Tag: Heather J. Strickland
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Takes Raleigh Little Theatre Audiences on an Intensely Compelling Journey
Autism has been a subject of growing fascination over the years, with movies such as Rain Man (1988), Mozart and the Whale (2005), and many others, attempting to make the public more aware of the augmented realities of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). With autism on the rise, the need to understand this new… Read More ›
Girls Play Hardball in Sonorous Road Rep’s Rendition of Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves
The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe’s is a tense and funny look into the locker room of a high school girls soccer team. Sonorous Road Repertory Company’s production of the show went up last night at the Sonorous Road Theatre & Film Studio on Hillsborough St. in Raleigh, NC. Nine young women, playing high school girls,… Read More ›
Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves at Sonorous Road Theatre & Film Studio Is a Howling Success!
We will cut to the chase: The Wolves is well-worth seeing! “It was all so real!” That was the first comment that we heard uttered by a fellow audience member as we headed out into the lobby of Sonorous Road Theatre & Film Studio in the wake of the opening-night performance of Sarah DeLappe’s captivating… Read More ›
RLT Gets Its "Ducts in a Row" with Theresa Rebeck’s What We’re Up Against
Who remembers that annoyingly patronizing advertising jingle for Virginia Slims cigarettes? “You’ve come a long way, baby/To get where you’ve got to today/You’ve got your own cigarette now, baby/You’ve come a long, long way.” As if having “your own cigarette” was an important accomplishment in the battle for gender equality! Was the illusion of “a… Read More ›
A Battle of the Sexes Becomes a Melee in Theresa Rebeck’s What We’re Up Against at RLT
RATING: ✭✭✭✭ (out of 5) Why do men in power still condescend, harass, ignore, interrupt, and sabotage women? Why do women sometimes undermine each other? It was 1992 when Emmy-nominated TV writer and playwright Theresa Rebeck asked these questions in the satirical workplace dramedy What We’re Up Against, presented by Raleigh Little Theatre at William… Read More ›