Friday, March 19, 2021
Erika Dickerson-Despenza Chronicles A Black Girl’s Trauma by Patricia L. Morin SF Playhouse and Lorraine Hansberry Theatre unfold disquieting truths in Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s intense…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 02:46AMMonday, March 15, 2021
Harrison David Rivers Depicts a Writer’s Return Home by Patricia L. Morin Forty-year-old writer Jesse Howard (H. Adam Harris) wants to unpack all the important experiences that led him to …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 12:38AMMonday, March 1, 2021
Will Eno Probes One Man’s Thoughts & Feelings by Patricia L. Morin Will Eno’s “Thom Pain (based on nothing),” live-streamed from the Bus Barn Theater by Los Altos S…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 11:33PMWednesday, February 17, 2021
Drew Larimore Masterfully Exposes Perils of Social Media by Patricia L. Morin Like a falling line of dominoes, the four dynamic monologues of “Smithtown” unfold events that destroy a you…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 02:32AMTuesday, January 5, 2021
Nicole Parizeau Paints a Portrait of Business vs. Art by Patricia L. Morin “The Human Ounce,” an audio play, begins by asking: How can we value a masterpiece—in any art form—when we …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:52AMThursday, December 31, 2020
Philip Franks Unites Ghostly Treasure Tales & Plague by Patricia L. Morin In a dark cemetery, in the plague year 2020, we join two frightened YouTubing millennials: venturous Matt (Max…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:59AMMonday, December 14, 2020
Taylor Mac Dolls Up for a Queer Revolution by Barry David Horwitz & Patricia L. Morin In “Holiday Sauce…Pandemic!” Taylor Mac demonstrates that the Holiday season and Covid both st…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:10PMTuesday, December 8, 2020
Loy A. Webb Unearths Deeply Rooted Sexual Bias by Patricia L. Morin In Loy A. Webb’s “The Light,” we are the fly on the wall in a couple’s cozy living room, voyeurs watching their co…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:16AMFriday, November 20, 2020
Banner photo: Tina D’Elia as Lupe Vélez Tina D’Elia Weaves Latina Activism into Comedy by Patricia L. Morin The premise of “Overlooked Latinas” is brilliant. Tina D’Elia spotlig…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 02:18AMThursday, November 19, 2020
Larissa Fasthorse Exposes Native American Genocide by Patricia L. Morin “The Thanksgiving Play” is a mind-stretching, satirical “Let’s learn that” tour through the false history of…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:37AMTuesday, November 17, 2020
Yasmina Reza Unmasks Ego & Vanity by Barry David Horwitz and Patricia L. Morin Yasmina Reza’s “Art” (1994), translated by Christopher Hampton, took the theater world by storm…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:24AMTuesday, October 27, 2020
Gunderson, Smith, Spector Unfold Personal Crisis by Patricia L. Morin Aurora Theatre has come up with an experimental, three-part, audio thriller called “The Flats”—part play and pa…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:44PMFriday, October 16, 2020
Anna Deavere Smith Reignites Struggle over Police Brutality by Patricia L. Morin Twilight: Los Angeles, the PBS movie, resurrects the explosive problem of police brutality. Raging riots ig…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:03PMThursday, September 10, 2020
Madhuri Shekar Explores a Compulsive Gamer’s World by Patricia L. Morin World of Warcraft—WoW—is an actual online role-playing game that Madhuri Shekar creatively weaves into “In Lov…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:58PMTuesday, September 8, 2020
Lisa Tierney-Keogh Depicts Sharp Irish Debates on Gender & Race by Patricia L. Morin In Lisa Tierney-Keogh’s “This Beautiful Virtual Village,” six feisty members of a residents�…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:50PMSaturday, August 29, 2020
Josh Luxenberg Creates an Adventure in a Box by Patricia L. Morin “The 7th Voyage of Egon Tichy” maps new territory for online theater. Theater in Quarantine’s video and electronic i…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 02:24AMFriday, July 24, 2020
Blank & Jensen Revive Health Workers’ Humanity by Patricia L. Morin “The Line” is a heartache to watch. This beautifully crafted docu-drama by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen focuses…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:13PMSunday, July 19, 2020
Dominique Morisseau Exposes Race, Class Bias in Schools by Patricia L. Morin Dominique Morisseau’s “Pipeline”—based on the School-to-Prison Pipeline for students of color—profiles …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:24AMMonday, June 29, 2020
John Fisher Highlights Gay Liberation Pioneer by Patricia L. Morin John Fisher’s brilliant solo portrayal of astronomer and gay activist, Frank Kameny, shines as bright as the stars Kame…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:06PMSunday, June 14, 2020
Mary Rachel Brown Portrays Family Captured by Addiction by Patricia L. Morin At the intimate Griffin Theatre, Mary Rachel Brown explores the overlooked, slimy world of greyhound racing and g…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:17PMWednesday, May 20, 2020
John Fisher, Master of Suspense, Sails Us to Risky Waters by Patricia L. Morin Magically, the small computer screen enhances the fevered excitement of John Fisher’s one-man show called “…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:45PMSaturday, May 9, 2020
John Logan Captures Mark Rothko’s Anger & Angst by Patricia L. Morin Set Designer Christopher Oram’s artist’s warehouse surprises us with a huge canvas with wine-colored vertical l…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:30PMTuesday, April 28, 2020
Wheatle & Hussein Celebrate Bravery of Inner-City Youth by Patricia L. Morin Alex Wheatle’s award-winning young adult novel, turned into a play by Emteaz Hussain, draws us into…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:35AMWednesday, April 22, 2020
Nina Raine Depicts Struggles of Exploited Medics by Patricia L. Morin Even on the small screen, “Tiger Country” brings us into the jungle of a besieged British public hospital, the f…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 12:54PMSunday, April 12, 2020
Gary Soto Urges Us to Reflect by Patricia L. Morin As a therapist who ran a suicide hot-line, I have talked to teens who cut themselves, then heal, and cut again. In Gary Soto’s play, Th…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:15PMWednesday, April 1, 2020
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Questions Workers’ Choices by Patricia L. Morin Watching ACT’s streaming version of “Gloria,” I miss being a participant—there’s nothing like live theater.…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:02PMTuesday, March 17, 2020
Kate Cortesi’s Exploited Women Demand Pay-Back by Patricia L. Morin “Love” swims in the gray area of consensual versus manipulated sexual relations. Playwright Kate Cortesi asks profou…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:18PMWednesday, March 11, 2020
Laurel Ollstein Flies High with Jerrie Cobb’s Dream by Patricia L. Morin The true story of hopeful astronaut Jerrie Cobb inspires us to reach for the heavens, and to pursue what we most lo…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:00PMWednesday, February 19, 2020
John Fisher Unravels the Metamorphosis of a Politician by Patricia L. Morin In a nation shrouded in political strife, John Fisher’s “Radical” is a laugh-out-loud release of bi-partisan…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 11:40PMTuesday, February 18, 2020
Arthur Miller’s Brooklyn Lawyer Foresees Our Tragedy by Patricia L. Morin At 6th Street Playhouse, Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge” embroils us immediately in the struggle be…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:35PMMonday, February 10, 2020
Lucy Kirkwood Challenges Ethical Choices after Catastrophe by Patricia L. Morin Lucy Kirkwood’s “The Children” grabs us right away with a bloody nose—a hint of bigger disasters to co…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:53PM 
