In the first scene of Steep Theatre's Harper Regan, which takes place in England, the title character asks her boss for time off to go visit her dying father. He says no, and proceeds to wax philosophical / nonsensical about irrelevant things, occasionally pausing to ask Harper a question. Though she has little to say in these opening moments, apart from, “I don’t know,” she exudes an incredibly palpable heartbreak. We were transfixed by her, even while her boss spewed a canon of amusing non sequiturs, such as, “Humans are the only animal that runs for pleasure. Humans are the only animal that invented the internet.” When a show is this captivating right off the bat, you know you’re in for something good. more ›

What would you do if you reached the end of your life and you’d done nothing special? Or do you walk around now, wondering who the hell you’re supposed to be? We can’t decide which one scares us more, but David Harrower’s Kill the Old Torture Their Young at Steep Theatre definitely put life in perspective. more ›