Alexandra Addison

Sex with vampires is tough, but one can dream

Honestly hilarious

“Happy Now?” the newest production of the Yale Repertory Theater, is sure to be a knockout. The show, which begins previews Oct. 24 and opens Oct. 30, boasts an all-star cast including Mary Bacon, Kelly Aucoin and Brian Keane and is directed by Liz Diamond, Director in Residence of the Rep and chair of the directing department at the Drama School.

Puppet banished to IKEA

By Alexandra Addison

“Pinocchio” is a delight to watch from start to finish. The latest production by Yale Children’s Theater, it tells the classic tale of Geppetto’s talking boy puppet who wants more than anything to be a real boy. This “Pinocchio” additionally has some new elements that prevent the story from getting or seeming old.

Any Yalie’s playground

By Alexandra Addison

“Kid-Simple: A Radio Play in the Flesh” is, in short, mesmerizing. Thoughtfully directed by Michael Leibenluft ’10, “Kid-Simple” tells the story of Moll (Tessa Williams ’10), a feisty teenage girl and the most brilliant inventor of her generation, who also happens to love the Mystery Radio Nostalgia Hour. After her invention of “The Third Ear,” a machine for detecting sounds that can’t be heard — the sound of toenails growing on a field mouse, the sound of wind breaking — is stolen by The Mercenary (Jesse Kirkland ’12), Moll sets out on a journey with her friend Oliver (Sam Bolen ’10), the last boy virgin in the 11th grade, to retrieve it. As their journey progresses, the world of radio begins to encroach on their reality until one is indistinguishable from the other. Running an hour and forty-five minutes without intermission, “Kid-Simple” flies by as sounds and actions collide, creating a compelling piece of theater.