Performance Critiques
Why Theatre? Why Now? Latino Theatre Projects and Teatro Útil
Emily George and Steph Hankinson examine how Latino Theatre Projects' "dedication to theatre that challenges its audiences not to be complacent" can be an integral part of the conversation with Ay, Carmela!
Barbecue: An Exploration of Believability, Race, and Drug Abuse
Anthony Reynolds and the review team examine Intiman's Barbecue, an engrossing discussion of what is reality and how it is manufactured.
Why Does Seattle's Regional and Fringe Theater Scene Ignore Trans/Gender Nonconforming People?
Nelle Tankus focuses on the presence (or lack therof) of performance in Seattle written and produced by transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) people, especially Black and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC).
Problems of Race, Class and Labor Reign in The Cherry Orchard
Steph Hankinson and Emily George examine The Seagull's Project ambitious and bold connections of race, class, and labor in The Cherry Orchard.
It's Not Too Late: Take a Good, Hard, Long Look at Yourself
Andrea Iaroc and the review team highlight the sociopolitical commentary of Markeith Wiley’s experimental talk show It's Not Too Late at On the Boards.
Staging "Race" in Seattle, 2016: Paternalism and Its Discontents
Laura Chrisman examines attempts to stage race in several new Seattle productions with Seattle Repertory Theatre, On the Boards, ACT, and New City Theatre.
Bad Apples: Who Let This Happen?
Sara Porkalob asks "who let this happen" of Jim Leonard's Bad Apples—a semi-fictional rock musical account of the 2003 prisoner abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq at ACT Theatre.