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Robinette Shines in Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful – A Heartwarming Family Drama Ford’s Theatre Jordan Wright October 3, 2022 Special to The Zebra
(L-R) Nancy Robinette as Mrs. Carrie Watts and Emily Kester as Thelma(Photo/Scott Suchman)
Set in Houston, Texas in 1953, The Trip to Bountiful is a nostalgic family drama […]
Jordan Wright December 18, 2019
Though Peter gets top billing in Lauren Gunderson’s world premiere, make no mistake about it, her interpretation of J. M. Barrie’s classic tale elevates the female roles to star status. As the most produced playwright in America, Gunderson’s imprimatur is writing plays about accomplished women in science and the […]
Jordan Wright April 16, 2019
If you didn’t live through the junk bond scandal of the mid-80’s you may need a primer before seeing Junk. Though much unfolds through the plot, it’s still a bit complex as to how they committed such monumental financial chicanery in plain sight. The drama centers around the period […]
Jordan Wright February 13, 2019
For Playwright Jessica Swale, who cleverly mixes factual events with a lively imagination, Nell Gwynn (Alison Luff), the orange seller who rose from her mother’s Coal Pan Alley brothel to become King Charles II’s most adored paramour, is the perfect vehicle to celebrate the rise of women’s roles in […]
Jordan Wright January 30, 2018
Kyla García (Sarah Polson) in Sovereignty. Photo by C. Stanley Photography.
Artistic Director Molly Smith has always taken risks. With the staging of Mary Kathryn Nagle’s play on the fraught history of the Cherokee Nation, she has gone where no other major theater has gone before. Smith’s […]
Jordan Wright June 8, 2017
Cody Nickell as Philinte in The School for Lies by Scott Suchman
Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of David Ives’ genius adaption of The School for Lies opens with an announcement by Philinte (Cody Nickell), a secret transvestite with a fondness for blue satin gowns. It advises us […]
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