MTWorks National NewBorn Festival Kicks Off Tonight

by Karen Tortora-Lee on February 3, 2011

As the recently appointed Vice-Chair of Maieutic Theatre Works-MTWorks I’m honored to be (just a small) part of the very talented team that brings The National NewBorn Festival to life.

Please join me tonight for the first in the series of free readings dealing with such hot topics as: immigration, sexuality, war and freedom.

**Resident Reading**

THE REEDUCATION OF ARIZONA

by MTWorks Artistic Director David Stallings

directed by MTWorks Resident Director Cristina Alicea

A satirical comedy that dissects the trickled down effect of Gov. Jan Brewer’s immigration bill in Arizona.

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Thursday, February 3rd at 8:30pm
The Aronow Theater (First Floor)

SKIN AND BONE

by Jacqueline Goldfinger (Pennsylvania)

directed by Dev Bondarin

A cannibalistic dark comedy about aging, set in a cozy B&B in the South.

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“The Oath” Will Have You Testifying

by Karen Tortora-Lee on April 28, 2009

Take a preacher looking for a flock, a flock looking for a preacher, one “Good” sister, one “Bad” sister, a snooty churchwoman trying to bring down a house of cards and a housekeeper who’d give Alice a run for her money, set it all in the dry, hot Dust Bowl of Depression-Era Florida and you’ve only just begun to scratch the surface of Jacqueline Goldfinger’s magnificent The Oath, directed by Cristina Alicea and currently running at The Arclight Theater till May 10th.

Before the play even starts, sound designer Martha Goode and scenic designer Blair Mielnik do an amazing job of settling you into the time period as well as the underlying good ole Christian spirit by playing songs like I’ll Fly Away while you get to study the beautifully detailed and marvelously evocative set design which gets it perfect, right down to the old icebox and wooden framed forced perspective hallway.

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