“When difference is an inextricable truth of our reality, how can the art of conversation become a strategy for survival?” This is the question at the heart of Primer for an Impossible Conversation, a new dance performance coming virtually to Madison this week that has been described as “a collage of imagery, movement, humor, and […]
Care Work and Our Responsibility to the Elderly
The front page of Sunday’s New York Times featured a list of one thousand names of Americans who have died from coronavirus. At the time of publication, the COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. was just over 96,000, which the Times described as “an incalculable loss.” The acts of remembering, of witnessing suffering, of sitting […]
How the Theater Community is Responding to COVID-19
Today on the show, we take a look at the impact of coronavirus on theater arts with Jennifer Uphoff Gray, artistic director of Forward Theater Company, and Carey Cannon, associate artistic director at American Players Theatre. Together with Carousel, they share personal stories about how theater has affected their lives and discuss the importance of […]
Stage Q’s “Next Fall”
“Next Fall“, by Geoffrey Nauffts takes a witty and provocative look at faith, commitment and unconditional love. While the play’s central story focuses on the five-year relationship between Adam and Luke with sharp humor and unflinching honesty, it goes beyond a typical love story. Stage Q Theater stages their production of Next Fall at the […]
Romeo & Juliet: A Theatre LILA Invention
Love is love. But what if your first true love was someone you’d been told to hate? And what if your first love was someone of the same gender? Both are forbidden. And yet. . . undeniable. Theatre LILA’s diverse cast of actors will explore — and explode— Shakespeare’s poetry, re-imagining it through movement and […]
The Game of Love and Chance
UPSTART CROWS PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE! By Pierre Carlet de Marivaux, adapted and translated by Stephen Wadsworth Directed by Hannah Nies Silvia, well born and high spirited, is concerned about an arranged marriage so she spends the day of her finace’s first visit disguised as her maid Lisette, while Lisette pretends […]
