“Native Gardens”

Features | Pacific

CVREP’s perceptive comedy ‘Native Gardens’ scores on many levels
April 29, 2022

By JACK LYONS, Desert Local News (PALM SPRINGS, CA.) – As the early scenes of playwright Karen Zacarias’ 2019 comedy play-with-a-bite unfolds, one would think “I’ve seen this play /story before.” But, you would be incorrect. More precisely, we’ve all seen productions of the subject matter in Native Gardens. However, playwright Zacarias brings a new…

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Features | Southeast

Humor grows in Zacarías’ ‘Native Gardens’ at Southern Rep
November 14, 2019November 15, 2019

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out”) Smartly and deftly written by Karen Zacarías, Native Gardens is a dark comedy, but one that is at its very core, extremely funny. Given the particularly volatile political climate in contemporary America, Zacarías scores by highlighting specific areas where differences in cultures and age clash most. She…

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