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Features | Regional Theatre | Southeast

Family dysfunction heats up in ‘August: Osage County’ at Southern Rep
September 20, 2019September 24, 2019

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) It seems hard to believe it’s been more than a decade since Tracy Letts won his Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award for Best Play and a similar Drama Desk Award for August: Osage County. Almost as incredulous is that this heartfelt tale of family dysfunction took…

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Southern Rep opens door to Hnath’s ‘Doll’s House, Part 2’
October 19, 2018

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) When we last viewed Torvald and Nora Helmer in Henrik Ibsen’s immortal play A Doll’s House, Nora had made an irreconcilable decision. Simply put, she wanted more from life than being a wife and mother. Her purpose was to become “a human being” and not be defined by…

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