Aaron Stiles

The Goddesses Guide: Adura for the Women of African Diaspora

aaron stiles · June 24, 2018 uncertified reviewer
This is not only a play, but an experience of healing as a people - through dance, heart, texture, allegory, shape, and myth. All of these are used as tools to tell us, as an audience, that despite our specific hardships we still are such an infinitesimal part of an astronomically bigger whole. The beauty shines through the story told through dance in a way that transcends the normal theatre experience to salve our own tribulations, and give our role meaning in the state of the world. You will le... full review

The Dangerous Cures of Dr. B

aaron stiles · June 24, 2018 uncertified reviewer
This production reminds of one of many strange footnotes in American history we gloss over and reminds us of just how easily that mentality can cause them to keep happening. Issues of public health, private trust, the "je ne sais quoi" of a dictator, and the manipulability omnipresent in the human condition. ... full review

Disasteroid!

aaron stiles · June 24, 2018 uncertified reviewer
Guy Picot's vision is truly bright as this play tackles the age-old axiom of the "power of now" but lends the question, can only the promise of apocalypse have us live our lives in the best way possible? The play was one of my favorites in the Hollywood Fringe Festival with it feeling thoughtfully re-worked to make every moment the best it could be. I was very impressed by the level of commitment by the actors in demanding roles that required them to switch personas and costumes in a moments noti... full review

The Complete Works of Julia Roberts: a Parody Musical

aaron stiles · June 24, 2018 uncertified reviewer
Bobby Beus made this show an unexpected gem that would fit right in on Broadway or the West End. Loved the synthesis of life-lessons given from these classic movies of Julia Roberts with the results being truly a defining moment in the Hollywood Fringe canon. It was very well-thought out with incredibly detailed costume design, and with so much talent pouring from the lead onto the stage! A definite must-see and deserves an extension, perhaps abroad as well!... full review

Villain - An American Story

aaron stiles · June 24, 2018 uncertified reviewer
Entirely enrapturing as a story about Police Brutality is muddled with humanity as none of the "safe" routes to unpacking this topic are taking, allowing for an experience which will rouse you for the entire duration of the play. ... full review

Tell Me About Your Daddy

aaron stiles · June 22, 2018 uncertified reviewer
This play cements Ty Pickett as a force to be reckoned with as an actor with a contagious stamina and an elasticity which snaps like a rubber band around any of the five (but, really, six) characters he communicates with. The priceless intro starts things off as a signal that you should put all your preconceptions on their head, as the infectious and exhilarating Ms. Taylor Shell begins a show about gay culture with its logical foil - the heterosexual perils of an enigmatic vagina. From this off... full review