Photo Flash: Sneak Peek - Theatre Southwest's 16th Annual Festival of Originals
Theatre Southwest presents 'The 16th Annual Festival of Originals' produced by Mimi Holloway. For the 16th time, Theatre Southwest presents 5 new plays directed by 5 directors performed by 5 casts. Drama, Suspense and Comedy all in one entertaining evening of live theatre. Scroll down for a sneak peek at this year's shows!
BWW Reviews: TSW's THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA is Absorbing and Suspenseful
Theatre Southwest is currently producing a fascinating production of Tennessee William's thrilling and tense THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA. The 1961 drama is set at The Costa Verde Hotel in Puerto Barrio on the West Coast of Mexico in the summer of 1940. The Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon is leading a tour group of Baptist women from Texas through Mexico, but makes an unplanned stop at the hotel, which is owned and operated by his friend, Maxine Falk. Over the course of the afternoon and evening, Shannon slowly unravels, exposing his secrets and sins. An impoverished and entirely broke New England spinster, Hannah Jelkes, and her aging grandfather, a poet losing his mind, arrive at the hotel as well. Without any money, the duo hopes to lodge at the hotel with the promise to earn some money and pay upon checkout.
BWW Reviews: Gene Kato's VIRAL INFECTION is Zany and Refreshing
Modern Theatre of the Absurd is alive and very well at Obsidian Art Space, where the World Premiere of Gene Kato's VIRAL INFECTION is enjoying a glorious run. Gene Kato thought the play was un-producible and has kept it hidden away for 21 years. In a way, I'm deeply thankful. Had this play premiered 21 years ago, I wouldn't have seen it. Thus, I am happy the stars aligned justly to afford me the opportunity to see the zany, mad-cap lunacy and thoroughly refreshing thought provoking piece.
