by: April Johnson On Saturday, November 8th, I was delighted to view South Camden Theatre Company’s presentation of DOT written by the award-winning actor and playwright Colman Domingo and directed by Zuhairah McGill. As the closing production of the company’s 20th season theme “Seasons of Love,” DOT is a contemporary story of the Shealy family who is dealing with the cognitive decline of their matriarch, Dotty. DOT premiered as a part of the Humana Festival at the Actors

by Mike McKeon Being one of two men in my department sets the stage for some teasing quite easily. This past week the teasing by my coworkers was about how men heedlessly create problems that eventually fall in the laps of the women in our lives for a solution. Most of the time this teasing is just for fun with no feelings hurt, and that day was just the same. Nonetheless, as the expression goes, “Many a true word is spoken in jest” so I did not discount the point they were

by Don Toal Jr. Even the most timeless of tales deserve a glow-up. That’s not to say they require a makeover to stay relevant. But for stories that have endured for literal centuries–with the earliest examples of the “rags to riches” folk tale we now know as Cinderella dating all the way back to the days of Ancient Greece, as Strabo’s Rhodopis–approaching them with fresh eyes and a new perspective can do wonders for preserving their magic. In this case, the makeover for Ro