Moisés Kaufman

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Karen D'Souza |Moisés Kaufman |Amanda Gronich

The banality of evil goes under the microscope in “Here There Are Blueberries.”Conceived and directed by Moisés Kaufman of Tectonic Theater fame (“The Laramie Project,”) this 90-minute chiller tracks down the origins of an album of photographs sent to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

3 weeks ago | t2conline.com | Suzanna Bowling |Moisés Kaufman |Amanda Gronich |Bess Wohl

The York Theatre’s second entry of their New2NY staged reading series, Who Is Jimmy Pants? makes for a fun evening that will leave their audience smiling. This show is hard to place in any genre and like its title asks questions Is it a jukebox musical? Is it a modern nostalgia ride? Where does it go from here? An original score with witty lyrics and rhythmic music written by Joseph Church and Jeff Bienstock is sung in nice harmonies by a talented group of singers and actors.

Sep 12, 2024 | stagewhispers.com.au | Moisés Kaufman |Edith Cowan |Mt Lawley

The Laramie Project has been a popular choice of production, with high schools and universities in the years since its inception in 2000. Not only does the show have compelling themes, with its examination of small-town attitudes, homophobia, and the examination of hate crime, but it offers the young cast the opportunity to engage with and study verbatim theatre, offers a large and flexible cast size, and has engaging and challenging acting roles.

Dec 1, 2023 | theparisreview.org | Lynn Nottage |Lisa Kron |Dael Orlandersmith |Moisés Kaufman

By Lynn Nottage December 1, 2023 In an interview in the Review‘s new Fall issue, the playwright Lynn Nottage describes the way one of her classes at Yale would open: with a trip to the Coney Island Circus Sideshow.

Jul 25, 2023 | seattlegayscene.com | Moisés Kaufman |Oscar Wilde

Here’s a fascinating theatrical event for the summer…an interesting hybrid production that combines two great plays: the classic Victorian comedy The Importance of Being Earnest by notorious gay playwright Oscar Wilde and the far more recent Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde by Moisés Kaufman which explores the tribulations that Wilde faced as a gay man in an era where being gay was a criminal act.