Play, Video Performance (2021)
Conceived and Directed by Igor Golyak
Arlekin Players
A multimedia online staged event largely about the refused attempt of the liner St. Louis to bring a boatload of Jewish refugees to Cuba – but also a reflection on contemporary anti-Semitism.
Plays
The Last Five Years
Musical (2001)
Written and composed by Jason Robert Brown
Lyric Stage
Copley Square area, Boston
November 12 – December 12, 2021
With Jared Troilo and Kira Troilo
Jamie and Cathy are getting divorced, or maybe they are getting married, or both. That’s the way it is in this poignant two-person musical in which one character goes forward and the other backward in time.
The Merchant of Venice
Play (1599)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Igor Golyak
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
September 23 – October 17, 2021
At first, a rambunctious take-off on the Shakespearean original, contextualizing the interior drama with a heavy dose of pantomime, but ultimately tonally complex and attentive to the problematic nature of the play.
The Tempest
Play (1611)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Steven Maler
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Boston Common, Boston
July 21 – August 8, 2021
A beautifully rendered, trim but energetic, version of the great late Shakespeare play, expertly tailored for an outdoor pandemic crowd on Boston Common.
Sweat
Play (2015)
by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Kimberly Senior
Huntington Theatre Company
Huntington Avenue Theatre
Symphony Hall area, Boston
January 31 – March 1, 2020
A fictionalized narrative drawn from interviews with factory workers in Reading, PA.