Tag: Rocco Sisto

It's not the language that makes this play what it is and what it isn't. There is emotion missing in the cleverness of the dialogue and the letters exchanged.

Pirandello's people are never ordinary and never sound ordinary and, in this new version, they are just right for my taste.

Under the sharp and precise direction of Melania Levitsky, the company works wonders with a heavily cut version of the play that brings the story to vivid life.

Can human trust overcome animal instinct? What happens when nature revenges what man has created?

This is not your typical summer fare, not like the Hitchcock movie would have been: This is important theater presented in an important way.

Shakespeare & Company’s Education Director Kevin Coleman is a 2016 Tony Award Finalist for Excellence in Theatre Education. “Creativity is our birthright. All art gives us insights into ourselves, keys to our own creativity, and theatre adds a natural experience of cooperation,” he notes.

Tara Franklin, an excellent actress, exceeds any earlier achievements with the role of Ruth. She is setting the barre very high for future work.

Every actor in the company is right on with characterization and realization and the ensemble of men and women only do the right things at the right times.

Thanks to the genius of Director Tony Simotes, we find everything we love and a great deal more in this production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream."