by Krista Garver - April 29, 2026
Fertile Ground 2026 wrapped up last weekend, and on the whole, it was fantastic. I saw 17 shows, which included readings of plays by well-known local playwrights, new works by rising stars, and some fun genre-bending original performances. Here are my notes about the final set. If you missed my firs...
by Krista Garver - April 24, 2026
On my way to Shaking the Tree Theatre to see Tennessee Williams' THE GLASS MENAGERIE, I realized I had seen more comical adaptations of the play, ranging from gently ribbing to outright farcical, than actual productions of it....
by Krista Garver - April 20, 2026
What did our critic think of FERTILE GROUND 2026 - REVIEW ROUNDUP #2 at Various?...
by Dawn Sellers - April 17, 2026
If you love sitcoms, Hollywood nostalgia, and a good love story, Ladybug! Ladybug! is an absolute delight, and you still have a chance to catch it tonight!...
by Krista Garver - April 13, 2026
This year’s Fertile Ground Festival started last Friday. As in years past, I’ll be posting short reviews of everything I see. Here’s the first set....
by Dawn Sellers - April 12, 2026
You have a limited time to see this show, and you don’t want to miss it. Get yourself to 21ten, whether you walk, drive, or fly and join the mission. MURDER ON THE MISSION TO MARS!...
by Dawn Sellers - April 11, 2026
Stefan Feuerherdt brings a fresh and thoughtful voice to a timeless story, weaving together questions of morality, mortality, and the weight of others' expectations into something deeply human and moving in TETHERED, a Fertile Ground new work....
by Krista Garver - April 08, 2026
What did our critic think of APPLE HUNTERS! at Artists Rep?...
by Krista Garver - April 07, 2026
There's a particular kind of melancholy that settles over you like a damp wool coat: heavy, familiar, not entirely unpleasant, often surprisingly funny. John Patrick Shanley's Tony-nominated play OUTSIDE MULLINGAR, now running at Corrib Theatre under Holly Griffith's direction, is soaked in it....
by Dawn Sellers - April 06, 2026
Four Southern women, one unforgettable night out, Savannah Sipping Society is the show your soul needs right now. On stage now at Triangle Productions....
Past Shows
The musicians of Musica Universalis, together with the very American Briana Ratterman and the very British Jonathan Cullen, invite you to celebrate the season with...
Disney meets Sweeney Todd meets... a whole bunch of turkeysTurkeys! The Musical has been performed for six Novembers at Zombie Joe's Underground Theater in North Hollywood,...
Juliana Smithton is a brilliant scientist with a spine of steel, whose work is on the cusp of a massive breakthrough. While giving a talk...
Three short plays by Bill Lynch and Timothy Krause, directed by Scott Stroot A tent glowing in the dark, the solitude of lockdown, news about a...
“In all my plays I haven't introduced a single hero or a villain, but I couldn't spare myself the buffoons." - Anton ChekhovThink you know...
Zan is a misunderstood, reactionary high school student, forced to work off his community service assignment helping Dorothy, a pragmatic yet idealistic librarian going through...
Imagine discovering that you’re not the only version of yourself. When Bernard learns that he is one of a number of clones, he confronts his father,...
On a farm in Iowa, a winter storm rages with no end in sight. Trapped indoors, the landowner and his two employees engage in a...
A deck of cards is tossed into the air, each one inscribed with the title of a scene. Wherever they land determines how the story...
May N’Kame (played by Quigley Rovost-Landrum), is the mother of a dictator of an unnamed African nation who visits England to see Dr. Cora Gage...
21ten, the new community-focused theatre and acting studio co-founded by Ted Rooney and Brooke Totman (housed in the old Shoebox Theatre) is putting on HOLY...
Holy Days is a slice of life intimate drama about a family striving to survive on a farm in Kansas during the 1930s Dust Bowl....
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