Review: The Three Sisters, Mary Moody Northen Theatre

by Michael Meigs
Published on November 14, 2008

Sounds like a downer, doesn’t it? But no, it isn’t at all – Chekhov draws each of the characters vividly and director Sheila Gordon keeps her actors bouncing off one another, taking the greatest possible advantage of the remarkable, large “theatre in a square” that is the Mary Moody Northern Theatre

St Edward’s Mary Moody Northern Theatre with its current production of The Three Sisters of Chekhov has again realized a fine synergy by adding two professional actors to an admirable cast of undergraduates.The quality and success of university productions in the Austin area is almost depressing – so much talent and energy! This is a great boon for those of us who take the time to explore it, but it seems strange to have all that star …

Read more »

Review: Cloud 9 by Mary Moody Northen Theatre

by Michael Meigs
Published on September 29, 2008

Cloud plays today as fresh as a daisy, because the attractions and confusions of sex do not date.

You must see this production. It plays only four more times, this coming weekend.  Unless you’re uneasy with frank sexual language.  Unless you get disoriented by anachronism, gender bending and actors morphing character, sex, time and intention.  Unless you are frightened by vulnerability, farce, celebration or intimacy.  Unless you prefer to miss breath taking range and versatility in acting by students and professionals alike.“Cloud 9,” the title, is a metaphor for sexual ecstasy. UK playwright Caryl …

Read more »