Author: Catherine Sawoski
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A Vibrant Whole
Writer Catherine Sawoski on Lisa Fagan and Lena Engelstein’s FRIDAY NIGHT RAT CATCHERS, part of the 2026 Under The Radar Festival.
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Eric Bogosian’s HUMPTY DUMPTY Shows Its Age.
Set in the year 2000, flip phones are everywhere in Humpty Dumpty. The two central couples, Hallmark characters with high-power city jobs, spend much of the play walking around desperately […]
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Why Wait? The Fire Burns Now: The Sixteenth Anniversary of “The Fire This Time Festival”
In 2011, during the second year of the annual Fire This Time Festival, organizers produced the work of an up-and-coming playwright named Dominique Morriseau. The writer, now known as a […]
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Pure Vinegar in “Honeyland”
I spent the two hours after leaving Honeyland thinking about how it could be rewritten into a passable show. It was a frustrating task. What should one do with […]
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In “Cellino v. Barnes” Inside Knowledge is Too Essential
The ‘Cellino v. Barnes’ play ads have been almost as inescapable as their real-life inspirations in recent months. Facebook and Instagram have become virtual billboards with plastered actors across […]
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A Clean Sweep in ELEGIE’s The Maids
Few things make you feel as lucky to live in New York as being around artists at the beginning of their careers. This is certainly the case with ELEGIE, a […]
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Asking More from Matthew Freeman’s “The Ask”
Matthew Freeman, like most New York City creatives, has a day job. The award-winning playwright, who premiered his latest play, The Ask, in early September, spends his time out of […]
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Father/Parent, Mother/Father: Imaging the Possibility of Both in Kelindah Bee Schuster’s “seapony”
The audience sits on sand while an artist simulates giving birth. Each one of their limbs dunked in a separate bucket of water, jutted in a prone crabwalk position, they […]
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It’s Nice to See You: An Empathetic Theatrical Experience for One
You – just you – walk into an empty space. The only thing visible is a note with a phone number on it, and when the voice on the other […]
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Dialogue vs Diagnosis in Matthew Gasda’s “Morning Journal”
The Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research, based out of a loft in Greenpoint, is known for shows that tread the line of intellectualism and indulgence. Playwright and director Matthew […]
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Looking Through the Window with Mur
Mur shows up at the Murray Hill coffee shop in an outfit streaked with multicolored paint and a gift for me still drying in their hand. The performance artist […]
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In Katy Early’s Hysterical “Dance Nation,” Girlhood is Not for the Faint of Heart
For young women on social media and the real world alike, girlhood has become somewhat trendy in recent months. Apprehensive of adulthood, increasing numbers of individuals have clung to the […]
