No-Win Production’s WOYZECK, FJF – Review

Woyzeck, FJF, now playing at the New Ohio Theatre, is a reimagining of Georg Büchner’s, unfinished play. Set in a mental institution, Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck is attempting to piece together where he is and why he is there while losing his grip on reality.

You On The Moors Now

Theater Reconstruction Ensemble’s YOU ON THE MOORS NOW – Review

You On The Moors Now, which opened February 13 at HERE, is my favorite kind of weird theater. The play is a deconstruction of four of literature’s most famous women, Jane Eyre from Jane Eyre, Jo March from Little Women, Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice, and Catherine Earnshaw from Wuthering Heights. In the process, though, it brings on a full-blown battle of the sexes and breaks down harmful character types for men and women.

Photography by Justin Khalifa - Powerhouse - Tyler Bunch (Booby puppeteer), Erik Lochtefeld (Raymond Scott), and Eric Wright (Otter puppeteer)

Powerhouse – Review

Powerhouse, now running at the New Ohio Theatre, is based on the life and career of Raymond Scott. Scott was a composer, band leader for the CBS Radio band, and innovator in electronic music. He also happened to write music that accompanied many classic Looney Tunes cartoon shorts, reenacted in the show by some very…

Devil Lay Me Down – Review

In Ean Miles Kessler’s new play Devil Lay Me Down, Julian (Joseph Ryan Williamson) is coming home after being released from prison. His father Marcus (Stephen D’Ambrose) and his young girlfriend Ro (Mara Gannon) are waiting for him, and they are anxious to get him back on the right track. As the hour gets later…