Below is an excerpt from Playbill’s piece on the cutting-edge workshop created by Arlekin Players Theatre and co-presented by the Baryshnikov Arts Center and the Cherry Orchard Festival Foundation. “[…] Drawing from scenes from the play and recordings of Chekhov’s letters and dreams, the online event accesses Chekhov’s desktop...
Below is an excerpt from the arts fuse’s list of the best stage productions of 2020, compiled by Bill Marx. We have provided a link below to read the piece in full. “[…] this online reading was a refreshing reminder of the role of the stage at times of political...
Below is an excerpt from Amelia Mason’s important piece on the Boston theatre scene and the pandemic. We have provided a link below to read the piece in full. “[…] One of the great triumphs of pandemic ingenuity came from Needham’s Arlekin Players, whose interactive play “State vs Natasha Benina”...
Below is an excerpt from Jacquinn Sinclair and Ed Siegel’s piece recapping their “12 Standout Nights at the Virtual Theatre.” We have provided a link below to read the piece in full. “[…] Necessity was the mother of invention there and it played the same role during the pandemic as...
Below is an excerpt from Don Aucoin’s article on theatrical innovation in the Boston theatre scene over the past several months. We have provided a link below to read it in full. “[…] Arlekin artistic director Golyak helped lead the way at a time when theater companies were still casting...
Below are some of our favorite excerpts from the Times of Israel’s Review of State vs. Natasha Banina. We have provided a link below to read it in full. “[…] It was an online interactive experience, unlike anything we had seen before.” “[…] The lockdowns may not last forever, but this...
Below are some of our favorite excerpts from the Third Coast Review’s piece on the present and future of virtual theatre and Arlekin’s role within it. We have provided a link below to read it in full. “[…] In a recent HowlRound Theatre Commons program, [Golyak] describes how, near the...
Below are some of our favorite excerpts from the Boston Globe’s profile of our Artistic Director Igor Golyak. We thank them for their work, and we have provided a link below to read it in full. “[…] What could Arlekin produce that might work on the kind of online platform...
Below are some excerpts from an article from the New York Times lauding our performance of State vs. Natasha Banina. We thank them for their reviews, and have linked the full article below. “PHILLIPS Both “Mad Forest” and “State vs. Natasha Banina” demonstrated how plays that explore broken institutions, social...
Below are some of our favorite excerpts from the New York Critic’s review of our staged reading of Insulted. Belarus(sia). We thank them for their review, and we have provided a link below to read it in full. “[…] The cast of characters is comprised of actual people and fictitious...