Howard Shapiro

Nine scenes — all out of order — with nine characters and a couple elevators.

A woman's daughter and son-in-law try to get her to clean up her act.

Michael Hollinger's new play illuminates the scars of people in transition.

A new play considers oppressing and being oppressed.

How the history of Cuba and the revolution continues to shape the identities of Cubans and their American kin.

John Guare's "Lydie Breeze Trilogy," about a Civil War nurse and the men she draws into her life's adventures, comes to an end.

Five short plays — three of them super-short plays — and a mystifying title for their grouping.

At Quintessence Theatre, the females in the cast seize the production by the sheer dint of their acting.

The character we see on stage is Mary Magdalene. And more.

This brutal look at a life spent languishing in a privately operated "correctional facility" comes from theater artist Kash Goins.

Plays like “Human Rites” – thoughtfully written and thought-provoking -- are what keep a lot of people, myself included, eagerly going to the theater.

Shakespeare's words, with solid acting and not a lot of stage glitz.