Interview with Cynthia Meier and Joseph McGrath featured on the January 9, 2020 edition of Arizona Public Media’s Arizona Spotlight with host Mark McLemore
Rogue Theatre takes on a whale of a tale with Moby Dick
Preview of Moby Dick in the January 9th Arizona Daily Star
Review of The Crucible by Chuck Graham on April 30 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue’s The Crucible sizzles with tension and timeliness
Review of The Crucible by Kathleen Allen to appear in the May 2 Arizona Daily Star
Tucson’s Rogue Theatre to stage Arthur Miller’sThe Crucible
Preview of The Crucible by Kathleen Allen in the April 25 Arizona Daily Star
The Secret in the Wings, February–March 2019:
Don't Keep This a Secret
Review of The Secret in the Wings by Marguerite Saxton on March 6 in Taming of the Review at TamingOfTheReview.com
Ride back to childhood innocence on The Secret in the Wings
Review of The Secret in the Wings by Chuck Graham on March 5 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Fairy tales come to bloody life in Rogue production
Review of The Secret in the Wings by Kathleen Allen to appear in the March 7 Arizona Daily Star
Fairy tales take center stage in next performance at The Rogue Theatre
Preview of The Secret in the Wings by Kathleen Allen in the February 28 Arizona Daily Star
Much Ado About Nothing, January 2019:
A Roguish Bard Star-crossed lovers, conniving matchmakers, fake deaths—just your usual Shakespeare romantic comedy
Review of Much Ado About Nothing by Sherilyn Forrester in the January 17 Tucson Weekly
Much Ado About Nothing is completely complete
Review of Much Ado About Nothing by Chuck Graham on January 14 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue’s Much Ado is giddy fun
Review of Much Ado About Nothing by Kathleen Allen in the January 17 Arizona Daily Star
Rogue stages romance, revenge with Shakespeare’s Much Ado
Preview of Much Ado About Nothing by Kathleen Allen in the January 10 Arizona Daily Star
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, November 2018:
Ensemble Storytelling Bring Emotion and Experience to Life in Curious Incident
Review of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by China Young on November 8 in Taming of the Review at TamingOfTheReview.com
Hnat awesome in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Review of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Chuck Graham on November 8 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Curious reveals a world most of us don’t know
Review of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Kathleen Allen in the November 8 Arizona Daily Star
Rogue brings Curious bestseller to life
Preview of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Kathleen Allen in the November 1 Arizona Daily Star
Galileo, September 2018:
Mystery/Science Theater Two new productions examine the search for truth
Review of Galileo by Sherilyn Forrester in the September 13 Tucson Weekly
Science confronts the Pope in Galileo
Review of Galileo by Chuck Graham on September 11 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Galileo, a centuries-old story, speaks to us today
Review of Galileo by Kathleen Allen to appear in the September 13 Arizona Daily Star
Truth is central to Rogue Theatre’s Galileo, and its season
Preview of Galileo by Kathleen Allen in the September 6 Arizona Daily Star
King Lear, April–May 2018:
The undoing of King Lear by his children
Review of King Lear by Chuck Graham on May 1 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue stages an impressive King Lear
Review of King Lear by Kathleen Allen to appear in the May 3 Arizona Daily Star
Still timely after 400 years, Shakespeare’s Lear is on at Rogue
Preview of King Lear by Kathleen Allen in the April 26 Arizona Daily Star
Three Tall Women, March 2018:
Three of a Kind Rogue Theatre tackles Edward Albee’s examination of aging
Review of Three Tall Women by Sherilyn Forrester in the March 15 Tucson Weekly
A braching life fills Three Tall Women
Review of Three Tall Women by Chuck Graham on March 13 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Three Tall Women served with bite at The Rogue
Review of Three Tall Women by Kathleen Allen to appear in the March 15 Arizona Daily Star
Three Tall Women is a glimpse at playwright Albee’s life
Preview of Three Tall Women by Kathleen Allen to appear in the March 8 Arizona Daily Star
The Grapes of Wrath, January 2018:
Rogue Theatre’s Grapes of Wrath an ensemble epic
Review of The Grapes of Wrath posted January 17th in the Tucson Sentinel
Plain spoken power at The Rogue in Grapes of Wrath
Review of The Grapes of Wrath by Chuck Graham on January 15 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Epic Grapes of Wrath up next for The Rogue
Preview of The Grapes of Wrath by Kathleen Allen to appear in the January 11 Arizona Daily Star
Bach at Leipzig, November 2017:
Bach at Leipzig laughs at human nature
Review of Bach at Leipzig by Chuck Graham on November 7 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue’s Bach at Leipzig hits all the right notes
Review of Bach at Leipzig by Kathleen Allen to appear in the November 9 Arizona Daily Star
Celia, A Slave, September 2017:
Celia, A Slave filled with timeless wisdom
Review of Celia, A Slave by Chuck Graham on September 12 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Powerful Celia is a play for our time
Review of Celia, A Slave by Kathleen Allen to appear in the September 14 Arizona Daily Star
A House of Pomegranates, July 2017:
Wilde’s World Rogue and Artifact Dance create magic
Review of A House of Pomegranates by Sherilyn Forrester in the July 13 Tucson Weekly
Theatre becomes poetry in Rogue’s House of Pomegranates
Review of A House of Pomegranates by Chuck Graham on July 11 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Christopher Johnson on the Wilde side
Preview of A House of Pomegranates by Kathleen Allen in the July 6 Arizona Daily Star
Macbeth, April–May 2017:
Piece of Work Classic bard handled with aplomb
Review of Macbeth by Sherilyn Forrester in the May 4 Tucson Weekly
A sweeping Macbeth at The Rogue
Review of Macbeth by Chuck Graham on May 1 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
The Rogue brings on the blood with Macbeth
Preview of Macbeth by Kathleen Allen in the April 27 Arizona Daily Star
Penelope, March 2017:
A Odyssey of Sorts The Rogue lifts Enda Walsh’s mythology of male
Review of Penelope by Sherilyn Forrester in the March 9 Tucson Weekly
Rogue’s Penelope won’t leave you alone
Review of Penelope by Kathleen Allen to appear in the March 9 Arizona Daily Star
Daring theatre, ancient truth fills Penelope
Review of Penelope by Chuck Graham on March 6 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue Theatre goes dark and quirky with Penelope
Preview of Penelope by Kathleen Allen in the March 2 Arizona Daily Star
The White Snake, January 2017:
Designing and flowering: The White Snake at Rogue Theatre
Review of The White Snake posted January 26th in the Tucson Sentinel
White Snake will slither into your heart
Review of The White Snake by Kathleen Allen in the January 19 Arizona Daily Star
White Snake proves love was never easy
Review of The White Snake by Chuck Graham on January 14 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue Theatre takes its turn at charming White Snake
Preview of The White Snake by Kathleen Allen in the January 12 Arizona Daily Star
Uncle Vanya, November 2016:
