We are the secretaries and we do things secretarial And once a month we kill a guy and cut him up for burial It’s a slasher play. It’s a comedy. No, it’s a black and bloody satire. It’s over the top. And it’s dangerous–particularly if one is a lumberjack in Big Bone, Oregon. It’s […]
Andrea White, Babs Davy, Claire Rigsby, dark comedy, Dawn Monique Williams, Dominique Dibbell, drama, homopobia, homosexuality, Jamie M. Rea, Jen Rowe, Kelly Godell, Lisa Kron, lumberjacks, Maureen Angelos, Meg Wilkerson, misogyny, Peg Healey, Profile Theatre, satire, The Five Lesbian Brothers, The Secretaries, Wanda WaldenIt’s a special night, indeed, when a local playwright–Ellen Margolis–can enjoy a world premiere of her own work in her own hometown. Even better, when that play is one of great intellect and wit, as Pericles Wet proved to be. Inspired by William Shakespeare’s Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Pericles Wet reimagines the original with a contemporary twist. […]
Alex Ramirez de Cruz, Andrea White, Artists Repertory Theatre, Ben Newman, David Bodin, Ellen Margolis, incest, Karen Rathje, Michael Mendelson, Murri Lazaroff-Babin, patricide, Pericles Prince of Tyre, Pericles Wet, Portland Shakespeare Project, Samson Syharath, Sarah Kindler, sexual abuse, Shannon Mastel, William Shakespeare