2025 Audience Reviews

Company: Paper Soul
Show: Boxcutter Harmonica
Venue: Barbara Barker Center for Dance

In the shadow of genius

Motz goes just up to the edge of almost-too-clever-ness in his play-within-a-play-within-a-lecture gone wrong, but pulls it out with a rare glimpse of the travails of living in the shadows of genius, and judging yourself against those transcendent few who walk among us.

Company: American School of Storytelling
Show: More Better Stories
Venue: American School of Storytelling

Redemption from the dark side

I was lucky enough to catch Howard Lieberman for a full hour of his engrossing tale of shunning relatives, successful career, brief marriage and eventual turn away from the dark side of being a "corporate shill," to a redemptive vision of a life well lived.

Company: Alisa Rosenthal
Show: Big Honor Student Energy
Venue: Open Eye Theatre

Good for loads o' laughs

Alisa laughs at herself and invites us to laugh along with her, which is really laughing at OURselves, because we recognize ourselves and all of our own foibles, in her.

Company: Winnie Wenglewick/Dangerous Theatre
Show: Adulting Sucks
Venue: Rarig Nolte Xperimental Theatre

A real story

This was a comfortable telling of a real life story. Like life, it doesn't seem to have a particular beginning or end so much as it has themes and trends, personality quirks and resolutions, lessons learned and lessons forgotten. Winnie is an engaging conversationalist.

Company: Richie Whitehead
Show: The Wickie
Venue: Barbara Barker Center for Dance

I'll never hear the word "ocean" the same again.

Go see it.