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2013 Stories by Julie Peterson

• Puppet Love

  published February 21, 2013

  We've sort of asked Class 6 Theatre why it's called that, but we remain in the dark. Most likely, it's not named after a Norwegian train (this... More >>

• Analyze This

  published February 21, 2013

  If you're Sigmund Freud, it's only fair (if not mandatory) that writers speculate about the depths of your psyche. You can't swing a cat... More >>

• Family Guy

  published February 14, 2013

  Close counts in more than just horseshoes and hand grenades. Being a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama counts big time -- the nominating... More >>

• Many Splendored Things

  published February 7, 2013

  "Multidisciplinary" probably wasn't coined to describe enjoying cocktails and buff acrobats while getting our highbrow culture on, but we're... More >>

• Rude Awakening

  published January 31, 2013

  Ubu Roi (which basically translates as "King Turd") is one of the weirdest, grossest, funniest French plays of all the famously weird,... More >>

• Fairly Regal

  published January 31, 2013

  Ideally, when a play's scary, it's for the audience and on purpose. Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of Sunset Boulevard is scary for... More >>

• Trash Talk

  published January 24, 2013

  Plastic bottles don't pollute the environment; people pollute the environment. So it makes perfect sense to us that a cute little plastic... More >>

• Date Night

  published January 24, 2013

  World premières are uncommon in our theater community. Sometimes, in fact, it's sufficiently exciting if the same 6-year-old play isn't... More >>

• Military Intelligence

  published January 17, 2013

  Comedian PJ Walsh has beaucoup life experience on which to draw, starting with his Irish-American upbringing and followed by his enlistment in... More >>

• Hippie Shake

  published January 10, 2013

  Astrologers, that notoriously meticulous and scientific group, are running about 2-1 in favor of concluding that the Age of Aquarius did begin... More >>

• Men of Many Faces

  published January 10, 2013

  Alfred Hitchcock did one sort of thing when he made a movie based on John Buchan's 1915 spy novel, The 39 Steps. The 1935 film became an... More >>

• Dark Horse

  published January 10, 2013

  Nearly Naked Theatre's been around. Though we expect the company to spotlight the new and provocative, some of the plays it presented as a wee... More >>

• Rain on the Hoof

  published January 3, 2013

  Ten years ago, Cirque du Soleil's Normand Latourelle formed his own production, Cavalia, adding spirited equestrian performance to the foofy... More >>