Vanya and Vodka The Rouge captures Chekhov is all his maddening and moving glory
Review of Uncle Vanya by Sherilyn Forrester in the November 10 Tucson Weekly
Existential ennui fills Uncle Vanya
Review of Uncle Vanya by Chuck Graham on November 8 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Uncle Vanya offers comedic chops with a tragic edge
Review of Uncle Vanya by Kathleen Allen to be published in the November 10 Arizona Daily Star
With Uncle Vanya, Tucson’s Rogue Theatre peers again into our inner lives
Preview of Uncle Vanya by Kathleen Allen in the November 3 Arizona Daily Star
Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches, September 2016:
Rogue takes on challenge of Angels in America
Review of Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches by Kathleen Allen in the September 15 Arizona Daily Star
Fallen Angel Profound Pulitzer Prize-winning play rises at The Rogue
Review of Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches by Sherilyn Forrester in the September 15 Tucson Weekly
Angels in America has poignant patina
Review of Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches by Chuck Graham on September 11 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
The Rogue tackles Part One of Angels in America
Preview of Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches by Kathleen Allen in the September 8 Arizona Daily Star
Tales of the Jazz Age, July 2016:
Rogue, Artifact give us all that jazz
Review of Tales of the Jazz Age by Kathleen Allen in the Arizona Daily Star online
The Rogue and Artifact collaborate to create poetry in motion
Review of Tales of the Jazz Age by Chuck Graham on July 16 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue, Artifact Dance jump into Jazz Age in ‘special collaboration’
Preview of Tales of the Jazz Age by Chuck Graham in the July 17 Arizona Daily Star
The Bridge of San Luis Rey, April–May 2016:
Bridge of San Luis Rey is magnificent
Review of The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Chuck Graham on April 25 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue nails Bridge of San Luis Rey
Meier’s adaptation shows respect for the popular novel
Review of The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Kathleen Allen in the April 28 Arizona Daily Star
Wilder novel finds Rogue home
Nephew will attend the stage adaptation of author’s second novel
Preview of The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Kathleen Allen in the April 21 Arizona Daily Star
Miss Julie, February–March 2016:
Upward Mobility Rogue Theatre stays true to Miss Julie’s 19th century Swedish story of sex, sexism and class politics
Review of Miss Julie by M. Scot Skinner in the March 3 Tucson Weekly
19th century constraints bedevil Miss Julie
Review of Miss Julie by Chuck Graham on February 29 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
The Rogue Theatre’s production of Miss Julie will take your breath away
Review of Miss Julie by Kathleen Allen to be published in the March 3 Arizona Daily Star
Miss Julie not as easy going as the name implies
Preview of Miss Julie by Kathleen Allen in the February 25 Arizona Daily Star
By the Bog of Cats, January 2016:
By the Bog of Cats both chilling and wrenching
Review of By the Bog of Cats by Chuck Graham on January 12 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue’s By the Bog of Cats a dark stunner
Review of By the Bog of Cats by Kathleen Allen in the January 14 Arizona Daily Star
Rogue Theatre play mixes tragedy and humor in By the Bog of Cats
Preview of By the Bog of Cats by Kathleen Allen in the January 7 Arizona Daily Star
Hamlet and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, running in rotating repertory, October–November 2015, July 2015:
A stage full of Hamlet, Rosencratz and Guildenstern
Review of Hamlet and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Chuck Graham on October 22 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
To Be, Or Not Invisible Theatre gets a bit convoluted, and Rogue give us some mighty Hamlet
Review of Hamlet by Sherilyn Forrester in the October 22 Tucson Weekly
Rosencrantz played with sense of joy, silliness
Review of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Kathleen Allen in the October 22 Arizona Daily Star
Words, story rule Rogue’s Hamlet
Review of Hamlet by Kathleen Allen in the October 22 Arizona Daily Star
On stage: Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Stoppard comedy paired in repertory
Preview of Hamlet and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Kathleen Allen in the October 15 Arizona Daily Star
The Picture of Dorian Gray, July 2015:
The Man in the Mirror The Rogue gives us a theatrical version of Wilde’s Dorian Gray
Review of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Sherilyn Forrester in the July 23 Tucson Weekly
Dorian Gray faithful to Wilde’s story, wit, language
Review of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Kathleen Allen in the July 23 Arizona Daily Star
Sin gets ugly in Dorian Gray
Review of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Chuck Graham on July 18 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
At The Rogue: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Preview of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Kathleen Allen in the July 16 Arizona Daily Star
Wilde Nights
Christopher Johnson gives us some good theater and exactly what we expect from one of our fave local actor/directors
Preview of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Sherilyn Forrester in the July 9 Tucson Weekly
The Merchant of Venice, April–May 2015:
The Rogue: Rogue Bard The Rogue successfully produces Shakespeare’s problem play
Review of The Merchant of Venice by Sherilyn Forrester in the May 7 Tucson Weekly
This Merchant of Venice is rich with meaning
Review of The Merchant of Venice by Chuck Graham on May 4 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue takes on a challenge Merchant of Venice, filled-with-questions comedy, to be staged
Preview of The Merchant of Venice by Kathleen Allen in the April 30 Arizona Daily Star
The Lady in the Looking Glass, February–March 2015:
The Lady in the Looking Glass worth a good look
Review of The Lady in the Looking Glass by Kathleen Allen in the March 8 Arizona Daily Star
Laughing Virginia Two plays give Tucson literary pleasure and comedy gold
Review of The Lady in the Looking Glass by Sherilyn Forrester in the March 5 Tucson Weekly
Rogue Theatre Woolf production is “magic”
Review of The Lady in the Looking Glass by Anna Mae Ludlum in
the March 5 Arizona Daily Wildcat
Get swept up in this Looking Glass
Review of The Lady in the Looking Glass by Chuck Graham on March 2 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
The Lady in the Looking Glass at The Rogue
Preview of The Lady in the Looking Glass by Kathleen Allen in the February 26 Arizona Daily Star
Waiting for Godot, January 2015:
Godot: The perfect ink blot test
Review of Waiting for Godot by Chuck Graham on January 12 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue production gives clarity—sort of—to Waiting for Godot
Review of Waiting for Godot by Kathleen Allen for the Arizona Daily Star
Rogue Theatre tackles Godot
Preview of Waiting for Godot by Kathleen Allen in the January 8 Arizona Daily Star
2014 Arizona Daily
Star Mac Awards
The Rogue Theatre received
five nominations and three awards in the Arizona Daily Star’s
2014 Mac Awards!
Read all about it here.
