Category: Mini Review

Who All Over There – Play – Mini Review – The Ensemble Theatre

Torie Wiggins’s Who All Over There? play at Houston’s Ensemble Theatre! Joy Yvonne Jones & Robby Matlock star in this commentary on interracial romance. Nifty sitcom-style intro. Endearingly awkward meet-cute and 1st date. Surprising use of AI. Curious how a gender-flipped version would hit. Closes 5/31. ... Click to read more

You Will Get Sick – Play – Mini Review – Sound Theatre Company

Noah Diaz’s You Will Get Sick play with Sound Theatre Company in TPS Center Theatre at Seattle Center Armory. Sobering, random, symbolic preview of our inevitable mortality. Terrifying glimpse into a potential future of being a prisoner in your own body. Critique at the profit-driven transactional nature of healthcare. Unique integration of closed captioning that emphasized the sheer volume of dialogue actors memorize verbatim! Health is wealth y'all! 🎭🏥... Click to read more

Walden – Play – Mini Review – ArtsWest

Caught Amy Berryman's Walden play at ArtsWest. Futuristic, dystopian, post-apocalyptic world staged in the middle of nowhere. Lush green foliage filled the set (by Adair MacCormack) while the play quietly asked hard questions about our planet's environmental trajectory. Themes of want, lost/changed dreams, duty, and listening to yourself hit universally. Josh Kenji Lagager delivered a hilariously random animal skinning scene. Marena Kleinpeter and Porscha Shaw rounded out the cast. Closes 5/3/26.... Click to read more

The Best Damn Thing – Musical – Mini Review – Dacha Theatre

The Best Damn Thing - Dacha Theatre's random Avril Lavigne-inspired musical-ish show (but not a jukebox musical) at 12th Ave Arts. An ode to personal masterpieces and angsty 2000s theatre teen friendship that only Gen Z and Millennials would fully appreciate. Bloody tampons, lady fingering, oh my! Clever microphone work. Pure Capitol Hill chaos. ... Click to read more

Robin Hood – Play – Mini Review – Seattle Children’s Theatre

Just caught Robin Hood at Seattle Children's Theatre! ⚔️ Arjun Pande led this charming production with realistic fight choreography from Ian Bond with the kids even asking the actors if they got hurt. The show pulled the audience into the action with pantomime energy. Literary narration in the style of Book-it Repertory Theatre. Timely story in light of this crooked administration. Free lemonade didn't hurt either! 🍋... Click to read more