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Short play has long history for Lawrence playwright

What if your aging mother told you she had a secret lover? What if she further said she was the only one who could see him? That’s the premise of Lawrence resident Feloniz Lovato-Winston’s short play “Emilia’s Lover,” which gets a staged reading Friday night in Kansas City. It’s ...

Divas duke it out to raise funds for Theatre Lawrence

Fights to benefit charities are nothing new. Pit two or more celebrity combatants in the ring, have them duke it out for a good cause, and you’ve got the makings of a good fundraiser. Theatre Lawrence knows a good thing when it sees one. So, Saturday night, an eight-woman battle royale is ...

‘Blades’ features outstanding performances that rise above mediocre story

It’s not often one gets access to the insights of a therapist into the mind of a pioneering artist. It’s even more extraordinary when that therapist is the father of psychoanalysis himself, Sigmund Freud. That’s exactly the premise, though, of Lawrence playwright Dan Born’s new play, ...

‘Fox’ delights with over-the-top comedy

“Golf is a good walk spoiled,” Mark Twain famously said. Whether that’s true or not, golf makes an excellent subject for comedy. Theatre Lawrence exploits this to fine effect in its new staging of the Ken Ludwig farce, “The Fox on the Fairway.” A cast of six throws caution and ...

‘Fox on the Fairway’ takes a swing at laughs

Charlie Goolsby is well acquainted with Ken Ludwig. Not personally, mind you. But Goolsby is very familiar with Ludwig’s work. That’s why he was pleased to be asked to direct Theatre Lawrence’s new production of Ludwig’s comedy about country club politics, “The Fox on the ...

EMU Theatre’s ‘Blades’ production features poetry, psychoanalysis

They say opposites attract. It couldn’t be truer than for poet, H.D. (born Hilda Doolittle), and noted psychiatrist Sigmund Freud. “Let My Mind Flash with Blades,” a new play by Lawrence playwright Dan Born, explores the unlikely relationship between the two 20th century ...