82 stories by "Kendra Jones"
Another Shot focuses on the decision to go through rehab versus deciding to BE in rehab. Another Shot is loosely based on the real-life experiences of Harry Teinowitz, whose career and life …
"This group is as real as it gets." Rawshock crafts a safe place, a space of trust and care and support. Five individuals"some inpatient and some outpatients at a mental health hospital"meet…
Gidion's Knot puts the way teachers and parents navigate communication and professionalism on stage. The gaps, the silences, create the tense space where we sit, surrounding these two adults…
Numerous directions of morality and betrayal are questioned. Is a public debate democracy or theater? Are "good" journalists shit stirrers?"those that are willing to put their lives at risk …
Night one of the Paul Taylor Dance Company performances was theater; it was bold, it was diverse, and the precision, intimacy, and technique were especially highlighted. The evening had a da…
"It wasn't a good Jew that survived the war."
It's 1986 and we're in the den of Holocaust survivor, Henryk Altman. In a roomy leather chair, Henryk (Frank Blocker) speaks to us: a stream of…
Misles, gun shots, explosions. Breaking the Story first places us in a foreign forest, where journalist Marina and her cameraman-turned-lover, are shielding themselves from attacks. We may o…
The passion for sharing the work of Micki Grant found in these four performers exhibit is absorbed by the audience, and whether we grew up listening to Micki or have only heard one or two of…
By Kendra Jones "Kids just wanna get messy!" As we enter the theater, we're invited to put our names in the fishbowl in the hope that we're chosen as a participant for "physical challenges."…
It's past 10pm when Julia Masli creeps up the backstage exit door steps, towards the audience. She doesn't resemble the classic clown--rather an anglerfish with a tiny handbell. A breathy, e…
Beautifully detailed lyrics of reminiscence depicting Susan, Sadie, and Beckett's memories and joy of childhoods spent with their grandparents transport us "Over the river and through the wo…
Mary Jane gives the audience a brief insight into the responsibilites, the committment, of doctors, mothers, home nurses. We see the optimism that oozes from them day and night, in the most …
"Hands up for Father God." Teeth is a comical, gross, and over the top production of slashing and gore personifying the mental process and aftermath of freeing oneself from a wrath.
The fluidity of gender and defying social norms take center stage. Feathers, sequins, tulle, lots of tulle, so much tulle. Orlando notes how change of clothes can change a person: clothes we…
Corruption, directed by Bartlett Sher and written by J.T. Rogers, allows the audience to see behind the curtain of a media empire. Whether we're entering this performance with little knowled…
Green and gold shiny streamers hang around the space. Purim, a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of Jews from annihilation, and dated all the way back to the fifth century BC, is b…
Sunset Baby, written by Dominique Morisseau, is about the generational trauma, love, and fear that is passed from parents to children. We think about how children are handed wounds that they…
The Hunt presents a tight-knit town, where word travels fast, and brotherhood is ever present. A group of men with guns, beer, and children: Their lives revolve around these these, hyper-foc…
A Sign of the Times is fun, vibrant, relevant, and relatable. The costuming is bright, the vocals are powerful, the choreography is explosive, the writing seamlessly weaves songs of the 60's…
In under seven minutes, "I Am What You Imagine" gives the viewer a sensory experience. From the ripples and foam of waves, bubbles from faces submerged under water"the glub glub of bubbles b…
Nice People, directed by Jeff Griecci and written by Ian Carlsen, is essentially five shorts taped together to shape a feature. Shot over five years, over only a few weekends in Maine, a lar…
A musical about the invention of basketball, without an actual, physical basketball…
Not only did The Perfect Game: A Slam Dunk New Musical introduce the start of basketball and capture J…
Confessions of a Showgirl is a quirky, honest, and modern memoiristic cabaret brought to stage at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. It was entertaining through all of Maren Wade's comedic, dramat…
Beneath the sex, the fucking, is despair. Mickey Sabbath makes us uncomfortable, he happily invites us into his most despicable thoughts, and he is so content in exposing us to moments that …
A performance rooted in hope, resilience, and perseverance, Amid Falling Walls (Tsvishn Falndike Vent) captures the tireless journey Jews experienced throughout World War II. Songs and dance…
