The Black Glass

This is the kind of self-important theatre that sitcoms satirize. Dedicating this production to the Occupy Movement felt like a parasitical ploy to leech meaning from an unearned association. Brad Culver, whom I've seen in Poor Dog productions, and Elizabeth Greer, Martha Demson, and John Lacy whom I’ve seen excel in various plays at Open Fist are wasted here.... full review

This was just bad. really bad.... full review

I didn't like anything about this show. The writing seemed too self involved, and self important, the performances were trite and the actors didn't seem to be living in the same world. The direction well, there wasn't anything good to say about that, it all just feel apart in front of the audience, and not in a good way.... full review

You won't get bored in this one. Instead you will spend your whole time deciphering the message of today's contemporary society struggling to exisit in a decaying empire.... full review

Reaches for poetics but trips on its own ambition. Deliberate obfuscation of plot and character motivation betray a serious arrogance. The cast moves bravely, slowly, through the density of it all, including more musical and sound effect 'stings' than a Mexcian telenovella. Just once I'd like to see Padua Playwrights present a show where character and story matter at least as much as 'the playwright's voice.'... full review