Scratch, directed for the KTS by Georgia Noble Irwin, is a play that makes you want to call your mom…or your partner, your sibling, your mentor. But mostly your mom. Written by Canadian playwright Charlotte Corbeil-Colemanin 2008 as a semi-autobiographical response to her own mother’s battle with cancer, Scratch is a play that explores the […]
The KTS’s production of Everyman screams of the holy trinity to the sound of Mladic by God Speed You! Black Emperor. The play takes a classic script from the 16th century and thrusts it, largely unaltered, into modern theatre. The story follows Everyman (Katie Lawrence) as she is confronted by Death (Ezra Tennen) and must […]
Murderer by Anthony Shaffer is a play that, to quote the director’s note, is “insufferable.” Now that is not to say that the KTS’s production of the play directed by Emma Graveson and Aaron Shenkman is anything close to insufferable. Their production balances the “insufferable” elements of the play’s script with production choices that highlight […]
On Nov. 23, the King’s Theatrical Society (KTS) presented Macbeth, their final show of the season. Directed by Julia Hancock-Song, the “dressed down” take on the traditional Shakespearean play was a thrilling and promising way to end the season. Though not extraordinary or profound in its modern take on a legendary plot, what liberties were […]
On Wednesday, “The Curse of the Starving Class” debuted in the Pit. As the season debut for the King’s Theatrical Society (KTS), the show was helmed by seasoned KTS contributor Zach Greenham. The play was written by Sam Sheppard and first debuted in March 1978. It tells the story of a mother at the end […]