by April Johnson Before the Bad Bunny concert, I mean, Super Bowl LX, I was fully entertained at Village Playbox production A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Natasha Thompson. This comedic story was written by William Shakespeare in 1595. Set in Athens Greece, betrothed and star-crossed lovers become entangled, maybe past the point of untying; among other subplots including nymphs, humans and beasts. In the opening of the story, Egeus brings his rebellious daughter H

by Donald Toal We tell stories for so many reasons. We tell them to gain a deeper understanding of the world around us and the people who inhabit it. We tell them to explore ideas and events from a new perspective. And, perhaps more than any other reason, we tell them for entertainment, for adventure, for an escape from the mundane horrors that plague our short little lives. All these reasons are at the core of Qui Nguyen’s She Kills Monsters, a clever, silly, but ultimat

by Laura Duffy On Friday evening, I was privileged to witness the opening night performance of American Son at Masquerade Theatre. Written by Christopher Demos-Brown, and directed in this case by Connor Twigg, the play tells the story of a separated biracial couple trapped in the lobby of a police station as they await news of their son, who has gone missing following a traffic stop incident. To say that this production is timely would be a vast understatement. Since the