Posts tagged as “theatre review”

“Funny, Sad and True—The Wolves Review”

By Patience Kayira on February 28, 2018 |

The theatre department debuted a production of “The Wolves”—a new play by Sarah DeLappe on Friday, Feb. 23.

A finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize Award in Drama, “The Wolves” is taking the theatre world by storm. Directed by Daniel Elihu Kramer, “The Wolves” tells the story about high school girls on a soccer team. This might make you groan, but DeLappe’s play disturbs stereotypical notions about teenage girls.

Review: ‘How to Date a Manic Pixie Dream Girl’

Recent play by Lyssandra Norton satirizes the manic pixie dream girl trope. Photo courtesy of Smith College Dep. of Theatre

Review: ‘How to Date a Manic Pixie Dream Girl’

By Patience Kayira on February 21, 2018 |

Arts and Arts and Culture

If you have put yourself through “500 Days of Summer” or watched anything involving Zooey Deschanel, then you know what a “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” is. The term, coined by film critic Nathan Rabin, is a trope. In the words of Lyssandra Norton MFA ’18, a “manic pixie dream girl is extremely quirky, plays the ukulele or a sport, and is weird as fuck.”