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A daughter ponders what finally made her ‘Well’

WELLESLEY – As she addresses the audience in the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre at Wellesley College, Lisa Kron, played by Sebastian Ryder, admits that what’s about to happen on stage in the 100-minute… Continue reading

For six women, Vietnam War changed everything

“Cry ‘Havoc!’, and let slip the dogs of war.” – Marc Antony in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” WELLESLEY – No one came back from Vietnam unchanged. There’s no pigeon-holing the experiences of those who… Continue reading

It’s the truth: Wellesley’s ‘The Liar’ is great fun

WELLESLEY – Centuries before Jim Carrey starred in the 1997 film “Liar, Liar,” about a fast-talking attorney who finds he must speak the truth for the next 24 hours, a French playwright named… Continue reading

WRT’s ‘Blue Leaves: A comic quest for the spotlight

WELLESLEY – “The House of Blue Leaves” is a bit of a schizophrenic comedy, lurching from dark and bleak to hopeful and optimistic, back to a chaotic circus and even, at times, becoming… Continue reading