F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw
In a finely tuned staging, director Guillermo Cienfuegos elicits optimum performances from his cast, particularly his young performers, who ferret out the common core of humanity in their roles. Read more…
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA
With proper attribution for the title as a passage from my generation’s inimitable poetess/songwriter counter-culture goddess Patti Smith in her 2010 memoir Just Kids (“I immersed myself in books and rock ‘n roll, the adolescent salvation”), playwright on-the-rise Tim Venable’s newest work of provocative contemporary art this time deals with three emotionally stunted teens having a most disastrous sleepover. Read more…