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...
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.”...
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...