Steve Madar

A play about finding soulmates using dance. ... full review

Toys is a dark, important piece about sex trafficking. It is well worth your time. ... full review

A darkly funny and well acted play about the difficulty of romantic connection and how much we need to be loved in a malicious world. ... full review

This was a fun show that provided a little seen perspective from women in the Arab world that upends stereotypes and provides great context. ... full review

Overall, this is a piece that feels like it's a good concept in need of development. ... full review

This is a strong physical theatre piece that is as much an extended scene about the nature of relationships between men and women as it is a movement piece. Really enjoyed it!... full review

This is a very entertaining modern adaptation of Lysistrata. The Savage Players adaptation updates the story to the government shutdown and trades war for politics. I particularly enjoyed Tom Keefe's performance as a frustrated, puritanical congressman. Anne Butler's Lysistrata is logical, straightforward and intelligent. Josephine Keefe's direction brings a light and fun hand to the show. Good show!... full review

At the end of civilization, when everything is running down, people will do anything they can to find a connection with another person, plant or animal. Set in an underground bunker below an inhospitable world, Alice and Cliff try to fulfill each other's needs where each is one another's last hope, all while attempting to sustain themselves with cans of Clean, when a stranger named Preacher is brought in to their circle and disrupts their functional dysfunction. Carly Weckstein does a great job c... full review

This show works in large part because of the outstanding performance of Al Rahn as Malachi. Through a series of sermons, confessions, and his ultimate redemption the multiple, sometimes bewilderingly disparate, facets of Malachi's character come to light in hilarious and touching songs. Thia Schuessler is perfectly cast as the ever forgiving ex love in this Christian Bible Study come adulthood romance. The music is well put together and Ben Stanton's repartee with Al Rahn is charming and funny... full review

There is a sweet madness that this show gives off and a joy that comes from ripping apart Shakespeare and making it a hoot. Exuberent performances abound in this retelling of Much Ado plus aliens. From fun devices to create the "deformed ones," to irreverent soliloquies (notably Arthur Keng), and neon glowsticks to create the mood, this Shakespeare is on the trail of something good. There is also an outstanding performance from Evan Smith, who holds all the disparate elements together. If I h... full review