82 stories by "Kendra Jones"
you are seen: Sequences of sisterhood are chilling, dark, and a silent aura envelops the space. I notice I'm suddenly aware of how loud my breathing is; I don't hear a single person shiftin…
NOTHING CAN TAKE YOU FROM THE HAND OF GOD -- "I'm homesick and I can't go home."
We tell stories, we stretch the truth; but what happens when truth offends those near us? We weave stories, w…
We're in Fresno, CA, and the county is on fire. Preppy-aesthetic Weather Girl, Stacey Gross, is on air and on a never-ending bender of alcohol and place attachment. Weather Girl embodies the…
As soon as the music started, I felt something powerful" I felt I had a sneak peak, a front row seat at something larger.
With a show in development, I did not know what to expect, but I was…
Leading Ladies: A Celebration Through the Decades, was a performance of exactly that: not only did thirteen talented and vocally diverse singers take the stage"individually, as duets, and as…
In a span of fifteen minutes, we see two old acquaintances (Maria Jose Payares & Cheng) unravel each other, somewhere between life and death. This surprisingly dark drama gives us a glim…
JOY: A True New Musical is a story of unrelenting resilience, the power of a single mother with an idea, and the work of believing in yourself and your work when your support system is strai…
The Paul Taylor Dance Company's run at The Joyce each summer is always a wonderful, much anticipated evening, as the diversity and creativity of each piece always surprise me. The ease of sh…
Taylor Mac's writing, coupled with Darko Tresnjak's direction, in Prosperous Fools is sharp, and infiltrated with bizarre sets and humor which is just as absurd"and certainly not subtle. Mac…
Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice is a poetic net capturing the sorrow and magic felt when simultaneously falling in love with a partner and still grieving a beloved. This play digs into grief: how it r…
A rack of masks (inclusive in facial features and color) accompanies Nina on stage. Members of the audience are brought on stage to put on these masks while Conti "speaks" through them, usin…
Lobster captures the funny, cringey, budding desperation for love and identity we search for in high school.
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After receiving seven Tony Award Nominations Thursday morning, the cast of Dead Outlaw was ready for an explosive performance on the night I was there. Â They did not disappoint. Â Let u…
All four pieces, making up GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP. are joined by their asking of the audience to place ourselves in a fantastical, undetermined space and time. We release expec…
Opening at a time of fierce urgency, Becoming Eve offers us poignant perspective of a female's soul trapped in a Jewish boy's body. It's an intimate, engaging, and equally as entertaining ex…
Bianca and Katarina, the two daughters of Baptista (Vivien Landau) are to be married. And of course, dowries are crucial in this decision to choose the most suitable husband. But, there's a …
Conversations with Mother is a simple sitcom. This new semi-autobiographical comedy, written by Matthew Lombardo, and playing at New York City's Theater 555, is about a gay man's (Matt Doyle…
Safe House is the most hypnotic piece of 2025.
The effortless craze and unhinged performance by Grace (Kate Gilmore), an unhoused, lonely young woman, carries this story, as the plot was mor…
Night Sings Its Songs, written by Nobel Prize Recipient Jon Olav Fosse, presents us with one disjointed, unhappy modern couple, in conflict for 70 minutes straight.
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Four plays--all one-acts of varying lengths--find similarity in how they're rooted in our internal thoughts and ideas put on display, whether they're forced or willingly released. Often, we …
"How far can you run in five minutes?"
..."How long is five minutes?" you may ask, out of breath, just a minute into running for your life.
Khawla Ibraheem has written this gripping monologu…
Vinny DePonto is a storyteller, a mentalist, and a pleasure to spend an evening with as he leads us through a show of memory extraction. Mindplay is thought-provoking, playful, sentimental. …
A collection of reminiscences, from Christmas Eve to the magical day itself. Dylan Thomas (Reed Lancaster) is a child again; he narrates the gathering of family, joys and wishes of a child a…
"Death Becomes Her" is completely over the top, exaggerated, and extravagant. ... We are forced to consider just how accurate this desire for perfection, the gaze of others, our fascination …
We Live in Cairo is a generational yearning for change; six artists come together and they use their artistic talents and passion to fight for change, for freedom, for a future. We watch as…
