Women on Fire: Stories from the Frontlines Becca Kaplan 08/06/2018 Empowering. Strong. Proud. These were the words shouted by the audience after Royal Family Production’s performance of Women on Fire: Stories from the...
217 Boxes of Dr. Henry Anonymous Becca Kaplan 07/05/2018 In 1972, Dr. John Fryer put on a rubber joke mask, a voice modulator, and the name Dr. Henry Anonymous and spoke as the sole psychiatric representatio...
Replay Becca Kaplan 07/05/2018 “It’s all about the prawns.” Sometimes the greatest things in the world can leave the most horrendous impact, making you scared to try them again, to ...
Education Becca Kaplan 16/03/2018 What is left to fight for today, when everybody claims both that the world is burning, and that people are too sensitive and making a big deal over no...
A Letter to Harvey Milk. Becca Kaplan 05/03/2018 When I saw A Letter to Harvey Milk, it was the night after Purim. What a fitting time to see this musical, just as the Jewish holiday most associated ...
The Cult Play Becca Kaplan 04/02/2018 “Welcome to the sanctuary. Please turn off your cellphones and put your coats and bags under the chairs.” That is the greeting that soft-voiced and bo...
Eine Stunde Ruhe Becca Kaplan 15/09/2017 What one wouldn’t give for just an hour’s peace and quiet? Of course, maybe one doesn’t deserve an hour’s peace and quiet.
Lucrezia Borgia Becca Kaplan 03/09/2017 Coming off of the theatrical extravaganza of King Lear from the same festival, in which every conceivable conceit, set piece, and lighting trick ...
Lear Becca Kaplan 01/09/2017 You know what King Lear was always missing? A little bit of madness….at least according to director Simone Stone, that is.
Lulu Becca Kaplan 29/08/2017 Thirty minutes outside of Salzburg, on a little strip of land floating in the middle of a river in the quaint Austrian town of Hallein, the Salzburgsfestspiele hosts a rendition of Frank Wedekind’s Lulu.