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Chester Theatre Company

Theater Review: “Curve of Departure” — A Wonderfully Provocative Comedy

Theater Review: “Curve of Departure” —   A Wonderfully Provocative Comedy

Playwright Rachel Bonds has written an often-hilarious script which nonetheless deals with such serious and widespread issues as spousal and child abandonment, drug addiction, the right to death with dignity, and same-sex adoption of children.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Chester Theatre Company, Culture Vulture, Curve of Departure, Helen Epstein, Keira Naughton, Rachel Bonds

Theater Review: Berkshires Stage Round-up — Minimal Cheers

Theater Review: Berkshires Stage Round-up — Minimal Cheers

Theater in the Berkshires has now entered a less than sparkling mode with a group of offerings that left me wondering why they were chosen for production.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: A Legendary Romance, Barrington Stage Company, Chester Theatre Company, Culture Vulture, Daniel Elihu Kramer, Every Brilliant Thing, Jeff McCarthy, Joel Ripka, Lora Lee Gayer, Melissa James Gibson, This, Williamstown-Theatre-Festival

Theater Review: CTC’s “Skeleton Crew” — The Working Class Blues

Theater Review: CTC’s “Skeleton Crew” — The Working Class Blues

Dominique Morisseau’s monologues and dialogues draw you into the details of American working class life.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Awoye Timpo, Chester Theatre Company, Culture Vulture, Dominique Morisseau, Skeleton Crew

Theater Review: “I and You” — A Powerful Look at the Teenage World

The CTC’s first production of the summer is an unqualified delight.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Chester Theatre Company, I and You, Kristen van Ginhoven, Lauren Gunderson

Theater Review: “Oh God” — An Audacious Israeli Comedy

Theater Review: “Oh God” — An Audacious Israeli Comedy

Anat Gov’s play about wrestling with life and God is an outrageously provocative script that showcases the best of contemporary Israeli art.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Anat Gov, Chester Theatre Company, Culture Vulture, Guy Ben-Aharon, Israeli Stage, Maureen Keiller, Oh God, Will Lyman

Theater Review: “My Jane” — Not Much New Here

Theater Review: “My Jane” — Not Much New Here

The production, like so many I’ve seen staged by the Chester Theatre Company, makes the most of limited resources.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Chester Theatre Company, Culture Vulture, Daniel Elihu Kramer, Jane Eyre, Kund Adams, My Jane

Fuse Theater Review: “Blink” at the Chester Theatre Company — Anything But Fleeting

Fuse Theater Review: “Blink” at the Chester Theatre Company — Anything But Fleeting

Technology is the gimmick in this two-hander, but what makes Blink absorbing is the writing, teamed with excellent acting and directing.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Blink, Chester Theatre Company, Culture Vulture, Daniel Elihu Kramer, Helen Epstein, Joel Ripka, love story, Phil Porter, technology, Therese Plaehn

Fuse Theater Review: A Terrific “Memory House”

Fuse Theater Review: A Terrific “Memory House”

The relationship between a now-single mother and her bright, troubled daughter makes for a convincing, pertinent, and deeply funny play.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Chester Theatre Company, Culture Vulture, Debra Jo Rupp, Kathleen Tolan, Memory House

Fuse Theater Review: “Annapurna” — A Lyrical Look at Living With Terrible Choices

Fuse Theater Review: “Annapurna” — A Lyrical Look at Living With Terrible Choices

Chester Theatre Company productions often remind me of concerts in a chamber music series that feature musicians who have worked together for long periods of time.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Annapurna, Chester Theatre Company, Culture Vulture, Daniel Riordan, Michelle Joyner, Sharr White

Fuse Theater Review: “Running” in The Wrong Direction

Fuse Theater Review: “Running” in The Wrong Direction

Why did Chester Theatre Company’s Artistic Director Byam Stevens choose such a banal, lazily-written play with no drama, no development, barely any interesting language, and none of the wit, charm or whimsy I’ve come to associate with this stage company?

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Arlene Hutton, Chester Theatre Company, Culture Vulture, Running

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