The Brooklyn Rail

And That’s How the Rent Gets Paid
Paying Tribute to Jeff Weiss

By Roger Babb

On July 14, 15, and 16, The Kitchen will present three days of performances, panel discussions, and video presentations honoring the work of the great downtown theater artist Jeff Weiss and his mentor and partner Carlos Ricardo Martinez.

In Dialogue

Snow Globes & Global Politics:
The Theatrical World of Kate E. Ryan

By Kathryn Walat

It’s Clubbed Thumb’s 20th Summerworks, the annual June play fest at the core of this downtown theater company that’s all about the “funny, strange, and provocative.” Playwright Kate E. Ryan’s Card and Gift, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll, is the middle child of this year’s three works—which is not to say there’s any Jan Brady syndrome here.