Tag Archive for ‘Little Green Pig’
Jay O’Berski and Jeffrey Detwiler Are Delightful in “Derklöwnschpankeneffekt: Two Plays for Klöwn”
Jay O’Berski and Jeffrey Detwiler have become the Triangle’s princes of pratfall, first for Shakespeare & Originals and now for Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern. In physical comedy, they are this area’s equivalent of Laurel & Hardy and Abbott & Costello (although both are imperially thin). But when it comes to hurling verbal brickbats, they most resemble the insufferably cheeky and impishly irreverent Marx Brothers.
Little Green Pig’s “Richie” Runs the Streets of Durham
Many have reinterpreted the plays of William Shakespeare, some poorly, while others create new classics from the original 16th and 17th century scripts (i.e., Romeo and Juliet reimagined as West Side Story). Sometimes a simple sex change is all it takes to breathe new life into one of Will’s ancient plays. When I was in [...]
Little Green Pig’s “Richie” Transforms Shakespeare’s “Richard II” into a Rollicking All-Female Pub Crawl
On Sept. 6-8, 13-15, and 20-22, Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern will give William Shakespeare’s circa 1595 English history play “Richard II” a gender-bending all-female Little Green Pig twist in “Richie: A Rolling Pub Crawl Based on Shakespeare’s Richard II,” which will be performed in downtown Durham, NC. According to the company’s website: “The show begins at Fullsteam Brewery (726 Rigsbee Ave.) and promenades through bars, clubs and restaurants before landing in Durham Central Park.”
Margaret Sanger’s Birth-Control Truths Set Four Teenagers Free in “What Every Girl Should Know”
The world premiere of Durham playwright Monica Byrne’s What Every Girl Should Know, produced by the Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern of Durham, NC, runs April 19-21, 26-28 and May 3-5 at the Cordoba Center for the Arts (behind Golden Belt in downtown Durham). It’s a location that Margaret Sanger would have approved, and might [...]
Four Reform-School Girls Idolize Margaret Sanger in Monica Byrne’s “What Every Girl Should Know”
The Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern of Durham, NC will present the world premiere of “What Every Girl Should Know,” Durham actress, writer, and dramatist Monica Byrne’s provocative new play about four Catholic teenage turn-of-the-century reform-school girls who become suffragettes and idolize social reformer and Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger (1879-1966).
Little Green Pig Presents the World Premiere of “Donald,” a Political Thriller by Tony Perucci
“What if a former U.S. defense secretary who condoned the use of torture to extract information was himself extremely rendered and tortured by his own methods? By turns comic and harrowing, ‘Donald’ is a beautiful, disturbing mediation on what to do with ‘war criminals,’ even if they could be brought to ‘justice.’”
“The Birthday Party”: Little Green Pig Stages a Bold New Take on Harold Pinter’s First Full-Length Play
According to Little Green Pig, “[In The Birthday Party,] Kafka comes home to roost in a gripping, uptight celebration that seemingly does not in fact occur on someone’s birthday. As it turns out: psychological terrorism can be hilarious.”
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