Laura Kepley

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Theatre that ran the emotional gamut in 2010

The human condition
We laugh, we cry, we stifle annoyance and look at our watches. Theater performances vary widely in what they attempt and how well they accomplish it.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | December 22, 2010

Masterful metaphor

Trinity Rep’s enthralling Syringa Tree
Some individual experiences certainly can scale up.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | May 12, 2010

Play by play: May 29, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston's theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | May 27, 2009

Play by Play: May 22, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston's theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | May 19, 2009

Lady of the Sea

If all you know of the Aran Islands is the plays of Martin McDonagh, you probably think their populace is an untamed and violent lot.
If all you know of the Aran Islands is the plays of Martin McDonagh, you probably think their populace is an untamed and violent lot.
By CAROLYN CLAY | May 13, 2009

Odd couples

The Lyric's Grey Gardens; Trinity's Shapeshifter
The East Hampton Board of Health would doubtless approve Grey Gardens: The Musical , since it comes minus the crapping cats, feral raccoons, and piles of garbage that form the supporting cast and unsanitary milieu of the famed documentary on which it's based.
By CAROLYN CLAY | May 12, 2009

Play by Play, May 15, 2009

Plays for A to Z
Theater in town
By JEFFREY GANTZ | May 12, 2009

Play by Play, May 8, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Theater around town
By JEFFREY GANTZ | May 07, 2009

Myth understanding

Searching for self in Trinity's Shapeshifter
Trinity Repertory Company has been developing and is staging Shapeshifter , by Laura Schellhardt, which will have its world premiere May 1-31.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | April 28, 2009

Play by Play: May 1, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Theater around town
By CAROLYN CLAY | April 28, 2009

Play by Play: April 24, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Theater around town
By CAROLYN CLAY | April 22, 2009

Nude vs. prude

Some Things at Trinity
Sally Mann doesn’t take photographs, she does Rorschach tests.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | February 27, 2008

Both sides now

The ugly beauty of Some Things Are Private
The actors were shown a number of photographs by Sally Mann and asked to decide which of them they found the most beautiful and which the most disturbing.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | February 20, 2008

The best on the boards

Theatre: 2007 in review
There have been a few muggings on the rialto this year.
By CAROLYN CLAY | December 17, 2007

Sweeping drama

The Clean House at Trinity, plus Secret Order at Merrimack
There are doctors in the house at both Trinity Repertory Company and Merrimack Repertory Theatre.
By CAROLYN CLAY | May 16, 2007

Surreally real life

Trinity Rep’s The Clean House is brutally funny
Why is Sarah Ruhl’s The Clean House a brutally funny comedy? Beats me.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | May 08, 2007

A need for laughter

Trinity walks the line in The Clean House
Have you ever laughed at a joke before the punch line?
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | April 25, 2007

Triple treat

Perishable Theatre’s Women’s Playwriting Festival
After a hiatus last year, when the artistic directorship was in flux, the future of the International Women’s Playwriting Festival at Perishable Theatre was in doubt for a while.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | October 31, 2006

Fighting words

Is Trinity Rep’s Boots On the Ground too balanced?
Sometimes the easiest way to offend is to avoid being offensive.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | April 26, 2006

Love and war

All’s Well That Ends Well ; The Man Who ; Boots on the Ground
Shakespeare might have subtitled All’s Well That Ends Well (presented by Actors’ Shakespeare Project at Cambridge Family YMCA Theater through May 14) Smart Women, Foolish Choices .
By CAROLYN CLAY | April 25, 2006

The war at home

Trinity’s Boots examines how Iraq affects us
Trinity Repertory Company has taken on a tricky assignment: examining how the Iraq War has affected us on the home front, in Rhode Island. Talk about minefields.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | April 11, 2006