I never felt quite a uncomfortable entering a show as I did for the performance of Savage Umbrella’s Ex-Gays. Of course, it’s meant to be uncomfortable. Held at Uptown’s Springhouse Ministry Center, overly cheerful “pastors” greet audience members and bless you, directing you where to check in for a “five week” camp to rid yourselfContinue reading “Ex-Gays: Not a Str8 Remount”
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Velvet Swing: Workshop
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about playwriting in the last year, it’s that seeing your work presented in front of an audience and performed by actors is one of the most amazing and also the most terrifying things in the world. I especially enjoy attending workshop of other people’s work because getting a lookContinue reading “Velvet Swing: Workshop”
The Awakening
I’ve been trying to find the words to describe Savage Umbrella’s The Awakening, playing now at the Southern. And I have to admit that I’m more or less lost for words. This isn’t a new phenomena for me recently – more and more I’m finding it hard to discuss shows I’ve seen in an reviewContinue reading “The Awakening”
The Glass Menagerie, Memory, and Time
This isn’t really a review, as I didn’t make it to Coup D’Etat’s wonderful production of Tennessee William’s The Glass Menagerie until closing weekend. But because it was such a splendid production, I wanted to share some thoughts about it, generated greatly by the director’s note left at the door of the theater. Directed byContinue reading “The Glass Menagerie, Memory, and Time”
Gina Musto 