The 2014 International Centre forWomen Playwrights 50/50 Applause Awards: Thunderous “Applause” to international theatre companies producing women playwrights! The International Centre for Women Playwrights (ICWP) is thrilled to report the extraordinary level of international support that is represented by the recipients for this year’s 50/50 Applause Awards is thrilled to report the extraordinary level of international support that is represented by the recipients for this year’s 50/50 Applause Awards, which sets out to recognize theatres that produced 50% or more
Archives for September 2014
In Focus with Eden Lane – 710 ‘Grounded’
Boulder troupe’s ‘Grounded’ probes conflicts of war
George Brant’s stark drama “Grounded” follows the impressive example of generations of antiwar literature. The 90-minute show offers affecting echoes of seminal works such as Dalton Trumbo’s 1939 novel, “Johnny Got His Gun,” and Tim O’Brien’s 1990 short-story collection, “The Things They Carried.” Those parallels come in an unflinching examination of the true toll of warfare; they’re clear in the timeless undertones of violence, futility and loss that undergird the
REVIEW: Grounded
Playwright: George BrantCompany: Boulder Ensemble Theatre CompanyVenue: The AvenueTheater, 417 East 17th Avenue, Denver CO, 80203.Running Time: 1 hour 25 minutes (no intermission).Date of Performance: Sunday, September 14, 2014 (Regional Premiere) Grounded is a war story, but one unlike any you’ve seen before. It turns the brutality, the danger, and the risk of war on its head. Modern war is combat without casualties, victory with minimum risk. Laura Norman is one of
REVIEW: Grounded
Inside a trailer on an Air Force base about an hour outside of Las Vegas sits The Pilot (Laura Norman), surveying “enemy territory” on her computer screen. The pictures are provided via sensors, including a thermal camera, carried onboard a General Atomics MQ9 Reaper—otherwise known as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a remotely piloted vehicle (RMV), or, more commonly, a drone—flying half-way round the world above the deserts of