach Dramaworks’ world premiere production of Dangerous Instruments by Gina Montet. By AARON KRAUSE The determined and desperate mom in playwright and educator Gina Montet’s new play, Dangerous Instruments, shakes with despair....
“Boca Stage’s ‘Dry Powder’ Offers a Timely, Sharp Critique of Capitalism’s Costs
Photo by Amy Pasquantonio (From left) Wayne LeGette as Rick, Autumn Kioti Horne as Jenny, Christopher Dreeson as Jeff, and Michael Scott Ross as Seth. By AARON KRAUSE When GableStage mounted a fine production of Sarah Burgess’s brutally honest play Dry Powder in 2017, it felt like a serious...
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...
A camping trip well worth taking at Palm Beach Dramaworks
Photo by Curtis Brown Photography Henry Ford (John Leonard Thompson), Thomas Edison (Rob Donohoe), and President Warren Harding (Tom Wahl) discuss issues in Mark St. Germain’s funny and thought-provoking play, Camping with Henry and Tom. By AARON KRAUSE A U.S. president, a famous inventor, and a powerful business magnate...
Play reading, new play awards upcoming
“It’s a play about the fog of war and sweet potato pie.” That is what South Florida theater artist and educator Lowell Williams says about Thanks for Your Service. The public can experience it, perhaps for the first time, later this month. More specifically, Thanks for...
Acting amazes in Miami New Drama’s world premiere of imperfect ‘Birthright’
Photo by Morgan Sophia Photography Arielle Goldman and Hale Appleman appear in a scene from Miami New Drama’s world premiere production of Jonathan Spector’s Birthright. By AARON KRAUSE Multiple times, the lights go out in a room with a hot tub in Miami New Drama’s (MIND) impressively naturalistic professional...