Alyssa May Gold

Fish

October 16, 2026

Set in London in the summer of 2016, when Brexit looms and the world seems to be tilting toward a new and more openly hostile political order, "Fish" follows a young woman whose efforts to escape the claustrophobia of her private life lead her into an international web of radicalism, deception, and potential catastrophe. The play’s many concerns do not always coalesce as seamlessly as they might, and some of its metaphors announce themselves rather too emphatically, but its humor, emotional intelligence, and increasingly unnerving sense of danger make it a distinctive coming-of-age drama. [more]

How I Learned to Drive

April 22, 2022

A lure of this Broadway premiere revival is 25 years later experiencing the acclaimed performances of much of its original cast. Being a memory play, their current ages are irrelevant, especially when their talents are impeccable. With her renowned charismatic stage presence, Mary-Louise Parker is monumental as Lil’ Bit. Ms. Parker’s drawling vocal delivery and magnetism fully and poignantly realizes the character from the perspective of an older woman looking back on her dysfunctional adolescence. The soft-spoken and shattering David Morse soulfully embodies Uncle Peck, a delusional W.W. II veteran who has descended into alcoholism and pedophilia. [more]

Our Dear Dead Drug Lord

December 12, 2019

Alyssa May Gold, Rebecca Jimenez, Carmen Berkeley and Malika Samuel in a scene from Alexis [more]

The Maid’s Tragedy

June 20, 2018

Director Lucy Gram uses six actors to play 11 roles which has worked for such companies as Bedlam and Fiasco. However, here the four actresses play both men and women, three of them never change their costume, voice or look when they return as their other characters so it is very difficult to keep the roles straight. Aleca Piper playing the roles of Calianax (an elderly man), Lysippus (a younger man) and Dula, a lady-in-waiting, first takes off her white sweater, then puts up her hair, but if you are not following this very carefully, the changes are lost on you. Her use of a loud, booming voice does not help in differentiating her roles or in understanding her lines. Erin Roché and (Ms.) Sydney Battle play men and women alternately with no changes of any kind. [more]