Posts Tagged ‘MOXIE’
Change and Loss Ground ‘Man and Moon’ at Moxie Theatre
Change and the ways that challenge and loss inextricably link us together are at the heart of Moxie’s Man and Moon, running through December 3.
Read MoreAlternately Tense and Tender Drama ‘Birds of North America’ Tackles Family Dynamics
Intention, integrity, advocacy, and the spaces that both bind and divide us are on elegant display in Moxie Theatre’s newest offering and exploration of family, Birds of North America, running through Mar. 5.
Read MoreMoxie Gives ‘Jade Heart’ a Persuasive Production
Always one to take risks, Moxie Theatre closes its ninth season with the West Coast premiere of Jade Heart, by Will Cooper. Under the leadership of Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, Moxie has given a persuasive production to a play that still needs work…
Read MoreMOXIE Theatre’s ‘Mud Blue Sky’ Is Pretty Funny, But…
Three aging, frustrated flight attendants are alone in a hotel room with a 17-year-old drug dealer. That conjures up all sorts of images, and ‘Mud Blue Sky’ author Marisa Wegrzyn gets kudos for not stating the obvious (i.e., going there). Her play, the current MOXIE Theatre entry, is really funny, too — the problem is that you might wonder what it’s all for.
Read MoreMOXIE’s good ‘Crumbs’ examines race through a young black heroine’s eyes
Lynn Nottage’s “Crumbs from the Table of Joy” is one of the busier plays out there amid its loaded dialogue and multiple subthemes–but even as it occasionally threatens to, MOXIE Theatre’s smart production never quite falls into the overwrought stage. Meanwhile, its young heroine trots out a maturity that marks her far beyond her years.
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