The Nominations
Best Actor in a Drama: Matt Bowdren and Ryan Parker Knox in Betrayal “Both gave full, complicated and tense life to their characters.” Best Actress in a Drama: Marissa Garcia in Betrayal “Marissa Garcia’s Emma gave us a deep sense of this woman’s struggles to keep her emotion—and deception—hidden.” Best Director, Drama: Cynthia Meier for Betrayal “Cynthia Meier‘s direction of the Rogue’s production of the talky Betrayal was full of angst and tension.” Best Drama:Betrayal
“The Rogue impressed with its eloquent, tense and heart-wrenching production.”
The Winners
Best Actor in a Drama: Ryan Parker Knox in Arcadia “...shimmied into the skin of the tutor Septimus... and became the character
with intellectual sharpness, a roving eye, and a razor-sharp wit.” Best Drama: Arcadia “The Mac goes to The Rogue Theatre for its electrifying production of Tom Stoppard’s complex Arcadia.
This is not an easy play to stage, but The Rogue made it look easy while it clarified, provoked and entertained.” Best Director, Drama: Cynthia Meier for Arcadia “The play has the potential to be dry and convoluted. Meier gave it coherence, movement
and made it the riveting production playwright Tom Stoppard surely intended.”
Jerusalem, November 2014:
Rogue proclaims, “Let England shake, rattle and roll” Inspired by William Blake and life-loving Gypsy, Jerusalem explores life in the vanishing wilds of rural Britain
Review of Jerusalem by
Dave Irwin posted November 14 on TucsonSentinel.com
Two Plays, Many Ideas Winding Road Theater and The Rogue Theatre both have plays that demand your attention
Review of Jerusalem by Sherilyn Forrester in the November 13 Tucson Weekly
Life means more in Jerusalem
Review of Jerusalem by Chuck Graham on November 13 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Allegory or rite-of-passage tale, Jerusalem is buzz worthy
Review of Jerusalem by Kathleen Allen in the November 13 Arizona Daily Star
Dark humor, abstract plot drive Jerusalem
Review of Jerusalem by Kevin C. Reagan in
the November 7 Arizona Daily Wildcat
British blokes promise humor in Jerusalem Rogue Theatre stages Jez Butterworth’s play of wonders, questions — and it’s a bit bawdy
Preview of Jerusalem by Kathleen Allen in the November 6 Arizona Daily Star
Awake and Sing, September 2014:
Compelling Awake and Sing at The Rogue
Review of Awake and Sing by Chuck Graham on September 20 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue opens season with Odets’ classic
Preview of Awake and Sing by Kathleen Allen in the September 4 Arizona Daily Star
Odets’ Awake and Sing coming to Rogue Theatre
Preview of Awake and Sing in the August 29 Arizona Jewish Post
The Rogue becomes an equity theatre, September 2014:
Read the article about local theatre including Invisible Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, The Rogue Theatre and others, by Kathleen Allen in the September 7 Arizona Daily Star
Betrayal, April–May 2014:
The Rogue’s Dante’s Purgatorio—Sins and shades shape an engrossing climb
Review of Dante’s Purgatorio by Kathleen Allen in the May 1 Arizona Daily Star
Dante and Virgil on the Road Rogue Theatre takes on the middle section of Dante’s Divine Comedy interestingly and ably
Review of Dante’s Purgatorio by Sherilyn Forrester in the May 1 Tucson Weekly
Purgatorio captures possibility
Review of Dante’s Purgatorio by Chuck Graham on April 30 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
World premiere of Dante’s Purgatorio at Rogue Theatre
Preview of Dante’s Purgatorio by Kathleen Allen in the April 24 Arizona Daily Star
Betrayal, February–March 2014:
Betrayal renews faith that theater can provoke, excite without being ponderous
Review of Betrayal by Kathleen Allen in the March 6 Arizona Daily Star
A Puzzle of a Play Rogue Theatre creates a great experience out of a challenging Harold Pinter work
Review of Betrayal by Sherilyn Forrester in the March 6 Tucson Weekly
Betrayal is brilliant
Review of Betrayal by Chuck Graham on March 3 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
The Rogue takes a deep look at the consequences of Betrayal by Harold Pinter
Preview of Betrayal by Kathleen Allen in the February 27 Arizona Daily Star
Arcadia, January 2014:
Rogue’s riveting Arcadia among company’s best productions
Review of Arcadia by Kathleen Allen in the January 16 Arizona Daily Star
Celebrating Stoppard Rogue Theatre takes on Arcadia with great success
Review of Arcadia by Sherilyn Forrester in the January 16 Tucson Weekly
Seeking knowledge in Arcadia
Review of Arcadia by David and Judy Ray on January 14 in Sonoran Arts Network
Thinking, chuckling in Arcadia
Review of Arcadia by Chuck Graham on January 13 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Passion links Stoppard’s Arcadia
Preview of Arcadia by Kathleen Allen in the January 9 Arizona Daily Star
2013 Arizona Daily
Star Mac Awards
The Rogue Theatre received
seven nominations and two awards in the Arizona Daily Star’s
2013 Mac Awards!
Read all about it here.
The Nominations
Best Actor in a Drama: Joseph McGrath in Richard III “Joseph McGrath’s turn as the title character ... was charming and vicious, funny and sobering.” Best Actress in a Drama: Patty Gallagher in Kafka’s Monkey “mesmerizing in her portrayal of an ape who has been captured and ‘civilized’” Best Actress in a Drama: Cynthia Meier in Mother Courage and Her Children “Cynthia Meier’s turn in the title role ... was full of venom and heart.” Best Director, Drama: Nic Adams for after the quake “after the quake jumped between stories and used minimal props to tell them. Nic Adams’ direction meant the audience stayed riveted.” Best Drama:Richard III
“a devastating piece wrapped in humor and packed with fine acting” Best Drama:Mother Courage and Her Children
“darkly funny and disturbing” Best Drama:after the quake “storytelling at its best—a simple production that understood both the humor and the drama”
The Winners
Best Actor in a Drama: Matt Bowdren in After the Quake “Bowdren used a pair of green gloves and his body to easily convince the audience
he was a frog ... He made the challenging role look seamless.” Best Director, Drama: Cynthia Meier for Richard III “Cynthia Meier not only seamlessly cut Shakespeare’s script ..., she directed the play with an eye toward clarity and rhythm.”
Measure for Measure, November 2013:
Rogue Theatre’s Shakespeare production measures up
Review of Measure for Measure by Kathleen Allen in the November 14 Arizona Daily Star
Old School Measure for Measure feels new
Review of Measure for Measure by Chuck Graham on November 12 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue stays true to Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure
Preview of Measure for Measure by Kathleen Allen in the October 31 Arizona Daily Star
Mistake of the Goddess (Hayavadana), September 2013:
Yes, mistakes were made!
