Directed by Beth Ryan Troxell Matt has not spoken with his sister Ruth for years, but her imprisonment for environmental terrorism forces an unwelcome reunion. Ruth has no patience for Matt’s lawyerly approach to solving the world’s problems, while Matt abhors Ruth’s use of violence and her acceptance of a devastating consequence of her imprisonment:… Continue reading READING-King of Lawns by Marc Wolf

Directed by Beth Ryan Troxell Matt has not spoken with his sister Ruth for years, but her imprisonment for environmental terrorism forces an unwelcome reunion. Ruth has no patience for Matt’s lawyerly approach to solving the world’s problems, while Matt abhors Ruth’s use of violence and her acceptance of a devastating consequence of her imprisonment:… Continue reading READING-King of Lawns by Marc Wolf

Directed by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga A new musical using 1920’s Cole Porter songs in a tale that blends the frothy style of early musical comedy with modern sensibilities about sexuality and identity.  Set in 1925 Paris, Let’s Misbehave is about a woman who leaves her loveless marriage in Dayton to go to Paris for fun and sexual… Continue reading READING-Let’s Misbehave by Rich Orloff

Directed by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga A new musical using 1920’s Cole Porter songs in a tale that blends the frothy style of early musical comedy with modern sensibilities about sexuality and identity.  Set in 1925 Paris, Let’s Misbehave is about a woman who leaves her loveless marriage in Dayton to go to Paris for fun and sexual… Continue reading READING-Let’s Misbehave by Rich Orloff

Directed by Beth Ryan Troxell A nasty little farce in two acts Adelaide and the Devil is a dark absurdist morality play in the style of commedia dell ‘arte. Using archetypes from the Tarot, religious imagery, satire and pantomime. The story follows two minor saints and a brave young maiden as they attempt to escape… Continue reading READING-Adelaide & the Devil by Lora Lee Ecobelli

Directed by Beth Ryan Troxell A nasty little farce in two acts Adelaide and the Devil is a dark absurdist morality play in the style of commedia dell ‘arte. Using archetypes from the Tarot, religious imagery, satire and pantomime. The story follows two minor saints and a brave young maiden as they attempt to escape… Continue reading READING-Adelaide & the Devil by Lora Lee Ecobelli

Directed by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga Max is a confident and energetic Broadway performer.  But when he comes face to face with his old school chum Vern, he senses things aren’t quite right.  He works hard to get back to the old friendship, but Vern leads him deep into their mutual past, with the girl they both knew… Continue reading READING-I for an I by Lewis Arlt

Directed by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga Max is a confident and energetic Broadway performer.  But when he comes face to face with his old school chum Vern, he senses things aren’t quite right.  He works hard to get back to the old friendship, but Vern leads him deep into their mutual past, with the girl they both knew… Continue reading READING-I for an I by Lewis Arlt

Directed by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga In a modern take of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, Fail Better follows a conversation between two stoned buddies as they wait for their endlessly late drug dealer. Throughout their intimate back and forth, the two friends share laughs and secrets as they contemplate the meaning of a life well lived.

Directed by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga In a modern take of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, Fail Better follows a conversation between two stoned buddies as they wait for their endlessly late drug dealer. Throughout their intimate back and forth, the two friends share laughs and secrets as they contemplate the meaning of a life well lived.

Directed by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga Nanna, an 88 year-old woman comes back from the dead to settle some unresolved issues with her grandson, but along the way, examines her own history of child abuse and her role in the intergenerational pathology of incest. Part sex comedy, part Greek tragedy, Nanna uses black comedy to examine… Continue reading READING-Nanna by David Simpatico

Directed by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga Nanna, an 88 year-old woman comes back from the dead to settle some unresolved issues with her grandson, but along the way, examines her own history of child abuse and her role in the intergenerational pathology of incest. Part sex comedy, part Greek tragedy, Nanna uses black comedy to examine… Continue reading READING-Nanna by David Simpatico