Monthly Archives: November 2019
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Three Stories Up – Theatre in the Dark
On a rainy afternoon in Vancouver, a local transit police officer comes home to find her husband, also a police officer, murdered. For reasons she can’t understand, the police department wants to dismiss it as a suicide. She starts down a dangerous path to her husband’s last case and the network of criminal informants he worked with. Many plays have tackled the noir mystery, but non in quite the way that Theatre in the Dark does. This show is staged in pitch black darkness.
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A Modern Take On An Old Fairy Tale
The Other Cinderella – Black Ensemble Theatre
Born in the projects, an ill-treated young woman, nicknamed Cinderella by her selfish, cantankerous Stepmama and her two nasty, spoiled stepsisters, is part of the much-loved fairy tale that’s been a part of every culture since time began. This is Jackie Taylor’s contemporary version of the familiar fable, set in the contemporary, fictional African-American “Kingdom of Other,” which happens to be the title of the rousing, original pop/rock tune that both opens and closes this musical. The show is filled with lots of other catchy songs, written by the multitalented Ms. Tayler and Michael Ward, with additional contributions from Herman Wheatley, J. Wilson and A. Tucker.
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Women’s Right to Vote
The Suffrage Plays – Artemisia Theatre
Throughout history, theatre has served many purposes. The obvious benefit is to provide entertainment; but oftentimes a play will educate and a theatrical production may enlighten its audience. Such is Artemisia Theatre’s program of three one-act plays being presented under the collective title, “The Suffrage Plays.” These realist comedies, influenced by the works of of Henrik Ibsen, were written and presented between 1907 and 1914. They revealed the real issues behind the suffrage movement, including the double standards that women faced on a daily basis.
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