Review of Mistake of the Goddess (Hayavadana) by David Ray on September 17 in Sonoran Arts Network
Magic, mythology fill Mistake of the Goddess
Review of Mistake of the Goddess (Hayavadana) by Chuck Graham on September 17 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue stages traditional Indian myth
Preview of Mistake of the Goddess (Hayavadana) by Kathleen Allen in the September 12 Arizona Daily Star
after the quake, June 2013:
Quake is provocative storytelling at its best
Review of after the quake by Kathleen
Allen in the June 27 Arizona Daily Star
Quirky, interweaving Japanese tales are rough silk onstage Beguiling enigma of a play woven from short stories by author Haruki Murakama
Review of after the quake by
Dave Irwin posted June 26 on TucsonSentinel.com
after the quakean absolute must-see
Review of after the quake by Chuck Graham on June 22 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
After the quake—two tales told from one tragedy
Rogue stages adaptation of Murakami stories written after 1995 Kobe quake
Preview of after the quake by Kate
Newton in the June 13 Arizona Daily Star
Richard III, April–May 2013:
“Power, Wealth, Ambition:” It Must Be Shakespeare Joseph McGrath and Cynthia Jeffery appear on May 2, 2013 on Arizona Public Media’s Arizona Illustrated in an interview by Elizabeth Burden and a scene from Richard III
Review of Richard III by Chuck Graham on April 30 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Tucson’s Rogue Theatre brings one of Shakespeare’s most evil, greedy characters to stage
Preview of Richard III by Kathleen
Allen in the April 25 Arizona Daily Star
Kafka’s Monkey and Metamorphosis, February–March 2013:
Hunting for Humanity Change and transformation are among the themes explored in the Rogue’s staging of two works by Kafka
Review of Kafka’s Monkey and Metamorphosis by Sherilyn Forrester
in the March 7 Tucson Weekly
Rogue’s adaptations of Kafka: one mesmerizes, one misses
Review of Kafka’s Monkey and Metamorphosis by Kathleen
Allen in the March 7 Arizona Daily Star
Kafka makes theatre meaningful
Review of Kafka’s Monkey and Metamorphosis by Chuck Graham on March 2 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Kafka’s insect, ape offer look at ourselves
Preview of Kafka’s Monkey and Metamorphosis by Kathleen
Allen in the February 28 Arizona Daily Star
Mother Courage and Her Children, January 2013:
Mother Courage probes for better answers
Review of Mother Courage by Chuck Graham on January 19 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue’s Mother Courage angers, moves
Review of Mother Courage by Kathleen
Allen in the January 17 Arizona Daily Star
War and Business Are Hell The Rogue Theatre takes on Bertolt Brecht’s unflinching look at our dependence on war
Review of Mother Courage by Sherilyn Forrester
in the January 17 Tucson Weekly
Conflict rages in Mother Courage Noted anti-war play weighs profiteering against personal loss
Preview of Mother Courage by Kathleen
Allen in the January 10 Arizona Daily Star
2012 Arizona Daily
Star Mac Awards
The Rogue Theatre received
five nominations and two awards in the Arizona Daily Star’s
2012 Mac Awards!
Read all about it here.
The Nominations
Best Actress: Patty Gallagher in The Winter’s Tale “made us love The Winter’s Tale” Best Actress: Cynthia Meier in The Night Heron “hit the mark as an ex-con with some unsavory instincts” Best Actor: David Morden
in Shipwrecked! An Entertainment “never faltered as the narrator” Best Director: Bryan Rafael Falcón for The Night Heron “challenged with a beautifully written and convoluted script.
We ... loved how Falcón gave it shape and purpose.” Best Drama:The New Electric Ballroom
“achingly funny and deeply disturbing. The Rogue's production was storytelling at its best.”
The Winners
Best Comedy: Shipwrecked! An Entertainment “It brought us joy” Best Director: Bryan Rafael Falcón for The New Electric Ballroom “Falcón's direction of The Rogue's black comedy resulted in
a play that made the horror and the humor achingly vivid.”
The Night Heron, November 2012:
Rogue’s play The Night Heron is a strange bird A descendent of Pinter’s “comedy of menace” with clear traces of absurdist theatre
Review of The Night Heron by
Dave Irwin posted November 12 on TucsonSentinel.com
A haunted Night Heron
Review of The Night Heron by Chuck Graham on November 8 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Heron provocative—we think
Review of The Night Heron by Kathleen
Allen in the November 8 Arizona Daily Star
Evoke Rather Than Explain
The Night Heron is enigmatic and imperfect—but it’s also undeniably intriguing
Review of The Night Heron by Sherilyn Forrester
in the November 7 Tucson Weekly
Rare bird sighting sets up comedy Metaphor-rich Night Heron filled with compelling, quirky characters
Preview of The Night Heron by Kathleen
Allen in the November 1 Arizona Daily Star
Journey to the West, September 2012:
Last chance to Journey to the West Sprawling epic will please those with a taste for the exotic
Review of Journey to the West by
Dave Irwin posted September 19 on TucsonSentinel.com
Successful Shows
Review of Journey to the West by Sherilyn Forrester
in the September 13 Tucson Weekly
14 actors playing 40 characters relate a 7th-century tale of 100,000 miles Rogue goes on an epic Journey
Preview of Journey to the West by Kathleen
Allen in the September 6 Arizona Daily Star
Shipwrecked! An Entertainmentat the Jagriti Theatre in Bangalore, India, June 2012:
Shipwrecked in India The Rogue Theatre takes its show on the road—to the other side of the world
Article on Shipwrecked! at the Jagriti Theatre in Bangalore by Sherilyn Forrester
in the May 31 Tucson Weekly
Local theater Rogues travel to India 3-week residency with 18 performances
Article on The Rogue’s journeyby
Dave Irwin posted May 27 on TucsonSentinel.com
The Winter’s Tale, April–May 2012:
Not the Bard’s best, but humor, acting elevate Winter’s Tale
Review of The Winter’s Tale by Kathleen
Allen in the May 3 Arizona Daily Star
Shakespeare’s shakey Winter’s Tale gets some respect “Exit, pursued by a bear.” Whatcha gonna do??
Review of The Winter’s Tale by
Dave Irwin posted May 2 on TucsonSentinel.com
Shakespeare and Steel A Winter’s Tale is a winner; Magnolias is well-crafted and heartfelt
Review of The Winter’s Tale by Sherilyn Forrester
in the May 3 Tucson Weekly
The Winter’s Tale of two stories
Review of The Winter’s Tale by Chuck Graham on April 29 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue stages Shakespeare comedy Or is Winter’s Tale a romance? Or a dark fairy tale? You decide.
