Pictured above: Introduction of Darling Shear by Founder and Artistic Director Jane Beachy/Photo: Mary Kate Young Dear Salonathon, I heard tell of your beauty and grace, but I was not prepared…
Posts published in “Impressions”
When asked the question “What is love?” there seems to be no better or more fitting response than the call back, “Baby don’t hurt me… NO MORE!” (Thank you, Haddaway.)…
Over the week, there have been waves of backlash at The Metropolitan Opera’s newest season announcement. A recent Washington Post made the rounds, taking to task the institution’s insistence on an…
Pictured above: Trent Dozier and John Schnorrenberg in “The Arts”/Photo: Knowlton Haaland Photography After their performance, I sat down with Dozier and Schnorrenberg to discuss their weekly variety show “The…
Pictured above: Heather Jencks and Silvita Diaz in Nanay/Photo: Giau Minh Truong/Design: Lani T. Montreal When Lani Montreal speaks, she is at once educator, mother, cancer survivor, playwright and DIY theater…
Pictured above: Peter Wilde, Johnny Garcia, Alec Phan, Rachel Shapiro and Melanie Vitaterna in YIZKOR/Photo: Cassandra Kendall “Liep âne leit mac niht gesîn.” (“No one loves without some pain.”) The…
Pictured above: Julie Williams and Kelly Anchors in The Near Future & That Sort of Thing/Photo: Jeffrey Bivens Now approaching the end of its fourth week of performances, the 29th…
Pictured above: Amina Ross in ECLIPSING Festival/Photo: Ally Almore Much of what creative and artist Amina Ross has learned about theater, dance and performance was through first encountering “weird work…
Sitting down to write an editorial for Scapi always feels like I’m wading into some controversial space to make a point when no one asked. That’s why I was so excited…
The new Star Wars: The Last Jedi movie has apparently woken up more than just the Force. I am an active member of several “nerd-culture” forums on Facebook, much to…
Few stories are as beloved and familiar to audiences as Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. When a theater company tackles a show so well known, a question it always asks itself…
If you’re anything like me, I’m going to have to ask you to stop that because in that case you basically are me and we can’t have that. I am…