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Is this really my fantasy? (Image courtesy of Lightning Rod Special.)

Lightning Rod Special presents Lee Minora and Scott Sheppard’s ‘Nosejob’

A feminist fantasy?

Lightning Rod Special launches a new series of audio works with ‘Nosejob,’ a story that connects a 9th-century nunnery to modern college kids, asking what really makes up our fantasies. Alaina Johns reviews.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Reviews 3 minute read
Academia is still full of professors who won't see their own fallacies. (Image courtesy of InterAct.)

InterAct Theatre Company presents Eleanor Burgess’s ‘The Niceties’

Nothing nice about it

InterAct’s virtual presentation of ‘The Niceties’ hits close to home for college students of color. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
Kyle V. Hiller

Kyle V. Hiller

Reviews 3 minute read
More than a geographic journey: Alice Yorke in ‘How to Be Brave.’ (Photo by Wide Eyed Studios.)

Inis Nua presents Siân Owen’s ‘How to Be Brave’

Bravery in simpler times

Inis Nua’s virtual presentation of ‘How to be Brave’ reminds us of the power of a small story well told. Joshua Herren reviews.
Josh Herren

Josh Herren

Reviews 3 minute read
Nya (Sasha Allen) confronts a system that doesn’t serve people who look like her and her son (Brian Neal.) (Photo courtesy of SCTC.)

South Camden Theatre Company presents Dominique Morisseau’s ‘Pipeline’

Confronting the school system

The streaming regional premiere of Dominique Morisseau’s ‘Pipeline’ showcases the pluck and polish of South Camden Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 4 minute read
"Nowhere near the kitchen!" Maulik Pancholy takes reservations in 'Fully Committed.' (Image courtesy of George Street Playhouse.)

George Street Playhouse presents Becky Mode’s ‘Fully Committed’

Streaming reservations

Maulik Pancholy superbly embodies more than 40 characters in George Street Playhouse’s ‘Fully Committed,’ but Becky Mode’s restaurant comedy shows its age in uncomfortable ways. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 minute read
Playwright Kash Goins’s script debates more than a “justifiable homicide.” (Photo by Wide Eyed Studio.)

Arden Theatre Company presents Kash Goins’s ‘74 Seconds...To Judgment: A Radio Play’

Still listening for justice

The Arden adapts its 2019 production of ‘74 Seconds… To Judgment’ into a provocative, meta radio play. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
Kyle V. Hiller

Kyle V. Hiller

Reviews 4 minute read
Looking for another living soul: Melanie Julian in EgoPo’s ‘Rockaby.’ (Photo by Kylie Westerbeck.)

EgoPo Classic Theater presents Samuel Beckett’s Rockaby

Time she stopped

EgoPo’s production of ‘Rockaby,’ Beckett’s avant-garde classic, performed for an audience of one, is the perfect anniversary marker of the pandemic age. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Reviews 4 minute read

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Director Steve Tague (bottom row, middle) and members of the REP company perform an audio version of ‘Arsenic and Old Lace.’ (Image Courtesy of Resident Ensemble Players.)

Resident Ensemble Players presents Joseph Kesselring’s ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’

Sounding out a favorite farce

My stars, it’s ‘Arsenic and Old Lace,’ the latest audio production from Resident Ensemble Players. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 3 minute read
Untying experiments in streaming theater: Lindsay Smiling in the Wilma’s ‘Expired.’ (Image courtesy of the Wilma.)

The Wilma presents the HotHouse Company’s ‘Expired’ and ‘Lagniappe Project’

Short innovations

The Wilma Theater shows off its versatility with ‘Expired’ and ‘The Lagniappe Project,’ the latest in its HotHouse Shorts series. Brad Rothbart reviews.
Brad Rothbart

Brad Rothbart

Reviews 4 minute read
Windows on mental illness: a scene from ‘The Manic Monologues.’ (Image courtesy of McCarter Theatre.)

McCarter Theatre Center presents ‘The Manic Monologues’

No longer alone

‘The Manic Monologues,’ an interdisciplinary streaming theatrical experience from McCarter and other partners, enlists actors to tell true stories gathered from people living with mental illness. Brad Rothbart reviews.
Brad Rothbart

Brad Rothbart

Reviews 4 minute read