Preview of The Winter’s Tale by Kathleen
Allen in the April 26 Arizona Daily Star
The New Electric Ballroom, February–March 2012:
Gripping theatre fills New Electric Ballroom
Review of The New Electric Ballroom by Chuck Graham on February 27 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Ballroom stings with rejection, humor
Review of The New Electric Ballroom by Kathleen
Allen in the March 1 Arizona Daily Star
The sound of one hand clapping at New Electric Ballroom Rogue’s latest production is a Mobius Strip of a play that loops back upon itself
Review of The New Electric Ballroom by
Dave Irwin posted March 1 on TucsonSentinel.com
Women in Transition
Etcetera and the Rogue Theatre both turn in respectable performances of difficult plays
Review of The New Electric Ballroom by Sherilyn Forrester
in the March 1 Tucson Weekly
Moments of hope, beauty and laughter Sisters relive, day after day, a stinging humiliation in New Electric Ballroom
Preview of The New Electric Ballroom by Kathleen
Allen in the February 16 Arizona Daily Star
Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, January 2012:
Shipwrecked!
a wildly imaginative ride
Much is made by suggestion—a scrap of costuming, a sound, a gesture—to flesh out a fascinating world
Review of Shipwrecked! by
Dave Irwin posted January 12 on TucsonSentinel.com
Truth Through Story
David Morden and the Rogue Theatre delight with Shipwrecked! An Entertainment
Review of Shipwrecked! by Sherilyn Forrester
in the January 12 Tucson Weekly
Shipwrecked rides swells of imagination
Review of Shipwrecked! by Kathleen
Allen in the January 12 Arizona Daily Star
Get carried away in Shipwrecked!
Review of Shipwrecked! by Chuck Graham on January 7 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Ahoy! “Pure theatricality” on stage in Rogue play Shipwrecked! a story about storytelling, takes “a trip through language and sound”
Preview of Shipwrecked! by Kathleen
Allen in the December 29 Arizona Daily Star
2011 Arizona Daily
Star Mac Awards
The Rogue Theatre and Rogue After Curfew/The Now
Theatre received
nine nominations and three awards in the Arizona Daily Star’s
2011 Mac Awards!
Read all about it here.
The Rogue Theatre Nominations Best Actress:Cynthia Meier in The Real Inspector Hound “a complete hoot” Best Actor: Matt Bowdren
in The Real Inspector Hound “a funny [performance]” Best Actor: David Greenwood in As I Lay Dying “brought vivid life to the patriarch Anse” Best Director: David Morden for Major Barbara “won us over with his direction of The Rogue Theatre’s swift and funny Major Barbara.” Best Comedy: Major Barbara “a delicious production of the George Bernard Shaw classic” Best Drama: As I Lay Dying
“The Rogue showed it was willing to go out on a limb to bring Tucson quality theater”
The Rogue Theatre Winners
Best Director: Joseph McGrath for The Real Inspector Hound
“The playwright, Tom Stoppard, isn’t easy to perform or direct. But when done well, the rewards are plentiful.
McGrath did this extremely well.” Best Comedy: The Real Inspector Hound “It was performed with gleeful abandon and full attention to playwright Stoppard’s lush language”
The Now Theatre Nominations Best
Actor: Matt Bowdren
in The Pillowman “a chilling performance as the calculating detective” Best Director: Nic Adams for The Pillowman
“allowed the story to unfold with a chilling purity” Best Drama: The Pillowman “The Pillowman is not an easy play to stage. It is frightening, it is funny, it is complicated.
It deserves a beautifully acted and directed production, and Now Theatre gave it that.”
The Now Theatre Winners
Best Actor: Lee Rayment for The Pillowman “Katurian is not a likable character, but Rayment gave him a tenderness and empathy
that made the audience embrace him. It was a most memorable performance.”
As I Lay Dying, November, 2011:
Stage adaptation of Faulkner works well
Review of As I Lay Dying by Kathleen
Allen in the November 10 Arizona Daily Star
As I Lay Dying is vividly alive
Review of As I Lay Dying by Chuck Graham on November 5 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Intensity from page to stage As I Lay Dying, rich with inner voices, an unblinking look at the human animal
Preview of As I Lay Dying by Kathleen
Allen in the November 3 Arizona Daily Star
It Can’t Happen Here, October 24, 2011:
Rogue Theatre joins national reading of It Can’t Happen Here
Preview of It Can’t Happen Here by Kathleen
Allen in the October 20 Arizona Daily Star
It Can’t Happen Here happening here
Sinclair Lewis’ cautionary tale of American fascism gets a 75th anniversary revival
Preview of It Can’t Happen Here by
Dave Irwin posted October 19 on TucsonSentinel.com
Major Barbara, September, 2011:
Major Barbara, at Rogue Theatre, seems like a modern discussion
Armaments, altruism bandied about in social critique from 1905
Review of Major Barbara by Kathleen
Allen in the September 16 Arizona Daily Star
Across the Big Pond
A classic work at the Rogue Theatre offers a compelling discussion
Review of Major Barbara by Sherilyn Forrester
in the September 15 Tucson Weekly
Shaw’s wit, themes from 1905 remain relevant
Rogue Theatre stages comedy-laced drama Major Barbara
Preview of Major Barbara by Kathleen
Allen in the September 2 Arizona Daily Star
The Pillowman, July–August, 2011:
Pillowman revels in macabre tales Tight, well-acted play delivers dark humor, horror, lush language
Review of The Pillowman by Kathleen
Allen in the August 5 Arizona Daily Star
Tell Me a Story--Not Now Theatre triumphs in knock-down, punch-in-the-gut Pillowman
Review of The Pillowman by Sherilyn Forrester
in the July 28 Tucson Weekly
No Pillow Talk in The Pillowman
Review of The Pillowman by Chuck Graham on July 26 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Pillowman is darkness leavened with comedy
Preview of The Pillowman by Serena
Valdez in the July 22 Arizona Daily Star
The Real Inspector Hound and New-Found-Land, June, 2011:
Real vs. Make-Believe The Rogue Theatre will wow you with Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound
Review of The Real Inspector Hound by Sherilyn Forrester
in the June 23 Tucson Weekly
The Real Inspector Hound a tail wagger
Review of The Real Inspector Hound by Chuck Graham on June 21 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue Theatre delivers a rich romp through Stoppard’s Hound
Review of The Real Inspector Hound by Kathleen
Allen in the June 17 Arizona Daily Star
Hound seems just the ticket for the dog days
Rogue Theatre is lightening up for the summer
Preview of The Real Inspector Hound by Kathleen
Allen in the June 10 Arizona Daily Star
The Decameron, April–May, 2011:
A life-affirming Decameron at Rogue Theatre Boccaccio’s bawdy tales told with gusto
Review of The Decameron by Kathleen
Allen in the May 6 Arizona Daily Star
Dazzling Decameron
Rogue triumphs with local playwright Patrick Baliani’s superb new version of an
Italian classic
Review of The Decameron by Nathan Christensen
in the May 5 Tucson Weekly
Playwright’s vision reshapes medieval
Decameron tales
Play based on 14th Century stories
