
By Thom deMartino Carl (Eduardo Mora) is stressed out. He’s back home for the family Thanksgiving, but totally unprepared for it: dreading his brother mocking him about his truck driving to make […]
By Thom deMartino Carl (Eduardo Mora) is stressed out. He’s back home for the family Thanksgiving, but totally unprepared for it: dreading his brother mocking him about his truck driving to make […]
By Thom deMartino The barrel of the pistol trembles. The aged Victor Frankenstein (Scott Keister), gun in unsteady hand, sways deliriously upon an icy plateau in the emptiness of the frozen northern […]
By Thom deMartino Fear of “the other” is not inborn — but rather, learned through our society: we are carefully taught by culture. In the current Westminster Community Playhouse production of “South […]
By Thom deMartino It’s a rude awakening when you realize the grass is only so-so greener on the other side. In Westminster Community Playhouse’s production of “The Long Weekend,” Max and Wynn […]
By Thom deMartino To everything, as they say, there is a season: and though seasons change, endings help us remember and celebrate the experiences we’ve had, the memories we’ve shared. Such is […]
By Thom deMartino “Too many words!” “Too many words!” stammers the flustered and flighty redheaded juror (Noelle LeBlanc), struggling to explain her confusion at the prosecution and defense’s arguments. In the Westminster […]
By Thom deMartino But who wants to live forever, really? The immortality glorified in fiction — in reality, wouldn’t it be more of a curse, to watch the world you know fall […]
By Thom deMartino It gives new meaning to the old adage, “It’s so bad, it’s good.” “The Producers” recently had its opening gala at Garden Grove’s Gem Theater (with a rousing introduction […]
By Thom deMartino Even the best laid plans may go awry … How much more so, when planned by the shallow and the scheming? Westminster Community Playhouse had a mind for murder […]
By Thom deMartino She’s the one you go to, when you’ve got marriage on the mind. “Hello, Dolly” has just begun its run at the Gem Theater in Garden Grove: it’s the […]