The Folger’s “Metamorphoses” charts a fantastic voyage through myth and time, and in brilliantly engaging company. By André Hereford for Metro Weekly on May 21, 2024 Life begins with a noise in the dark, a quiet rattle and hum that bursts into a joyful communal dance ended abruptly by violent separation. From this first...
A staging of ancient myths, inspired by the death of Tyre Nichols
Psalmayene 24 directs an all-Black cast in a revival of Mary Zimmerman’s acclaimed “Metamorphoses” at Folger Theatre. Review by Rhoda Feng for the Washington Post May 14, 2024 at 6:14 p.m. EDT Any stage adapter of Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” is faced with a quandary: What particular kinds of metamorphoses should be emphasized? The transformations become...
Review: S.F. Playhouse Cracks ‘The Glass Menagerie’ Open, Directed by Jeffrey Lo
Article by Lily Janiak May 9, 2024 for the SF Chronicle Crack open “The Glass Menagerie,” and you might find a dreamscape inside. At San Francisco Playhouse, Tennessee Williams’ 1944 masterpiece is like a series of nested worlds with the tops broken off. A cramped, bare-bones apartment rises like a tiny island center stage....
The Body’s Midnight: New Spring Play by Tira Palmquist Opens at Boston Court this April
By Hayden Dobb, Pasadena Weekly Staff Writer Apr 4, 2024 A new play is coming to Boston Court this spring. “The Body’s Midnight,” written by playwright Tira Palmquist, is a co-production with IAMA Theatre Company. Directed by Jessica Kubzansky, “The Body’s Midnight” explores the idea of what it means to get lost in America...
Contemporary Asian Theater Scene (CATS) Collaborate with Jeffrey Lo on Inaugural Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Playwright Festival
Read more from the Digital Journal here. CATS collaborates with local award-winning director and playwright for a one-of-kind AAPI theater experience. SAN JOSE, Calif. – Contemporary Asian Theater Scene (CATS), in collaboration with award-winning director and playwright Jeffrey Lo, announces the launch of its inaugural Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Playwright Festival, a one-of-a-kind...