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Ilana Lucas

Ilana Lucas is an English professor at Toronto’s Centennial College. She holds a BA in English and Theatre from Princeton University, and an MFA in Dramaturgy and Script Development from Columbia University, where she learned countless fascinating theatre stories as lead archivist for the estate of Tony winners Phyllis Newman and Adolph Green. She is Vice President of the Canadian Theatre Critics’ Association. 

Before BroadwayWorld, she worked as Brit+Co’s weekly books columnist, and as a Senior Writer for Mooney on Theatre. In her spare time, she is a freelance dramaturg and playwright, sings in Toronto's Amadeus Choir, and plays nerd-rock handbells with Pavlov's Dogs Handbell ensemble. Her most recent play, “Let’s Talk,” won the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival’s 24-Hour Playwriting Contest. 

She believes that theatre has a unique ability to foster connection, empathy, and joy, and has a deep love of the playfulness of the written word. 

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Review: SKYLINE'S THE LIMIT At Second City Mainstage

Review: SKYLINE'S THE LIMIT At Second City Mainstage

May 1, 2023

The comedy complex at the bottom of a soaring condo tower has declared that this SKYLINE’S THE LIMIT, and in its new revue directed by Kirsten Rasmussen, it’s as satisfying as a Leafs playoff series win in overtime.

Review: CONVERGENT DIVERGENCY at Winchester Street Theatre

Review: CONVERGENT DIVERGENCY at Winchester Street Theatre

April 3, 2023

It’s hard to imagine two paired dance shows more different than helix by Atri Nundy and GIVE ME ONE by Danah Rosales, the double bill that makes up Toronto Dance Theatre’s CONVERGENT DIVERGENCY, now playing at the Winchester Street Theatre.

Review: PRODIGAL at Streetcar Crowsnest

Review: PRODIGAL at Streetcar Crowsnest

March 2, 2023

What did our critic think of PRODIGAL at Streetcar Crowsnest? PRODIGAL, written and directed by The Howland Company's Paolo Santalucia and now playing at Crow's Theatre, takes place entirely in the kitchen of the wealthy Clark family over a weekend where the past comes home to roost.

Review: REDBONE COONHOUND at Tarragon Theatre

Review: REDBONE COONHOUND at Tarragon Theatre

February 22, 2023

What did our critic think of REDBONE COONHOUND at Tarragon Theatre? That's the hotly debated question in Amy Lee Lavoie and Omari Newton's new play at Tarragon Theatre, co-produced with Montreal's Imago Theatre.

Review: ARE WE NOT DRAWN ONWARD TO NEW ERA at Bluma Appel Theatre

Review: ARE WE NOT DRAWN ONWARD TO NEW ERA at Bluma Appel Theatre

February 10, 2023

What did our critic think of ARE WE NOT DRAWN ONWARD TO NEW ERA at Bluma Appel Theatre? The symbolism is pretty clear: if a single red apple hangs tantalizingly from a lone onstage tree next to a sleeping woman, the fruit will be plucked, innocence will be lost, and Eve and Adam will have to leave t

Review: MARTYR at Aki Studio

Review: MARTYR at Aki Studio

January 22, 2023

Marius von Mayenburg’s MARTYR tells the story of a radicalized Christian teenager and his crusade of extremism that damages everyone around him.

Review: LITTLE DICKENS at Canadian Stage

Review: LITTLE DICKENS at Canadian Stage

November 29, 2022

Ronnie Burkett's LITTLE DICKENS, a partially-improvised puppet homage to A Christmas Carol set in the bawdy and naughty world of show business, is a metatheatrical, in-joke-filled wonderland that pulls all the right strings.

Review: OUR PLACE at Theatre Passe Muraille

Review: OUR PLACE at Theatre Passe Muraille

November 25, 2022

In Kanika Ambrose’s OUR PLACE at Theatre Passe Muraille, Andrea (Virgilia Griffith) and Niesha (Sophia Walker), immigrants without papers, dream of better lives for themselves and their children back home.

Review: HUMAN MEASURE at Canadian Stage

Review: HUMAN MEASURE at Canadian Stage

October 29, 2022

In Human Measure, artist Cassils’ first piece of contemporary dance choreographed by Jasmine Albuquerque, trans and nonbinary bodies are highlighted.

Review: COCKROACH at Tarragon Theatre

Review: COCKROACH at Tarragon Theatre

September 25, 2022

We regularly use “cockroach” as dehumanizing language for the Other in an attempt to justify their oppression or extermination.




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