23 Jan 2008

"Comedy Scares Me": Eddie Staver III Takes on 35 Roles in The Green Room's "Fully Committed"

By Mike Schulz

Eddie Staver III in Fully CommittedFive minutes into our interview, local actor Eddie Staver III says something that I can't quite believe: "Comedy scares me."

He does, however, quickly amend the statement: "Comedy scares the hell out of me."

02 May 2006

A Double-Play ... and a Hit: "The Real Inspector Hound" and "Black Comedy" at Augustana College

By Mike Schulz
Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound concerns theatre critics who wind up personally involved in the thriller they're reviewing, which puts me in the position of being a theatre critic critiquing a play about theatre critics critiquing a play. Stoppard must love this.
08 Nov 2005

Making Fiction Out of Fact: New Ground Theatre's "Promise Ring"

By Mike Schulz
It's no newsflash that playwrights often find inspiration in their personal pasts, and use young leading characters as theatrical alter egos; if you want to better understand Tennessee Williams, listen to Tom's monologues in The Glass Menagerie, or watch Edmund's scenes in Long Day's Journey into Night for greater insight into Eugene O'Neill.
19 Apr 2005

"Pippi" Never Starts Making Sense: "Pippi Longstocking" at the Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse

By Mike Schulz

So far as I know, there are no steadfast rules regarding children's theatre, but two certain "don't"s would have to be: (1) Don't bore the kids, and (2) Don't confuse the kids.

15 Mar 2005

Quad City Arts Welcomes Controversial Absurdist Playwright

By Johanna Welzenbach-Hilliard
Edward Albee, author of the play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, will be visiting the Quad Cities April 8 and 9 for a Quad City Arts Cary Grant Residency. Albee will be presenting two public lectures and a pair of seminars.

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