by Diana Miranda
Two ambitious young women, Angelina and AJ, are on the verge of a big promotion in their respective fields. Angelina, a cool-headed banker played by Shannon Hayes, is preparing for a pitch to secure a senior position. AJ, a fierce goalkeeper played by Chanel Waddock, is training for a match that could make her the top goalie in her team. However, a visit to the doctor reveals a condition that might derail both of their dreams.
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by Laura Kressly
When Howard Zinn was a bombardier in WWII, his plane was too high up to see the damage caused by the bombs he dropped. As a young academic after the war, he visited some of these places, rebuilt but with civilian trauma still fresh in survivors’ minds. These experiences cemented a life-long opposition to war and social injustice, manifested in activism, writing and scholarship. He believed that learning about history was the best way to avoid repeating it, and that listening to the stories from anyone other than the victors is crucial to that learning process.
by Louis Train
“Fuck me, these exotic birds are well shaggable!”
…is actually one of the more enlightened lines in Tom Wright’s new play, My Dad’s Gap Year, under the direction of Rikki Beadle-Blair. Part giddy romp and part failed attempt at progressive theatre, Gap Year’s greatest accomplishment is proving that – solidarity be damned! – LGBT art can be thoughtless, regressive, and ignorant.
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