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Selfie of Docherty in a booth with lighting consoles and monitors behind her, a stage can be seen through a window

The art of lighting design with Alyssandra Docherty

Lighting up the space

Freelancer Alyssandra Docherty talks about her work as a lighting designer, how the light bulb got turned on for her, and how she manages to keep learning and growing. Melissa Strong previews.

Melissa Strong

Jul 24, 2024 Profiles 4 minute read

Johnson, a Black woman wearing a long flowered skirt & striped blouse, sings passionately with her hands outspread.

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Alice Walker’s The Color Purple

Celie’s story comes to the Center Valley stage

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival mounts an excellent production of The Color Purple with acclaimed local director Amina Robinson,
but the show glosses over some of the difficult moments so important to this story. An Nichols reviews.

An Nichols

Jul 23, 2024 Reviews 6 minute read

Atop a multi-tiered outdoor stage against a dimming evening sky, the actors pose in brown robes with yellow accents.

Delaware Shakespeare presents Julius Caesar

This textual triumph is especially stirring in an election year

Delaware Shakespeare opens its 22nd year with a finely mounted production of Julius Caesar—one of the Bard’s shortest and darkest plays—in Wilmington’s atmospheric Rockwood Park. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Jul 22, 2024 Reviews 4 minute read

Canales, in flamboyant orange 60s garb, gleefully tips a leopard-printed Greer, scared by Peakes, into a canvas cart.

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents The Merry Wives of Windsor

Shakespeare did it first

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival brings a thrillingly modern tenor to The Merry Wives of Windsor, which comes to life with musical verve and comic effervescence. Kiran Pandey reviews.

Kiran Pandey

Jul 02, 2024 Reviews 4 minute read

O'Hanlon-Rodriguez in performance, in cowboy attire, steps onto stage in front of the audience, their face wide with exclaim

Studio 34 presents She Was A Conquistawhore

Rachel O’Hanlon-Rodriguez is taking their land back

Rachel O’Hanlon-Rodriguez’s She Was A Conquistawhore at Studio 34 Yoga is a performance that asks how we heal from the erasure of identity. Erin Dohony previews.

Erin Dohony

Jun 26, 2024 Previews 2 minute read

Washed in blue light, X kneels onstage with a desperate expression, arms extended upward beseechingly.

The BSR Podcast, season 8, episode 9: talking with playwright Roger Q. Mason about The Duat

Go behind the scenes of Philadelphia Theatre Company's latest world premiere

BSR Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with playwright Roger Q. Mason, whose play The Duat gets its world premiere in PTC's season closer.

Darnelle Radford

Jun 20, 2024 Podcast 1 minute read

In a cozy, warmly lit cabin living room, Strathairn stands at center and the others sit or lie on couches and chairs.

People’s Light presents Joseph Dougherty’s Off By One

Off by some

Off By One, a world premiere at People’s Light about a writer and the impact of his work, featuring TV and film star David Strathairn, feels stuck in the draft stage. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Jun 19, 2024 Reviews 3 minute read

In loose pale cotton shirt and pants, X, a Black man, sits and gestures passionately mid-speech.

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Roger Q. Mason’s The Duat

Channeling emotional ghosts

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Roger Q. Mason’s The Duat, a play that, even with an astonishing central role, struggles to settle into its own rhythm. Kiran Pandey reviews.

Kiran Pandey

Jun 17, 2024 Reviews 4 minute read

Washed with red light, puppeteers work a giant face and hands, closing in on a small group of frightened people at center.

EgoPo Classic Theater, Papermoon Puppet Theatre, and Kalanari Theatre Movement present Ramayana

A heroic collaboration

Philly’s EgoPo Classic Theater builds on a partnership begun in the 1990s with two Indonesian theater companies. They bring Ramayana, a dazzling cross-cultural epic, to the Navy Yard for a weekend of free performances. Josh Herren reviews.

Josh Herren

Jun 14, 2024 Reviews 3 minute read

Ra'Shaun kneels onstage singing joyfully to Walker, seated next to her. She touches his face and he touches her thigh.

The BSR Podcast, season 8, episode 7: Once on This Island at the Arden

Talking with Once on This Island assistant director Mariah Ghant and actor Jessica Johnson

BSR Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with two of the artists behind the Arden's hit production of Once on This Island, running through June 23.