Review of The Decameron by
Dave Irwin posted May 4 on TucsonSentinel.com
Human Thing: Of Boccaccio, Baliani, Alchemy, and
Desire
Article on The Decameron by
Anna Swenson posted May 4 on TheDesertLamp.com
A very human Decameron
Review of The Decameron by Chuck Graham on May 1 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Campus Creatives: Patrick Baliani
English prof translates Italian drama for the American stage before you're even awake
Preview of The Decameron by Jazmine Woodberry in
the April 27 Arizona Daily Wildcat
How playwright Baliani adapted classic for Rogue
Preview of The Decameron by Kathleen
Allen in the April 22 Arizona Daily Star
Old Times, February–March, 2011:
Pause, like Pinter, to decipher Old Times
Review of Old Times by Kathleen
Allen in the March 4 Arizona Daily Star
Poetic Production
The Rogue Theatre does justice to Harold Pinter’s puzzling Old
Times
Review of Old Times by Sherilyn Forrester
in the March 3 Tucson Weekly
Pinter’s Old Times
a Sisyphean search for truth
Classic example of Theatre of the Absurd
Review of Old Times by
Dave Irwin posted March 2 on TucsonSentinel.com
Pinter’s mind games
fill Old Times
Review of Old Times by Chuck
Graham on February 27 in Let The Show Begin! at
TucsonStage.com
Of memories and mysteries
Preview of Old Times by Kathleen
Allen in the February 18 Arizona Daily Star
The Tempest, January, 2011:
Stepping Up Shakespeare: The
Rogue Theatre adds dance elements to The Tempest
Preview of The Tempest by Margaret
Regan in the January 6 Tucson Weekly
Tempest is a force of nature,
to actor's joy
Preview of The Tempest by Kathleen
Allen in the December 31 Arizona Daily Star
2010 Arizona Daily Star
Mac Awards
The Rogue Theatre and Rogue After Curfew/The Now Theatre
received
numerous nominations and one award in the Arizona Daily Star’s
2010 Mac Awards!
Read all about it here.
Nomiations Best Actor, Drama:
Nathan Crocker in Othello Best Actress, Drama:
Cynthia Meier in Ghosts Best Director, Drama:
Cynthia Meier for Naga Mandala Best Director, Drama:
David Morden for Ghosts
Best Drama:Naga Mandala Best
Drama:Ghosts Best Actor, Comedy:
Nic Adams and Lucas Gonzales in Overruled Best Actor, Comedy:
Matt Bowdren and John Shartzer in The Four of Us Best Actress, Comedy:
Jennifer Rose Hijazi in Overruled Best Director, Comedy:
Daniel Thomson for Overruled Best Director, Comedy:
Cynthia Meier for The Four of Us Best Comedy: Overruled
Best Comedy: The Four of Us
Winner Best Actress,
Comedy: Danielle Hecht in Overruled
Ghosts, November, 2010:
Ibsen’s Ghosts
alive, well and quite relevant at Rogue
Shaw comedy lifts spirits after Ghosts
Reviews of Ghosts and Overruled
by Kathleen Allen in the November 12 Arizona Daily Star
Ibsen vs. Shaw
Rogue’s Ghosts and Now’s Overruled take
on hypocrisy in extremely different ways
Reviews of Ghosts and Overruled
by Nathan Christensen in the November 11 Tucson Weekly
Fine performance invigorates
Ibsen’s Ghosts
In our Jerry Springer-desensitized era, it’s hard to appreciate
how truly outrageous this play was
Review of Ghosts by Dave
Irwin posted November 9 on TucsonSentinel.com
The future is now in Rogue’s
Ghosts
Preview of Ghosts by Kathleen
Allen in the October 29 Arizona Daily Star
Nāga Mandala, September, 2010:
Actors, costumes strong in
production
Company takes risk; India play succeeds
Review of Nāga Mandala by
Kathleen Allen in the September 17 Arizona Daily Star
Rogue Theatre’s snaking
narrative meditates on reality
Don’t look for character arcs as story weaves its threads
Review of Nāga Mandala by
Dave Irwin posted September 16 on TucsonSentinel.com
Rogue uncovers cobra tale from
India to start season
Preview of Nāga Mandala by
Kathleen Allen in the September 3 Arizona Daily Star
The Four of Us, June, 2010:
Two Characters Times Two:
Rogue’s The Four of Us plays with the lives of two real-life
literary figures
Review of The Four of Us by Nathan Christensen
in the June 24 Tucson Weekly
The Four of Us comes straight
from today’s generation
Review of The Four of Us by Chuck
Graham on June 21 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Two actors add up to lovely
Four
Review of The Four of Us by Kathleen
Allen in the June 18 Arizona Daily Star
New AC lets Rogue raise audience’s
temperature
Preview of The Four of Us by Kathleen
Allen in the June 11 Arizona Daily Star
Othello, April–May, 2010:
Passion, rage flow in Othello
Rogue Theatre’s staging moves quickly, with grace
Review of Othello by Kathleen
Allen in the May 7 Arizona Daily Star
Wickedly Good: The Rogue’s
enjoyable Othello is perfect for Shakespeare-phobes
Review of Othello by Nathan Christensen
in the May 6 Tucson Weekly
Shakespeare is the master
psychologist in Rogue’s Othello
Review of Othello by Chuck Graham
on May 2 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
The villain Bard’s fans
love to hate
Rogue Theatre’s Othello will flesh out the odious Iago
Preview of Othello by Kathleen
Allen in the April 23 Arizona Daily Star
Krapp’s Last Tape, Not I and Act Without
Words, February–March, 2010:
Beckett á trois at Rogue
Theatre
A trio of thought-provoking plays from the master of the absurd
Review of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not I
and Act Without Words by Dave Irwin posted
March 4 on TucsonSentinel.com
Futility oozes from Rogue's
powerful set
3 short plays deliver bleak Beckett
Review of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not I
and Act Without Words by Kathleen Allen in
the March 5 Arizona Daily Star
Hard-Core Art: Rogue tackles
three challenging one-acts by Irish playwright Beckett
Review of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not
I and Act Without Words by Nathan Christensen in the
March 4 Tucson Weekly
Evening with Beckett beautiful
but baffling
Review of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not
I and Act Without Words by Heather Price-Wright in the
March 3 Arizona Daily Wildcat
Fans of Beckett get a thoughtful
meal at Rogue Theatre
Review of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not
I and Act Without Words by Chuck Graham on February
28 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Works of Irish playwright ‘are
in a class of their own’ 3 short plays by Samuel Beckett due at the Rogue
Preview of Krapp’s Last Tape, Not
I and Act Without Words by Kathleen Allen
in the February 26 Arizona Daily Star
Our Town, January, 2010:
Food for thought fills Our
Town at Rogue Theatre
Review of Our Town by Chuck Graham on January
12 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Our Town populated with meaning Rogue Theatre to stage classic about local lives, universal context
Preview of Our Town by Kathleen
Allen in the January 1 Arizona Daily Star
January, 2010:
2009 Mac Awards
The Rogue Theatre received several accolades in the Arizona Daily
Star’s 2009 Mac
Awards. Theater reviewer Kathleen Allen writes:
Winner of Best Actor:
“Joseph McGrath gave depth and nuance to the ineffectual Tobias
in Rogue’s Delicate Balance. It’s a difficult
role because the character has a deep, troubled inner life. McGrath
did it full justice, and then some.”
