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Trying to stay upright in a world designed to knock you down: Ruby Wolf and Rachel Brodeur in ‘Box Clever.’ (Photo by Plate 3 Photography.)

Inis Nua Theatre Company presents Monsay Whitney’s ‘Box Clever’

Two steps forward, two steps back

Inis Nua Theatre Company deftly and delicately handles the cycle of poverty in this two-actor show. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

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A stolen kiss at the sleepeasy: Macy Jae Davis and Monica Fischer. (Photo by courtlyn louise.)

The Hum’n’Bards present ‘We’ll Sleep When We’re Dead’

Perchance to dream

The collaboratively-written world premiere of 'We’ll Sleep When We’re Dead' is entertaining and unabashedly queer, but it falls a little short in the dystopia department. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

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Three women in knee-length gowns on a colorfully lit stage sing into microphones like rock stars

Curio Theatre Company presents ‘Three Sisters, by RashDash, After Chekhov’

Punk-rock Prozorovs

Curio Theatre Company’s ‘Three Sisters, by RashDash, After Chekhov’ interrogates theatrical traditions and gendered expectations. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Joan of Arc (Clare O’Malley, center) in the company of her embodied voices, Mary Tuomanen and Tai Verley. (Photo by Matt Urban at Mobius New Media.)

Delaware Theatre Company presents George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Saint Joan’

Off to the Dauphin

Contemporary playwright Chelsea Marcantel assays the great George Bernard Shaw for ‘Saint Joan,’ now onstage at Delaware Theatre Company. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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Excellent codgers: Michael Tamin Yurcaba and Randall McCann in ‘The Duck Variations.’ (Image courtesy of SCTC.)

South Camden Theatre Company presents ‘The Duck Variations’ and ‘The Dumb Waiter’

Camden's dynamic duos

South Camden Theatre Company ably pairs ‘The Duck Variations’ and ‘The Dumb Waiter,’ early-career successes for David Mamet and Harold Pinter. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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A self-conscious ingénue: Brittany Holdahl in IRC’s ‘Dream Girl. (Photo by Johanna Austin.)

Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium presents Elmer Rice’s ‘Dream Girl’

A failed escape

The boundaries between fantasy and reality blur too frequently in Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium’s ‘Dream Girl.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Should these clowns be teaching sex ed? Zachary Chiero and Tara Demmy in ‘Clown Sex Ed.’ (Photo by Plate 3 Photography.)

Tribe of Fools presents ‘Clown Sex Ed’

Let's talk about sex

'Clown Sex Ed' by Tribe of Fools combines comedy with the birds and the bees. Alix Rosenfeld reviews.
Alix Rosenfeld

Alix Rosenfeld

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‘marry, fuck, breath of water’: A new comprehension of intimacy. (Image courtesy of Enlog Theatre Company.)

Enlog Theatre Company presents Megan McKeirnan’s ‘marry, fuck, breath of water’

Liquid courage

An aquatically named world-premiere play addresses the fluid nature of attraction and identity. Joseph Myers reviews.
Joseph Myers

Joseph Myers

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‘Mamma Mia’ it ain’t. (Image courtesy of Hella Fresh theater.)

Hella Fresh Theater presents John Rosenberg’s ‘Cana of Galilee’

A match made in Kensington

‘Cana of Galilee,’ the latest DIY offering from Kensington’s Hella Fresh Theater, considers growth and grief with surprising power. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Rich representations of Chekhov’s iconic sisters: Jahzeer Terrell and Andrew J. Carroll. (Photo by Kylie Westerbeck.)

EgoPo Classic Theater presents Reza de Wet’s ‘Three Sisters Two’

Chekhov at the end of the world

EgoPo Classic Theater powerfully explores the doomed Prozorov sisters, and the future of South Africa, in Reza de Wet’s ‘Three Sisters Two.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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