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

by Angela Robb There’s something about a good mystery that never seems to go out of style. Clue has proven just how flexible and beloved a good mystery can be, enduring as a game night staple, a cult-classic film, and a theatrical crowd-pleaser. Over the last couple of years the genre has been reinvented through the Knives Out films, the popularity of which proves that we keep coming back to stories that invite us to lean forward, connect the dots, and suspect everyone. Agat