Cynthia Strickland

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Uncandid camera

Turning a blind eye at the State House. Plus, the Damkoehlers hit the road
There was an excellent piece on State House security cameras in the May 18 issue of the Urinal by the always-reliable Steve Peoples.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | May 20, 2009

It's out of this world

The ART hosts Elections & Erections; Trinity does Blithe Spirit
Uys’s new show takes its title from two things that were illegal when the now-63-year-old gay white man was growing up in South Africa: democracy and sex.
By CAROLYN CLAY | April 08, 2008

Sweeping drama

The Clean House at Trinity, plus Secret Order at Merrimack
There are doctors in the house at both Trinity Repertory Company and Merrimack Repertory Theatre.
By CAROLYN CLAY | May 16, 2007

Surreally real life

Trinity Rep’s The Clean House is brutally funny
Why is Sarah Ruhl’s The Clean House a brutally funny comedy? Beats me.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | May 08, 2007

A need for laughter

Trinity walks the line in The Clean House
Have you ever laughed at a joke before the punch line?
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | April 25, 2007

Perfect Balance

Trinity polishes Albee’s Pulitzer winner
Harold Pinter once said that his plays were about “the weasel under the cocktail cabinet.”
By CAROLYN CLAY | March 06, 2007

Behind the masks

Trinity Rep's splendid A Delicate Balance
“Dramedy” has been describing successful American plays more and more frequently in recent decades.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | February 27, 2007

Merry, merry

Trinity Rep’s delightful Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is as chock-full of feelings as a fruitcake has calories.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | December 05, 2006

Fleet prince

Trinity Rep gives us Hamlet with rampaging energy and an incipient drinking problem
“Sweet maid” Gertrude calls Ophelia. And all these years you thought she was referring to Hamlet’s unfortunate lady love as a virgin.
By CAROLYN CLAY | February 09, 2006