M. Sampson

BWW Review: MARJANI FORTE-SAUNDERS Combines Nightmarish Images To Little Effect in being Here.../this time
by Juan Michael Porter II - May 26, 2016

Ms. Forte-Saunders has created an evening of misery that blocks any discourse beyond the bleak. If her intent was to wield art as a blunt instrument with which to hammer home her point, then she has certainly succeeded. The tragedy therein is that she could have done much more. Hers is a ferocious intellect that charges unswervingly towards what is distressing. While I admire her forcefulness, I wonder if she has confused strength for bravery.

Plays, Poets, Talks and More Set for 2013 Welcome to Boog City Festival, Now thru 8/5
by BWW News Desk - Aug 2, 2013

From today, Aug. 2 through Mon. Aug. 5, Boog's 22nd anniversary will be celebrated by putting on the seventh annual Welcome to Boog City poetry, music, and theater festival. It will feature 71 poets, 19 musical acts, 10 tabling small presses, 8 poets theater plays, 3 political talks, 2 poets in conversation with one another, 1 d.a. levy lives visiting press, 1 poetry workshop, and 1 small press publishing panel over the four days.

Plays, Poets, Talks and More Set for 2013 Welcome to Boog City Festival, 8/2-5
by BWW News Desk - Jul 2, 2013

Just over four weeks from now, from Fri., Aug. 2 through Mon. Aug. 5, we'll be celebrating Boog's 22nd anniversary by putting on the seventh annual Welcome to Boog City poetry, music, and theater festival. It will feature 71 poets, 19 musical acts, 10 tabling small presses, 8 poets theater plays, 3 political talks, 2 poets in conversation with one another, 1 d.a. levy lives visiting press, 1 poetry workshop, and 1 small press publishing panel over the four days.