These days, questions of race, politics, and identity put many of us immediately on edge. But in Woman on Fire, currently performing at the Creative Cauldron in Falls Church, Virginia, playwright Marisela Treviño Orta tells a haunting story that explores these questions directly. She blends elements of Greek tragedy with a contemporary setting to delve into themes of border politics, cultural identity, and the enduring power of empathy in a small Arizona border town in the aftermath of 9/11.
Read MoreEveryone carries something: a secret, a shame, a weight tethered to their heart. In The Bedwetter, performed at Arena Stage and directed by Anne Kauffman, that weight is literal for ten-year-old Sarah Silverman—she still wets the bed.
Read MoreIn a 1971 interview with Playboy magazine, celluloid cowboy John Wayne mused, “Tomorrow is the most important thing in life – comes into us at midnight very clean.” It’s not Wayne’s philosophical ponderings that weave him into The Kite Runner, a play based on author Khaled Hosseini’s 2003 novel of the same name.
Read MoreAs the saying goes, nothing is certain except death and taxes–and yet, one could assert that metamorphosis is inevitable. Metamorphosis or change is always upon us, whether we like it or not. That’s especially true at the Folger Shakespeare Library this season.
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