Chester Theatre Company
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.
Read MoreDominique Morisseau’s monologues and dialogues draw you into the details of American working class life.
Read MoreThe CTC’s first production of the summer is an unqualified delight.
Read MoreAnat Gov’s play about wrestling with life and God is an outrageously provocative script that showcases the best of contemporary Israeli art.
Read MoreThe production, like so many I’ve seen staged by the Chester Theatre Company, makes the most of limited resources.
Read MoreTechnology is the gimmick in this two-hander, but what makes Blink absorbing is the writing, teamed with excellent acting and directing.
Read MoreThe relationship between a now-single mother and her bright, troubled daughter makes for a convincing, pertinent, and deeply funny play.
Read MoreChester 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.
Read MoreWhy 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?
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