Pinter’s examination of the games that people play suggests that one’s emotions are not so easily compartmentalized.

"“We look upon this juncture in our history as an opportunity for so many of us who have been a part of Aurora from its humble beginnings at the Berkeley City Club, to the opening and recent expansion of our own theater space on Addison Street, to look back and reflect,”" said Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director Tom Ross.

The 2009 suicides of Gunn High School students are still very close to us here, not the least because the number of deaths was far greater than local newspapers indicated.

Hillbarn Director Hunt Burdick stood this piece on its head by heightening the action so that it plays as over-the-top British humor instead of high drama.

René Augesen embodies the sly, sexually-charged Ruth with such unnerving nymph-like appeal, it's easy to see why the role is one of her personal favorites.

The primacy of live performance is nowhere more evident than the role played by the six basses that drive the Italian Symphony forward.

Did I mention we were sitting underneath a fully operating pizza joint? Consider those occasional bumps, screeches of a chair being dragged and knocks from the pipes to be bonus effects. This is theater that puts hair on your chest.

Central to the piece were the hints of Carabino (a piece sung by both Flicka and Cao – who both donned buckles worn by Maria Callas for the occasion).

This film noir-inspired production of Twelfth Night, The Bard’s most popular comedy, gets a provocative re-setting in the mid-1940s.

This is the kind of play where you just know it's not going to turn out well... that there will be bloodshed, tears, and certainly death. I won't give it away here, but the script transcends cliche and happenstance. So expect the unexpected.