"After a plague comes a renaissance. It's really the artist's job to forge a new trail for everybody."
"Into The Woods," "Death of a Salesman" and "The Inheritance" top this month's list
"Something that Martyna does that is so that is so gorgeous and effortless is she lifts the stories of these three characters to the highest of value that you can in a play. She centers the story around the lived experiences of these three people whose lived experiences are very different than many of our audience members may be."
"I feel very lucky that I've been able to, in a way, fail at certain parts of the theatrical tradition in order to learn things. We're all trying to create something together and having the opportunity to simply exist is how you learn and how you grow."
A list of our favorite Best Bets that are still available as of August 1st
"The most beautiful plays and the most beautiful origami are the surprising ones. And it's not because they have so many folds but it's because somebody has taken a simple piece of paper and made something unexpected and beautiful out of it."
"I like that people are being respectful and trying to be good social advocates. But it's kind of sad to me that this movement has, in a way, stifled art."
"It's just been a passion for all of us and it was certainly a passion of Rick's. I'm only sorry he's not here to see it come to life. And everybody can now enjoy it. Not only enjoy it, but learn from it. It's all there and these films were meant to be seen."
"I guess the thing that struck me the most about this story is the importance of the resilience, the courage and the tenacity it takes to survive through a catastrophe, a social upheaval."
Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum
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