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Blood at the Root and the power of student-led theatre
5 minute read / When senior Acting BFA Trinity Ross chose to direct famed Black playwright Dominque Morisseau’s Blood at the Root for the final show of Crimson Stage’s fall 2022 season, it was not because it was the first of Morisseau’s plays to be put on a UA Theatre stage. Last year, one of…
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Blood From A Stone: awkward, angry, authentic
5 minute read / This heart-wrenching family drama shared the story of Jacob and his siblings, Alice and Richard, as they reunited to work through both the trauma and grief stemming from their toxic mother’s recent death. The strength of Blood From A Stone was that it dwelt in the very real awkwardness of a…
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Letter from the Editor: Welcome!
3 minute read / Producing insightful criticism requires a lot of self-exploration about what it means to engage with art. As a dancer and choreographer, I find that a lot of the questions that I consider as an artist can be asked as a reviewer: How is this work relevant to the world I live…