From the moment Erik Blake enters his daughter Brigid’s New York apartment on Thanksgiving, he’s a man vaguely haunted. And though the play The Humans, onstage at Theatrical Outfit through June 25, delves into the entire Blake family’s layers of dysfunction during dinner, Erik’s grief and fears provide its focus and depth. As playwright Stephen…
A vulnerable elderly woman. A stranger with a past. A secret hat box glued shut to keep prying hands out. These are some of the tropes that pop up in the Georgia Ensemble Theatre thriller Night Must Fall (through November 10 at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center). The material — timed for Halloween season — proves…
Writers are always encouraged to write about what they know best, and in the case of Phil Olson, he’s done so with his A Nice Family Christmas. It’s a sequel to the playwright’s 2000, Thanksgiving-set A Nice Family Gathering, based on his own relatives and some of their interactions over the holidays. Running through December…
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