Nomination for Best Drama:
“Rogue Theatre, which is quickly establishing a reputation as
a company that rarely misses, staged a lovely (and most difficult
to do) Orlando and an almost breathtaking presentation of
A Delicate Balance.
Nomination for Best Actress:
Patty Gallagher gracefully transitioned from an Elizabethan Romeo
to a Victorian maid in Rogue’s Orlando.
Nomination for Best Director:
David Morden showed a deep understanding of Edward Albee with his
direction of A Delicate Balance.
A Delicate Balance and Some Girl(s),
November, 2009:
Some Girl(s) is sexy, cynical
late night theater
Review of Some Girl(s) by Anna Swenson
in the November 18 Arizona Daily Wildcat
Rogue’s Albee is disturbing
theater but awfully good
Review of A Delicate Balance by Kathleen
Allen in the November 13 Arizona Daily Star
Now’s Some Girl(s)
is some show
Review of Some Girl(s) by Kathleen Allen
in the November 13 Arizona Daily Star
Tipping Point: Edward Albee’s
brilliant language stars in the disturbing Delicate Balance
at Rogue
Review of A Delicate Balance by Sherilyn
Forrester in the November 12 Tucson Weekly
Captivating Drama in A
Delicate Balance at The Rogue Theatre
Review of A Delicate Balance by Chuck Graham
on November 9 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com
Rogue Theatre tackles ambitious
plays
Previews of A Delicate Balance and Some
Girl(s) by Anna Swenson in the November 4 Arizona Daily Wildcat
Albee’s characters thrive
in Balance Rogue Theatre stages famed playwright’s story of folks on
a path of self-discovery
Previews of A Delicate Balance and Some
Girl(s) by Kathleen Allen in the October 30 Arizona Daily
Star
Animal Farm, September, 2009:
Animal Farm at Rogue Theatre
designed to make audience think
Review of Animal Farm by Kathleen Allen
in the September 18 Arizona Daily Star
Little Piggies: The challenging
Animal Farm opens Rogue’s season in the troupe’s
new space
Review of Animal Farm by Sherilyn Forrester
in the September 17 Tucson Weekly
Rogue’s Animal
Farm a chaotic barnyard of ambitious theater
Review of Animal Farm by Anna Swenson in
the September 16 Arizona Daily Wildcat
Rogue’s new theatre
is a hit! So is its Animal Farm!
Review of Animal Farm and our new theatre
by Chuck Graham on September 12 in Let The Show Begin! at
TucsonStage.com
Animal Farm shows an all--too-human
face
Preview of Animal Farm by Kathleen Allen
in the September 4 Arizona Daily Star
September, 2009:
Winner of the Tucson Weekly’s
Best of Tucson 2009: Best Theatre News
Staff Pick: The Rogue Theatre’s New Home. “Now, one of
Tucson’s smartest and most accomplished little companies has
the home it deserves.” Read all about it here.
Quest for Rogue Theatre home
over: Historic Y to house enterprising troupe
An article about our new theatre home by
Rosalie Robles Crowe in the September 11 Arizona Daily Star
Immortal Longings and This Property
is Condemned, March–April, 2009:
Plays After Dark: Two new late-night
theater efforts follow in the footsteps of LTW’s successful Etcetera
series
Report on The Now Theatre and LNT @ The Alley
by James Reel in the April 2 Tucson Weekly
Shakespeare’s women
Video interview with Immortal Longings author/director
Joseph McGrath by Sooyeon Lee on KUAT TV’s March 31 Arizona
Illustrated
A Teen’s Trial: A group
of Shakespearean women gather to decide the fate of Juliet in the wonderful
Immortal Longings
Reviews of Immortal Longings and This
Property is Condemned by James Reel in the March 26 Tucson
Weekly
One-act This Property
is Condemned packs a wallop
Review of This Property is Condemned by
Chuck Graham in the March 26 Tucson Citizen
Juliet doesn't want to die!
Previews of Immortal Longings and This
Property is Condemned by Kathleen Allen in the March 13 Arizona
Daily Star
Orlando and The Zoo Story, January–February,
2009:
Strong cast led by Gallagher
makes this a must-see
Review of Orlando by Kathleen Allen in
the January 30 Arizona Daily Star
Production of Albee play is
straightforward, as it should be
Review of The Zoo Story by Kathleen Allen
in the January 30 Arizona Daily Star
Orlando Blooms
Review of Orlando by Gene Armstrong in
the January 29 Tucson Weekly
Primal Zoo: The Now Theatre
offers up a tragic Edward Albee tale of class warfare
Review of The Zoo Story by Gene Armstrong
in the January 29 Tucson Weekly
Comedy is king—and queen
—in production of Woolf's Orlando
Review of Orlando by Chuck Graham in
the January 29 Tucson Citizen
Sparks fly when a have-not
lashes out
Review of The Zoo Story by Chuck Graham
in the January 29 Tucson Citizen
Whimsical Woolf work to be
staged
Preview of Orlando by Kathleen Allen
in the January 16 Arizona Daily Star
January, 2009:
The Goat A Mac Award
Favorite!
The January 2008 Rogue Theatre production of Edward Albee’s
The Goat garnered
three Macs and one nomination in the Arizona Daily Star’s
2008
Mac Awards. Theater reviewer Kathleen Allen writes:
Winner of Best Drama: “Directed by David
Morden, the production was a fierce one, full of the passion and
anger and love that Albee intended.”
Nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy or Drama:
Joseph McGrath “was particularly effective as Martin, a married
architect who falls for a goat.”
Winner of Best Actress in a Comedy or Drama:
“Cynthia Meier...was powerful and smart and so wounded by
the deep betrayal that it was impossible not to be moved by her.”
Winner of Best Director of a Comedy or Drama:
“David Morden’s direction...showed a deep understanding
of the material, and he used a deft hand in order to give the audience
that same insight.”
