Shining a Light on History: Liberty Talks at WHAT
She’s one of the most recognizable monuments anywhere, instantly identifiable, connected to vague words like freedom, liberty, independence. As American, one might say, as apple pie. Except that she’s not. The story behind the Statue of Liberty is...
Midcentury Modern: “Summer, 1976” at WHAT
Anything Daisy Walker directs is bound to be interesting, insightful, and often surprising; and Summer, 1976, now at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, absolutely doesn’t disappoint. We can all look back on our lives and see various relationships that...
It’s One Toke Over the Line at WHAT with Reefer Madness: The Musical
Before it became an iconic cult hit, Reefer Madness was a well-intentioned (and unintentionally hilarious) cautionary tale entitled Tell Your Children that had its début as a film in 1936. Or… sort-of well-intentioned. Re-examining it in 2024 with the...
“Smart” at WHAT: Beautifully Chilling and Brilliantly Provocative
At a time when there are almost-daily reports of new and different ways artificial intelligence can change—and challenge—the way we live, I looked forward to the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater’s new production of Mary Hamilton’s Smart to issue a wry...
An Affair to Remember: Harold Pinter’s Betrayal in Wellfleet
One of the most powerful aspects of Harold Pinter’s work is in the spaces he creates between the lines spoken by his characters. It’s in the silences, in the pauses, that the more visceral story is being told, and in no other work is this more apparent...
Love Your Willy: The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) at WHAT
Thirty-seven plays in under two hours. Are you ready? Take a deep breath, because you’re about to be plunged into an incredibly energetic, frenetic, whirlwind tour of the Bard that will make you, as one of the characters says, truly “love your Willy.”...
A Sequel That Couldn’t Be More Timely
History may always be written by the winners, but often it’s the observations of the common people that are more interesting—and understandable. And that’s what playwright Taylor Mac gives us in Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, now at the Wellfleet...
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