The musical Titanic has a great protagonist--a doomed ship. The tough thing is...everybody knows the end of the story. But strangely, our knowledge of the end is also what gives the story it's edge. It's a god-like power, knowing the person you're listening to is going to die long before it happens to them. …
Taproot Theatre’s “Brownie Points”
Theatre as conversation starter: it's a metaphor we often pull out when we're trying to justify theatre's existence. "To teach and to please" was the catchphrase back in the 18th century, and Taproot Theatre's current production--Janece Shaffer's Brownie Points--manifests that ideal explicitly. One of the characters even suggests early in the play that there …
JEFF BERRYMAN 