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Round House Theatre, Howard University, and McCarter present ‘Sleep Deprivation Chamber’
A medium and moment for Adrienne Kennedy
In ‘Sleep Deprivation Chamber,’ part of the virtual Adrienne Kennedy festival from McCarter and Round House Theatre, a decades-old play gets new life in the painfully perfect moment. Josh Herren reviews.
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A stream of Jefferson Mays’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ benefits regional theaters
A Christmas miracle
Actor Jefferson Mays offers a thrilling, one-person ‘Christmas Carol’ as a benefit for theaters across the country. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Sarah DeLappe’s ‘The Wolves’
Perfect match
Philadelphia Theatre Company brings ‘The Wolves,’ a stunning portrait of adolescent self-discovery, to the digital stage. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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McCarter and Round House Theatre present Adrienne Kennedy’s ‘He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box’
Dreams and nightmares
An online festival dedicated to the life and legacy of playwright Adrienne Kennedy commences with ‘He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box,’ a lyrical and brutal chronicle of interracial romance in the segregated South. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Resident Ensemble Players present Carlyle Brown’s ‘Are You Now or Have You Ever Been…’
The poet's testimony
An audio production of ‘Are You Now or Have You Ever Been,’ from the University of Delaware’s Resident Ensemble Players, sheds light on the moment poet Langston Hughes faced the senate inquiry that led to the Red Scare. Josh Herren reviews.
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Steppenwolf NOW presents James Ijames’s ‘What Is Left, Burns.’
Zooming with the past
Philadelphia playwright James Ijames makes his Steppenwolf Theatre Company debut with ‘What Is Left, Burns,’ an engrossing, elliptical digital play. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Quintessence Theatre presents Georg Büchner’s ‘Danton’s Death’
Political violence…in this economy?
Quintessence Theatre finished up its Shout into the Void Virtual Play Reading Festival and celebrated Election Day with Georg Büchner’s political masterpiece ‘Danton’s Death.’ Josh Herren reviews.
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Lightning Rod Special presents ‘SUPERHOST’
Enjoy your stay (or else)
Lightning Rod Special’s ‘SUPERHOST’ imagines an Airbnb that isn’t as wonderful as it appears in a recording for distanced theatergoers in search of something creepy. Alaina Johns reviews.
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Philadelphia Artists’ Collective presents Alice Childress’s ‘Trouble in Mind’
Good “Trouble”
Philadelphia Artists’ Collective presents a sharp digital staging of ‘Trouble in Mind,’ a much-revered but underproduced exploration of racism in the theater. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Four Walls Theater presents Pravin Wilkins’s ‘BARS’
Land of the free?
A new all-digital theater group concludes its inaugural season with Pravin Wilkins’s ‘BARS,’ which follows characters on both sides of the justice system, asking who it really serves. Michele Zipkin reviews.
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