madeleine oldham – The Idiolect

Edie’s Got a Gun

The kids are all right, all by themselves.

It’s my first show of the year, and it’s a good one: Marisela Treviño Orta’s lyrical fairytale set in a Brazilian fishing village.

The Taming is easily the best thing I’ve seen from playwright Lauren Gunderson since Exit, Pursued by a Bear.

What exactly is being communicated, and how is it different from what’s being said? For that matter, why’s it being said the way that…