Happy Days, October–November, 2008:
Happy Days is here again
Preview of Happy Days by Kathleen Allen
in the October 31 Arizona Daily Star
Six Characters in Search of an Author
and Cigarettes and Chocolate, September–October, 2008:
Apt challenge for audience:
Rogue Theatre, Six Characters mesh
Review of Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Kathleen Allen in the September 26 Arizona Daily Star
Silence speaks volumes in
this staging
Review of Cigarettes and Chocolate by Kathleen
Allen in the September 26 Arizona Daily Star
Characters in Abundance
Review of Six Characters in Search of an Author
by James Reel in the September 25 Tucson Weekly
Six Characters, One Chance
to Live
Preview of Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Kathleen Allen in the September 19 Arizona Daily Star
Ambitious UA Grad's Now Theatre
to Debut
Preview of Cigarettes and Chocolate by
Kathleen Allen in the September 19 Arizona Daily Star
September, 2008:
Winner of the Tucson Weekly’s
Best of Tucson 2008
The January 2008 Rogue Theatre production of Albee’s The
Goat was selected by the Tucson Weekly in the category of
Best
Theatrical Bestiality: “Loud, intense and emotionally realistic,
Rogue’s production of Edward Albee’s play about a married
man who has sex with a goat gradually twisted its initial whimsy into
an evening throbbing with loneliness and rage, thanks to director
David Morden and lead actors J. Andrew McGrath and Cynthia Meier.
What began with witty sophistication descended into brutal primitivism
by play’s end, in an overwhelming production by a courageous
little company.”
Red Noses, March–April, 2008:
Red Noses: Mocking Authority,
Avoiding Despair
Preview of Red Noses by Kathleen Allen
in the March 21 Arizona Daily Star
Happy Days, February, 2008:
Going Down Singing
Preview of Happy Days by James Reel in
the February 7 Tucson Weekly
Gallagher gets ‘Happy’
Preview of Happy Days by Chuck Graham in
the February 7 Tucson Citizen
Amid the bleak, a ray of hope
Preview of Happy Days by Kathleen Allen
in the February 8 Arizona Daily Star
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, January,
2008:
Destruction of Innocence
Review of The Goat by James Reel in the
January 10 Tucson Weekly
Albee’s Goat
tackles taboos left and right
Review of The Goat by Kathleen Allen in
the January 11 Arizona Daily Star
Play uncovers the struggles
behind unconventional love
Review of The Goat by Chuck Graham in the
January 10 Tucson Citizen — Grade: A+
Add Tony-winning play to your
2008 to-do list
Preview of The Goat by Sherilyn Forrester
in the December 28 Arizona Daily Star
Preview of The Goat, or Who
is Sylvia?
by Iris J. Arnesen, from the November, 2007 The
Opera Glass In any given human culture, certain behaviors
will be considered proper and admirable while others will be considered
improper and disgusting. Travel some distance away, however, and the
people of the second area will likely hold very different opinions.
Which group is right, and which is wrong? Are there any absolutes?
Or is it as one of Shakespeare’s characters put it: “There’s
nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so”? Read the full Preview
Interview
Directors Joseph McGrath and Cynthia Meier are interviewed
by Iris J. Arenesen in a 4-page article in the September, 2007 The
Opera Glass. They discuss their meeting, the formation of
The Rogue Theatre, their experiences as actors, their plans for The
Rogue, and the upcoming production of Edward Albee’s The
Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
January, 2008:
Winner of the Arionza Daily
Star Mac Award
The January 2007 Rogue Theatre production of Genet’s The
Maids was a favorite of the Arizona Daily Star and its
2007
Mac Awards. In the running for Best Actress were Cynthia Meier
and Susan Arnold, “two sisters who are bitter maids to a haughty
mistress. They were disturbing, they were touching, and they were
very effective.” As a contender in the category of Best Director,
the Star credits Joseph McGrath with directing “a smooth,
tense version of The Maids.” But in the category of
Best Play, The Maids came out the winner: “The compelling and
horrifying story was cleanly directed by Joseph McGrath and powerfully
performed by a trio of actresses [Cynthia Meier, Susan Arnold and
Arlene Naughton]. It was fulfilling and challenging theater.”
The Cherry Orchard, September, 2007
Dying Way of Life: The Rogue
Theatre treats Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard as the classic
that it is
Review by James Reel in the September 13 Tucson
Weekly
Chekhov play timely and worth
checking out
Review by Chuck Grahm in the September 13 Tucson
Citizen
Humor Included
Preview by Kathleen Allen in the August 31 Arizona
Daily Star
The Good Woman of Setzuan, March–April,
2007
You Figure It Out: Rogue Theatre
gives us plenty to mull over in The Good Woman of Setzuan
2-page review by Iris J. Arnesen in the April, 2007
The Opera Glass “The Rogue Theatre gave me a real
gift with their exquisite production of The Good Woman of Setzuan, and
I will be eternally grateful for it.”
Good Woman is solid theater
Review by Kathleen Allen in the April 3 Arizona
Daily Star
Rogue Theatre takes on Brecht
Preview by Sherilyn Forrester in the March 23 Arizona
Daily Star
The Maids, January, 2007
The Maids
4-page review by Iris J. Arnesen in the March, 2007
The Opera Glass
Virtual Reality —Three excellent
plays all deal with perception in entertaining ways
Review by James Reel in the January 25 Tucson
Weekly
The Maids yet another
Rogue Theatre winner
Review by Kathy Allen in the January 19 Arizona
Daily Star
The Maids explores chance
to kill from every angle
Review by Chuck Graham in the January 18 Tucson
Citizen
The Maids
Preview by Sherilyn Forrester in the January 5 Arizona
Daily Star
December, 2006
Rogue Theatre productions are listed in the Tucson Citizen’s
Year
in Review: Tucson Happenings in 2006 and the Arizona Daily Star’s
2006
Mac Awards. As a contender in the category of Best Actor, the Star
credits Joseph McGrath with “an honest and convincing portrayal”
in the one-man The Fever
by Wallace Shawn, directed by Cynthia Meier. The Citizen reports
that Cynthia Meier’s adaptation and direction of James Joyce’s
short story The Dead
was a highlight of Tucson entertainment in 2006, showing “the magical
transformative power of theater.” The poignant climatic scene between
Gabriel and Gretta Conroy, as portrayed by Joseph McGrath and Amy Almquist,
is given special mention.
Endymion, September–October, 2006
Endymion
3-page review by Iris J. Arnesen in the Winter, 2006
The Opera Glass
Thing of Beauty
Review of Endymion by James Reel in the October
5 Tucson Weekly
Man’s atavism still comes
through in modern Endymion
Review by Chuck Graham in the October 5 Tucson
Citizen
Rogue Theatre’s Endymion
an admirable effort
Review by Kathleen Allen in the October 3 Arizona
Daily Star
Keats’ Endymion
is now a play
Preview by Kathleen Allen in the September 22 Arizona
Daily Star
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