Posts Tagged ‘Robert Malave’
InnerMission’s Great ‘Melancholy Play’ Unearths a Vital Emotional Truth
Melancholy isn’t an easily defined state, yet its aftereffects are a powerful marker in the affected person’s emotional mix. Playwright Sarah Ruhl thinks it’s also an important component in mental health — and with InnerMission Productions’ very nice ‘Melancholy Play,’ it looks like she has a point.
Read MorePlaywright Takes No Prisoners in Innermission’s Good ‘Revolt.’
The world seems determined to sabotage its best efforts — even as it clearly defines its problems, its myopic better angels can’t deliver the cure. Innermission Productions’ good ‘Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.’ looks at the state of humanity and doesn’t hesitate for an instant to point the finger of blame.
Read MoreInnermission’s Fine ‘Seven Spots’ Holds the World Between the Lines
Solar radiation carries a deadly potential rivaled by only one phenomenon — war. The former upends commerce the way the latter upends lives; Innermission Productions’ current ‘Seven Spots on the Sun’ is a very good case in point.
Read MoreThe Play’s the Thing in CCdd’s Clever ‘Best Goodbye’
Hip-hop fare has its blatant poetic streak, which in its own rite makes it a storyteller’s genre. San Diego-based playwright Gill Sotu understands this in no uncertain terms — his ‘The Best Goodbye’ is loaded with anecdotes big and small, and a savvy cast from Circle Circle dot dot takes the show from there.
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