SpeakEasy Stage Company
Dawn M. Simmons directs a taut Southern Gothic thriller in which thwarted longing and the promise of escape turn a Georgia household into a cauldron of suspicion.
SpeakEasy Stage’s musically rich production grips with its performances, even as the drama struggles to fully deepen its tale of a crisis at sea.
In his speculative play “The Antiquities,” dramatist Jordan Harrison has no trouble envisioning earthlings in the post-human age.
Playwright Eboni Booth won last year’s Pulitzer Prize for Drama for this script, and it is a heartwarming, well-constructed, one-act.
The beauty of “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” at this political moment is that it provides a firsthand rebuttal to the current administration’s draconian policies — without ever directly acknowledging them.
Few could doubt this satire’s relevance, given the alarming results of November’s election: a convicted felon, whose minions lean into racist and sexist tropes, is back in the White House.
This is a well-honed, mostly successful script about the difficulties of making human connections — a drama about seizing the day.
Is it possible for an outstanding actress to achieve similar heights as a playwright? The answer is yes, but with reservations.
This superb Speakeasy Stage Company/Front Porch Collective co-production is emotionally charged and immediate, intent on keeping the material fresh and raw.
Theater Commentary: Boston Fall Theater Preview — Rinse and Repeat and Repeat and Repeat …
My hunch is that not only theater critics but audiences will find the parade of tried and true tiresome.
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