Caught by Christopher Chen, directed by Shawn Lee is a different kind of theatrical experience. Artists Repertory Theatre sets the scene, with an exhibit by the Chinese dissident artist Lin Bo in the theatre’s upstairs lobby and within the theatre itself. Most of us are not accustomed to viewing an art exhibit as part of attending […]
Artists Repertory Theatre, Chinese dissident artist, Chris Harder, Christopher Chen, cultural appropriation, Dmae Roberts, fake news, Greg Watanabe, Horatio Hung-Yan Law, Lin Bo, Samson Syharath, Sara Hennessy, Shawn LeeImagine yourself in a $7.25/hour job as a “sandwich artist”. These days, it isn’t hard to do. Then imagine yourself thrown together with two other disparate souls, also sandwich artists, new at your jobs, facing an unknown corporate employer with no direction. It’s Bess Wohl’s play American Hero, a fast-moving black comedy which recently opened […]
American Hero, Artists Repertory Theatre, Bess Wohl, Emily Eisele, fast food jobs, Gavin Hoffman, Mueen Jahan, poverty wages, Shawn Lee, Val Landrum
Humor and gripping reality come to the stage for the final week at CoHo Productions with The Gun Show. Written by Ellen (E.M.) Lewis, and performed by Vin Shambry, this play is a show about guns. The five stories are Lewis’s stories. She grew up with guns. They always have been a part of her life. It’s just […]
CoHo Productions, conversations about guns, drama, E.M. Lewis, Shawn Lee, stories about guns, the gun debate, The Gun Show, Vin Shambry