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Henry V

April 28, 2025 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Henry V William Shakespeare  The Pear Theatre “Therefore take heed how you impawn one person, How you awake our sleeping sword of war. We charge you in the name of God, take heed; For never two such kingdoms did contend Without much fall of blood.” The King who looks squarely, calmly, and bluntly into the eyes of the Archbishop of Canterbury – a man … [Read more...] about Henry V

The Gods of Comedy

February 25, 2025 by Eddie Reynolds

The Gods of Comedy Ken Ludwig The Pear Theatre Warning: If ever in dire trouble, think twice before blurting out, "Oh save me, ancient gods of Greece."  Should you do so, you may unleash on yourself one of the craziest, funniest, and most engaging farces that would make Aristophanes or Plautus proud.  You should then be ready for a laugh-a-minute two hours where … [Read more...] about The Gods of Comedy

Pear Slices 2024

May 27, 2024 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Pear Slices 2024 Various Playwrights Pear Theatre Pigs seeking shelter, zombies released by the millions, precious memories found in a flower garden, Juliet’s visitor in Romeo’s tomb, Tarot cards coming to life.  These are just some of the glimpses from this year’s crop of Pear Slices 2024, the near-twentieth annual array of eight, original, one-act plays produced by … [Read more...] about Pear Slices 2024

Love Letters

May 5, 2024 by Eddie Reynolds

Love Letters A.R. Gurney The Pear Theatre A.R. Gurney’s 1989-premiering Love Letters has been performed hundreds of times by theatres on-and-off-Broadway, coast-to-coast, and internationally, featuring thousands of couples – often the biggest names in show biz – who generally star in the two-hander show only one night.  By design of the playwright, actors do not see a … [Read more...] about Love Letters

Falsettos

July 2, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds

Falsettos William Finn (Music & Lyrics); William Finn & James Lapine (Book) The Pear Theatre For me as an avid theatregoer and a critic, nothing is more upsetting than to see the applaudable efforts of a talented cast squandered by the choices and/or oversights by those who direct the production, both stage and musical.  Unfortunately, such was the case in … [Read more...] about Falsettos

Richard II

March 11, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds

Richard II William Shakespeare The Pear Theatre in Co-Production with Perspective Theatre Company Over four hundred years later, the plays of William Shakespeare often seem as if the Bard is writing about current events, recurring dilemmas, and a foreboding future of the 21st century.  That is particularly true in 2023 as The Pear Theatre presents Richard II in a … [Read more...] about Richard II

Dontrell, Who Kissed The Sea

February 5, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds

Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea Nathan Alan Davis The Pear Theatre Eighteen-year-old Dontrell is the kind of son any mother would be so proud to have: Straight A’s throughout school, all AP classes, and now only three weeks before beginning his first semester at John Hopkins University.  But his mom cannot stop praying every day that the “t-minus 21” countdown of days … [Read more...] about Dontrell, Who Kissed The Sea

Three Tall Women

June 28, 2022 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Three Tall Women Edward Albee Pear Theatre Imagine yourself at a younger age having a conversation with yourself at other points in your life?  What would that young, probably naïve you think about how things will turn out, about whom you will love and not love, or about your successes and especially about your failures?  What advice would you give and what questions … [Read more...] about Three Tall Women

Metamorphoses

April 2, 2022 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Metamorphoses Mary Zimmerman (based David Slavitt’s translation of the myths of Ovid) Pear Theatre and Dragon Productions The element that flows and freezes, falls from the sky and evaporates into the air, sustains all life and can drown all existence – This is the medium in which multiple, life-altering transformations occur in each of a dozen-plus vignettes of … [Read more...] about Metamorphoses

Taking Steps

January 19, 2020 by Eddie Reynolds

A three-story, crumbling mansion that was once a notorious, London brothel and is said still to be haunted by its former mistress, “Scarlet Lucy,” is the setting of Alan Ayckbourn’s 1979 farce, Taking Steps.  The house that is described as “drafty, leaky, and it smells” by its current mistress, Elizabeth Crabbe, is up for sale, becoming a major character and source of much … [Read more...] about Taking Steps

“An Ideal Husband”

September 9, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

An Ideal HusbandOscar WildePear Theatre  Aaron Weisberg and Tom FarleyIn the midst of his own infidelities to his wife via his live-in, male lover becoming headlines and a life-ruining court case, the famed and wildly popular poet, playwright, and novelist (as well as celebrated, itinerant speaker in the U.S.), Oscar Wilde, wrote a play still widely produced almost … [Read more...] about “An Ideal Husband”

“Present Laughter”

June 14, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Present LaughterNoël CowardPear Theatre Jenni Chapman, Barbara Heninger, Akex Draa, Charles Woodson Parker & John Stephen KingPear Theatre presents in its intimate setting Noël Coward's Present Laughter that bursts at the seams with riotous comedy propelled by a stage full of memorably quirky characters who get themselves and each other … [Read more...] about “Present Laughter”

“Pear Slices 2019”

May 5, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Pear Slices 2019Members of the Pear Playwrights GuildPear TheatreDaniel Zafer-Joyce, Bill C. Jones, and Becca GilbertIt’s only spring, and pears are not yet in season; but at Pear Theatre, there are plenty of fresh slices to pick from and enjoy.  For the sixteenth year, the Mountain View company has called upon its members of the Pear Playwrights Guild to create eight, … [Read more...] about “Pear Slices 2019”

“Sojourn”

March 18, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

SojournEvan Kokkila-SchumacherPear Theatre  Drew Benjamin Jones and Laura DomingoFor both science-fiction lovers and for anyone who likes a play that mixes mystery, philosophical debates, and political realities with a story that has a very human component, Pear Theatre’s wonderfully acted and inventively conceived Sojourn is a ticket for a rocket ride … [Read more...] about “Sojourn”

“Spending the End of the World on OK Cupid”

January 26, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Spending the End of the World on OK CupidJeffrey LoPear Theatre Michelle Skinner and Tasi AlabastroA modern day prophet for the last six months has been screaming his prediction that the world would end last night; and in fact, half the world’s population suddenly evaporated.  He now says that tonight at midnight, everyone else on earth will complete “The … [Read more...] about “Spending the End of the World on OK Cupid”

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