This week, People's Light opens the regional premiere of Somewhere Over the Border, playwright Brian Quijada's take on the Wizard of Oz as told through his mother's point of view. The performance promises to be a musical odyssey, combining cumbia, Mexican mariachi, boleros, American rock, and hip-hop to score a journey from El Salvador to the US. Read about it and more in this week's roundup, which also includes Ty Defoe’s Trans World from Philadelphia Theatre Company—which has its own spin on a more contemporary trope: reality television.
It's still a scorcher out there, Philly!
Our right to be loved, show love, and to love ourselves
Alaina Johns
Disability Intimacy, the second essay collection from editor Alice Wong, dives into the ocean of human connection with a disability lens, from dating, sex, and kink to caregiving, parenting, and art-making. Alaina Johns reviews.
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