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Grief, gathering, and astronomy at InToto’s Our Voices
6 minute read / “Inspiration, perspective, beauty of life, freedom, new vision, everything”: participants of the InToto Creative Arts Forum used these words to describe what the organization meant to them at Our Voices, the non-profit’s annual multimedia showcase in downtown Birmingham.
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“But that I loved Rome more”: The Tragedy of Brutus in Julius Caesar
7 minute read / Let’s start at the end: Brutus is on the verge of defeat at Philipi, Cassius is dead, Brutus is surrounded by his soldiers and attempts to persuade them to assist in his suicide. They all refuse and leave Brutus alone. Brutus calls out to a soldier and asks them to assist…
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Is audience participation necessary for an “authentic” Rocky Horror?
6 minute read / UA’s production of The Rocky Horror Show enacted a game between the audience in the seats and the cast on its stage. Taking into consideration contemporary US theatre’s staunch social norms as compared to the rampant involvement of Rocky Horror’s movie counterpart, the pay-to-play experience waded into the deep between these…
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The Insanity of Mary Girard explores the power of choice
5 minute read / On a Sunday afternoon in April, I found myself sitting in the Allen Bales Theater waiting for the final Crimson Stage show of the year, The Insanity of Mary Girard, to begin. With the house lights still up and the door open to the lobby, in walked a woman in late…
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Blood at the Root and the power of student-led theatre
5 minute read / When senior Acting BFA Trinity Ross chose to direct famed Black playwright Dominque Morisseau’s Blood at the Root for the final show of Crimson Stage’s fall 2022 season, it was not because it was the first of Morisseau’s plays to be put on a UA Theatre stage. Last year, one of…
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Blood From A Stone: awkward, angry, authentic
5 minute read / This heart-wrenching family drama shared the story of Jacob and his siblings, Alice and Richard, as they reunited to work through both the trauma and grief stemming from their toxic mother’s recent death. The strength of Blood From A Stone was that it dwelt in the very real awkwardness of a…