On the Stage

A few of my favorite performances...

Theater Review: 'Much Ado About Nothing (*at Dinner),' Middlebury Actors WorkshopThe endlessly witty Beatrice and Benedick in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing have taught decades of Hollywood screenwriters how to use bickering as prelude...

Theater Review: 'Time Stands Still,' Green Room ProductionsA photographer's image of war captures a moment in a way that words cannot — sometimes because the tragedy is indescribable. While the image is...

Theater Review: ‘Small Mouth Sounds’ a not so silent comedyFive unique misfits meet at a spiritual retreat — where they aren’t allowed to speak. It’s difficult to imagine a much better situation for intimate and personal folly — and

Theater Review: Irish love can be strange — and very funnyIt has to be one of the strangest and funniest love scenes ever. Middlebury Acting Company opened an hilarious and deeply touching production of John Patrick Shanley’s 2014 romantic comedy

Review: Terrific New Theatre's '39 Steps' a fun romp through Hitchcock

Terrific New Theatre parodies Steinbeck in "Of Grapes and Nuts"Troupe takes on "Of Mice and Men" and "Grapes of Wrath"

So... this one is a bit older, but from a production I truly enjoyed; Three Viewings was an acting challenge, as it was a collection of three related monologues. Strategizing how to keep the audience engaged and entertained during a 23-minute monologue was a rewarding exercise.