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Silent Sky at Opal Theater co.
Or: Mighty Oaks In Lauren Gunderson’s Silent Sky, the lovely and lovely crafted of astronomer Henrietta Leavitt (Tiera Thompson)....
Ben Kemper
May 61 min read
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Molly's Game
Or: “A Bell of My Good Name" There are some people that just make you feel inadequate. They’re smarter, more driven, put together,...
Ben Kemper
May 62 min read
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Madam Mao
Or: Right to Rebel In 1991, a solitary cell somewhere in the People’s Republic of China, The White Bone Demon keeps the embers of her...
Ben Kemper
May 62 min read
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Skeleton Crew
Or: Once, In A Great City At one point of Dominque Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew, Shanita (Cadence Thomas), an expectant mother and employee...
Ben Kemper
May 63 min read
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What // Washed Ashore // Away
A new play by Benjamin Benne Or: The Outgoing/Incoming Tide It’s like taking a walk on the beach. A careful placing of feet on wet sand...
Ben Kemper
May 62 min read
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La Havana Madrid
Or: Sobre las Olas She is born, like Venus, out of the waves. From beyond the aqua blue walls, Carpacho y Su Súper Combo pouring smooth,...
Ben Kemper
May 52 min read
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Saint Joan
Or: Voice of the Nation Once upon a time, there was a young woman named Joan d’Arc (Tiffany Renee Johnson) who was not expected to become...
Ben Kemper
May 53 min read
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Yasmina’s Necklace
Or: Kibria' Watahamul In Rohina Malik’s tender comedy about looking for love in the Muslin world, silences provide the most eloquent...
Ben Kemper
May 53 min read
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How to Catch Creation a new play by Christina Anderson
Or: What a Wonderful, Tangled Web Griffin (Anthony Irons) wants to heave a kid. Tami (Lily Mojekwu) his best friend and guardian since...
Ben Kemper
May 52 min read
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Lottery Day, A New Play by Ike Holter
Or: Queen stays Queen Mallory (J. Nichole Brooks) is the undisputed monarch of her little corner of the world. Having lost her family to...
Ben Kemper
May 52 min read
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An Enemy of the People
Or: The Mass of Men For Yale Repertory Theater’s timely production of An Enemy of the People composer Matthew Suttor has put together a...
Ben Kemper
May 53 min read
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Continuity: A New Play By Bess Wohl
Or: In The Last Five Minutes of Light In a desolate corner of the Nevada desert, dressed up to look like the arctic wastes, Maria...
Ben Kemper
May 54 min read
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The Violet Hour
Or: Stranger than Fiction Twinklishly smart and darkly thrilling, The Violet Hour is an endlessly surprising comedy as Richard Greenberg...
Ben Kemper
May 52 min read
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King of the Yees
Or: Chinatown Smart, spunky, and glittering with wit, Lauren Yee’s autobiographical myth is a stunning blend of styles. Broad farce,...
Ben Kemper
May 53 min read
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The Scullery Maid
Or: Assassin Outclass’n Can a good monarch ever be a good man? Does the price of greatness always have to payed in the blood? One dark...
Ben Kemper
May 52 min read
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Upright Grand, a new play by Laura Schellhardt
Or: The Song is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On) A piano is a focal point: of a melody, of a home, or indeed a life. It can be a...
Ben Kemper
May 52 min read
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10 Out Of 12
Or: Thank you, Dark There is something about the theater, the ridiculousness of the art, that makes people want to dismember it. To look...
Ben Kemper
May 53 min read
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Sycamore, a new play by Sarah Sander
Or: Fractured Households Celia and David Jacobs (Selina Fillinger and Tom Hickey) have never been very good at sharing. They’re coming to...
Ben Kemper
May 52 min read
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American Hwangap
Or: The Prodigal Father In Korean culture a man’s Hwangap, his sixtieth birthday, is a huge milestone in his life. He not only looks back...
Ben Kemper
May 52 min read
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Jesus the Jew As Told By His Brother James
Or: The Chosen Ones  What would it be like to grow up with the Son of God? For James (Steven Stafford), son and Joseph and Mary, it was a...
Ben Kemper
May 52 min read
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