Note: During 2006-7 a substantial number of local productions I saw and liked did not get reviewed; since then, I've almost stopped reviewing. One problem, a continuing one, was that my increasing deafness made it difficult or impossible for me to know whether actors had difficulties with projection, or whether it was my hearing. I have since realized that an additional part of the difficulty for me was that many of the cast and crews of local shows were counting on the reviews as "verdicts" on the production, or as seals of approval (or the opposite). I have not thought of my reviews as providing primarily evaluations, as I do not believe I have the authority to offer categorical judgments. My intention was to offer food for thought, to provoke reflection and discussion of plays. When I have indulged in evaluation, it has been, at least in intention, in the service of thinking about why things are the way they are, and inviting others to think about that too. So I have discontinued trying to review most local productions here. I have, however, continued to review occasionally and offer reflections on theatre productions.

Below, however, are a few theatrical reviews and comments since the fall of 2007 -- and here is a link to a page with all my reviews from between 1995 and 2006.

• A Midsummer Night's Dream [Bard in the Barracks: UNB Theatre / NotaBle Acts Summer Theatre Festival, June 24-July 5, 2009]
• Two Men of Florence [Huntington Theatre, Boston, March 2009]

• Forever Plaid [Theatre New Brunswick, October 2007]

[Note: I failed to complete reviews of a number of shows listed here that I saw and enjoyed. I've included listings of them here, as I originally intended to review them.]

• Futures [NotaBle Acts Summer Theatre Festival, July 29-August 1, 2007]
• Lifedream [NotaBle Acts Summer Theatre Festival, July 23-27, 2007]
• Twelfth Night [UNB Theatre / NotaBle Acts Summer Theatre Festival, June 20-30, 2007]
• This Is a Play (Nasty Shadows Theatre Co., Memorial Hall, April 18-20) [not reviewed]
• Wild Abandon: The Study of Steve (Nasty Shadows Theatre Co., Memorial Hall, April 18-20) [not reviewed]
• No Exit [Nasty Shadows Theatre Co., St. Malachy High School, March 22-24] [not reviewed]
• Wild Abandon: The Study of Steve (Nasty Shadows Theatre Co., St. Malachy High School, March 22-24) [not reviewed]
• The Graduate [Theatre New Brunswick, March 15-18]
• Godspell [Theatre Saint Thomas, February 21-24]
• The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus [St. Thomas Early English Drama Society, Daigle Theatre, February 7-10] [not reviewed]
• How I Learned to Drive [Theatre UNB, February  10, 12, 14, 16]
• The Bald Soprano [Theatre UNB, February 11, 13, 15, 17]
• Running Far Back [Windsor Theatre, Mount Allison University, Sackville, January 31-February 3]  [not reviewed]
• How I Learned to Drive [Theatre UNB, February 2007] [not reviewed]
• Unity (1918) [Theatre UNB, January-February 2007]
• Blood Wedding [Theatre UNB, November 29-December 2]  [not reviewed]
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead [Theatre St. Thomas, Nov 22 – 25] [not reviewed]
• The Bacchae [Theatre UNB October 25-28] [not reviewed]
• Proof [Theatre Saint Thomas, September 19-23]
• Nights Below Station Street [NotaBle Acts Theatre, August 3 & 5]
• Lutz [NotaBle Acts Theatre, July 27-29]
• The Crucible [Shaw Festival, July 2006]