By Erik Kvarnberg In Matthew Capodicasa’s play The City in the City in the City, which wrapped its world premiere run Nov. 23 at FAU Theatre Lab, the “city” of the title is as much a character as the two women who navigate it. Performed by Niki Fridh and Vaishnavi Sharma, this provocative two-hander touched on multiple problems of human existence while also showcasing … [Read more...]
Stunning central performance drives FAU Theatre Lab’s mordant ‘Impossible Task of Today’
Five years after a tragic event, Jack Jordan is still reeling from its effect on him. Although it takes quite some time in Jeff Bower’s mordant drama, The Impossible Task of Today, to learn what has turned this formerly high-functioning school teacher agoraphobic and deeply depressed, the memory of it remains with him like a black-cowled specter of death. Bower’s play, his … [Read more...]