A WORD WITH…..BERNADETTE ARMSTRONG
MEM: How long has the series been running? BERNADETTE ARMSTRONG: Open-Door Playhouse is currently in its sixth year, our first play Custody, premiered on September 15th, 2020, during the theater […]
Theater
Interviews
A WORD WITH…..CHRISTIAN LEBANO
MEM: How did you come up with the idea of aging the couple and placing them in an assisted living home? CHRISTIAN LEBANO: Let me correct you, Verona Village is […]
JOSÉ RIVERA’S MARISOL
When I drop my wings, all hell’s going to break loose. Soon you’re not going to recognize the world, so get yourself some power, Marisol, whatever you do! BOOM! New […]
And a Word from Richard III’s Ann Noble
1. What can a female actor bring in playing a major male role better than a male actor? I don’t think that there’s anything “better” that a female actor can […]
Richard III
Despair and die! Richard’s victims torment him at night The Tragedy of Richard the Third shortened for Richard III, moving forward referred to as R3, played beautifully by Ann Noble […]
Bat Boy is a Gift to Us All
We give you the gift of Bat Boy. And he is a gift. He is all of us, caught in the duality of striving to be human, all the while […]
Theater
SAYING GOOD BYE
As I write this, my heart is broken. I recently lost the most important man in my life. My daddy, Julio Montoro, who went by the stage name Chico Boro […]
AUGUST WILSON’S THE PIANO LESSON
That piano got so much rage and grief carved in it… The story’s inside those carvings. You rub your hands over them and feel the power coming out of them. […]
AND A WORD FROM THE GREAT, ELEANORA OWEN
How were you introduced to the life of Edith Piaf? I was introduced to Madame Edith Piaf when I was ten years old, by my French grandmother, Annie! I began […]