Review: re:Psyche by Secondhand Theatre

by Michael Meigs
Published on July 06, 2010

In the closing scene, suspended and annihilated by the force of pure beauty, Verity Branco is the figure in a danse macabre, with the lovely shape of her bones absorbing her flesh.

Secondhand Theatre's re:Psyche, playing at the Blue Theatre until July 18, reminds me of a Swiss circus.    In late spring and summer, medium-sized towns and villages in the Swiss mountains awaken to find a weathered Little Top has appeared on a vacant municipal lot, surrounded by a miscellany of campers and caravans.  The troupe rarely numbers more than ten performers, perhaps with three or four musicians.  Practised professionals,  they are initiates in make-believe, gymnastics and …

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Review: Rooms, a re-imagning of Chekhov's 'The Three Sisters' by Secondhand Theatre

by Michael Meigs
Published on June 28, 2009

Rooms was an unexpected opportunity to inhabit Chekhov's 'The Three Sisters' on Sunday evenings in June. The announcement -- more of an invitation, really -- was to visit the Prozorov family at their estate, between Acts II and III of 'The Three Sisters.'

Rooms was an unexpected opportunity to inhabit Chekhov's The Three Sisters for a short time on Sunday evenings in June. The announcement -- more of an invitation, really -- was to visit the Prozorov family at their estate, between Acts II and III of The Three Sisters. Perhaps this piece originated as exercises for the MFA program at the University of Texas. We have seen each of these six vibrant actors elsewhere in town, both in UT productions and elsewhere, …

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