Not that Creepy, but Plenty Kooky—The Addams Family Comes to Garfield High
Before being asked to do this review, I, like many of you, didn’t even know there was an Addams Family […]
Caligula
Camus does Caligula: Where Philosophy Meets Chaos
If you’ve ever heard of the Roman emperor Caligula, you probably know him as the famous madman who raped his sisters, dissected his mother, and made his horse Consul of Rome. At least, that’s how I knew the figure going in to Arouet’s new production of Caligula by Albert Camus, and I expected to see a theatrical exploration of what happens when you give a madman absolute power (Trump, anyone?). Instead, this dark and verbose play by the famous nihilist philosopher offered up a much more interesting premise: what happens when you give absolute power to a man who understands the concept of absolute freedom? Chaos ensues. This intellectual portrayal of the Roman emperor’s reign of terror takes us inside the twisted logic of a man who is beholden to no rules, whether of religion, law, or custom—a man who simply does exactly what he wants when he wants to.
Ham for the Holidays
Ham in Several Courses
Dos Fallopia is back at ACT for this year’s holiday comedy act Ham for the Holidays: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Ham? And ham it up they do: this show is packed with over-the-top comedy, from laugh track over nuns, to inter-act videos of yodeling chicken impersonators, to a finale called “How the Bitch Stole Christmas.”