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The plight of suburban ennui is brought to vivid yet muted life, like a portrait of autumn in dark pastels, in this theatrical confluence of Edward Hopper, Norman Rockwell, and Better Homes and Gardens.

There’s a mystery. It’s disconcerting. Even menacing.

Or is it?

Maybe it will be later but for now, the Solises have other more urgent priorities.

Or do they?

Anyone with even a passing familiarity with SLINGS AND ARROWS enfant terrible director Darren Nichols knows “Matt.”

And we all either know a Christine or we have been Christine... trapped in a theatrical hellscape in the quagmire of some maniac’s artistic "vision." For Christine, it’s worse. For Christine... it’s reimagined Dickens.

Fortunately, with grace, humor, dignity, and an exemplary instinct for self preservation, Christine is a hero... a role model... a survivor. She will endure long after this theatrical post-apocalypse.

Onward, Christine... ONWARD!

It’s an odd feeling to eavesdrop on an online date. Like an invasion of privacy. Fortunately, Molly Wagner has given us two speed daters who are as charming and engaging as they are real. Chances are you are one of these people and/or wouldn’t mind going out with them under normal non-plaguelike circumstances.

But that’s not our world or theirs and they face it with requisite apprehension and aplomb.

The play is a perfect chemistry test for any two twentysomething actors with a gift for precise naturalistic dialogue that’s funny and packs a punch.

Athena and Minerva!
Greek and Roman Goddesses of War, Wisdom, and... Household Crafts???

You can tell these myths were originally written by men.

Fortunately, Monica Cross is here to write these goddesses as people, challenging war with wisdom... and giving a nod to interior design.

It's an elegant negotiation with just the right touch of intrigue!

Near the top of this Epic sixty seconds, I want nothing more than for Bacchus and Dionysus to totally make out with each other in a state of drunken camaraderie. By the end, as war and murder hang in the air, I am convinced this is still going to happen!!!

That's the journey I went on!

The protagonist is Mercury and you've gotta feel for the guy because he has a crappy job made worse by the attitudes of his recipients.

If this were AdFab, he'd be the Saffy, and I totally empathize. I'm with you, Merc! ONWARD!

Politics, children, and the cruelty of both. Fortunately, there's also strength, dignity, and knowledge arming the young against ignorance.

Wyndham creates an necessary microcosm of America, giving these kids the listening and learning skills abandoned by many adults.

The play also makes a powerful statement about service and sacrifice. We so rarely ask or even wonder how other people end up where they are in life. Wyndham reminds you that everyone has a story that can't be taken for granted.

It's a rich and rewarding minute and a great piece for two children!

It's all in the title.
Emma.
Her crucifixion.
And an event that should have been shocking – should still BE shocking – just kind of happening.

Emma recounts her story with a graceful yet awkward calm.
Unlike Lovecraft with his "I must write my account before evil breaks down the door" urgency, Emma has time.

She and Prillaman insulate us from the horror while stealthily enveloping us in it, making us helplessly complicit in her fate.

It resonates. It sticks.

Like Emma, you're not sure what happened...
You just know that it has.
And that it still is.

Uniquely unsettling!

Memory is the battleground for this longtime married couple and they put up one hell of a fight. Rice creates three-dimensional characters with a rich history that they're struggling to hold onto in very different ways.

While there's great humor throughout, it's a deeply honest portrayal of two people who love each other hitting a road block, finding themselves in the dark, and discovering how to use the memories and tools they still have to find their way out of the shadows. Lovely work!

What a jolly little play about suspicion, accusation, personal nomenclature, the practical applications of mythology, and what not to do if your baby is ugly and you aren’t.

If you love the rhythms of drawing room comedies featuring characters who are witty, casually disconcerting, and hilariously unflappable, you’ll get a huge kick out of this!

A great piece for two actors with great comic timing and period sensibilities!

If you’re in the mood for some existential angst but without all that EXISTENTIAL ANGST, then this is the play for you!

Wagner gives us two people who are terrible at conversation yet are wonderful to listen to! Their awkwardness and humor bely a real philosophical weight and a genuine desire to help that’s not entirely unsuccessful.

You’ll definitely think twice about asking someone what’s up and meaning it!

Terrific roles for two actors with great comic delivery.