And we’re back. After a basically yearlong blackout, I am happy to return to STP with a quick Pre-Game for Gideon Theater’s restaging of Universal Robots at The Sheen Center, which I will be reviewing in the next few days. Back in 2009, Gideon presented Universal Robots at Manhattan Theater Source and it was my first experience with this remarkable company. Its science fiction story, an … Continue reading PRE-GAME: GIDEON PRODUCTIONS’ UNIVERSAL ROBOTS

My review series of the plays collected in Geek Theater: 15 Plays by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers continues! Each post will focus on one or two of the plays collected in the volume. Another of the truly remarkable surprises in Geek Theater is John Kessel’s delightfully absurd comedy Faustfeathers. Much like Carlos Hernandez’s The Clockwork Comrade, this play’s bizarre and compelling central concept doesn’t … Continue reading GEEK THEATER REVIEW — PART 10: FAUSTFEATHERS

My review series of the plays collected in Geek Theater: 15 Plays by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers continues! Each post will focus on one or two of the plays collected in the volume. There’s a good chance you’ll be won over before you even get to the actual script for Crystal Skillman’s play GEEK! As evidenced by her previous work Skillman is a thoroughgoing … Continue reading GEEK THEATER REVIEW — PART 9: GEEK!

My review series of the plays collected in Geek Theater: 15 Plays by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers continues! Each post will focus on one or two of the plays collected in the volume. I’ll be honest, The Long and the Short of Long Term Memory by Cecil Castellucci is not my favorite play in the Geek Theater collection. Like most of the other plays … Continue reading GEEK THEATER REVIEW — PART 8: THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF LONG TERM MEMORY

Full disclosure:  Sam Pugh and I have been friends since we were five. In that time, I have been lucky enough to collaborate with him on everything from videos of action figures to stage plays to pillow forts to video games to high school yearbooks to comic books to short films to bachelor parties to scholarly essays — all to varying degrees of success based … Continue reading SAM PUGH’S DINOSAURS OF THE UNWINNABLE WEST

My continuing review series of the plays collected in Geek Theater: 15 Plays by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers is back after a very long delay! Each post will focus on one or two of the plays collected in the volume. I was frankly a little surprised to find a play like Carlos Hernandez’s The Clockwork Comrade in the Geek Theater collection. Not only is … Continue reading GEEK THEATER REVIEW – PART 7: THE CLOCKWORK COMRADE

My continuing review series of the plays collected in Geek Theater: 15 Plays by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers is back after a very long delay! Each post will focus on one or two of the plays collected in the volume. What’s nice about The Zombies of Montrose by James Morrow, the first of the medium length plays in the Geek Theater collection, is how … Continue reading GEEK THEATER REVIEW – PART 6: THE ZOMBIES OF MONTROSE