Tag: Mortar Theatre Company

HuffPo Review: One Man’s Journey to Self-Discovery in Compelling ‘Seek and Ye Shall Find’

Actor and playwright Sentell Harper feels trapped. As a gay black man, he’s disinterested in “throwing shade,” lip syncing for your life or being on the DL as a way to survive within this marginalized minority. He’s searching for answers, but coming up with more questions about what it means to just simply be yourself.… Read More HuffPo Review: One Man’s Journey to Self-Discovery in Compelling ‘Seek and Ye Shall Find’

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Mortar’s ‘Bombs, Babes and Bingo’ makes an impact, but needs a clearer target

A bomb scientist, working for a deeply underground division of the US military, is struggling to put the pieces together from his fractured life. His latest experiment hasn’t gone exactly to plan, and the collateral damage is more than he can reconcile. His wife and daughter have gone missing … or have they abandoned him?… Read More Mortar’s ‘Bombs, Babes and Bingo’ makes an impact, but needs a clearer target

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Mortar’s bold ‘Corazón de Manzana’ brings fantasy to a gruesome reality

A girl (Cruz Gonzalez-Cadel) begins a fantastical (and fatal) journey in Mortar Theatre Company’s “Corazón de Manzana.” Photo credit: John W. Sisson, Jr. Dana Lynn Formby’s highly ambitious new play, Corazón de Manzana, examines the femicide crisis in Juárez, Mexico through the lives of three mother/daughter relationships: a passionate young girl and her single working… Read More Mortar’s bold ‘Corazón de Manzana’ brings fantasy to a gruesome reality

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Fasten your seat belt: Mortar Theatre’s ‘Mother Bear’ is a tense ride

Mortar Theatre’s mission is to “engage community dialogue by lifting up and exploring stories of everyday heroes who shape our society.” The truckers of this world are certainly a group of everyday people whom we don’t necessarily categorize as heroes. But have you seen Ice Road Truckers? Those guys are badass! Jayme McGhan’s taut new… Read More Fasten your seat belt: Mortar Theatre’s ‘Mother Bear’ is a tense ride

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Mortar Theatre’s ‘I Am Montana’ is a minimum-wage play with a lot to say

Derek Garza is happy to help you in “I Am Montana.” I’ve a love/hate relationship with Walmart. While I hear the arguments that it’s destroying communities, cheats workers out of basic rights and equal pay and perpetuates that dirty word, “consumerism,” they have so much cheap crap in one store, I can’t resist. I’ve an… Read More Mortar Theatre’s ‘I Am Montana’ is a minimum-wage play with a lot to say

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This and that.

Get ready for some random: A storefront Piazza Theo Ubique announced that it will produce The Light in the Piazza — one of my absolute favorite shows — in their 60-seat cafe setting. I’m confident this group can pull it off, as artistic director Fred Anzevino has more than enough experience staging epic musicals in… Read More This and that.

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Exploring the femicide crisis in Juárez, Mexico: an interview with playwright Dana Lynn Formby

Up-and-coming playwright Dana Lynn Formby is never not writing. In fact, following this interview (which traveled from an Argo Tea in the loop to a local bar in our Edgewater neighborhood) she had to rush home to put the final touches on a screenplay draft due the next day. Her brain is like a story-generating… Read More Exploring the femicide crisis in Juárez, Mexico: an interview with playwright Dana Lynn Formby

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The family dirt flies in Mortar Theatre’s ‘Inherit the Whole’

Sweating while searching: Derek Gaza and Stephanie Stroud in Mortar Theatre’s “Inherit the Whole” The brand-spankin’ new Mortar Theatre Company is certainly putting its best foot forward. Everything about this group seems meticulously considered — from the mission statement right down to the spiral bound (and personalized!) press kits. But the play’s the thing, and… Read More The family dirt flies in Mortar Theatre’s ‘Inherit the Whole’

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