Judi Lewis Ockler | Theatre Reviews Limited

Off-Broadway Review: Bedlam’s “Persuasion” at the Connelly Theatre (Closed Sunday October 31, 2021)

Bedlam’s 2016 “Sense and Sensibility” was fresh, buoyant, engaging, and richly authentic. Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s text was transformative theatre, groundbreaking theatre, immersive theatre, theatre not to be missed. Eric Tucker’s sparse and inventive staging exposed the pure joy of Jane Austen’s popular text. Jane Austen’s goal as a novelist was never to obfuscate; rather, her purpose was…

Off-Broadway Review: WP Theater/Second Stage Theater’s “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord” at the McGinn/Cazale Theater

December 22, 2019 | Off-Broadway > | "Our Dear Dead Drug Lord", Alexis Scheer, Alyssa May Gold, Andrew Jean, Carmen Berkeley, Fan Zhang, Judi Lewis Ockler, Kelly Gillespie CSA, Lucrecia Briceno, Malika Samuel, McGinn/Cazale Theater, Rebecca Jimenez, Second Stage Theater, Shira Friedman Photography, Whitney White, WP Theater, Yu-Hsuan Chen

“But women only need themselves to plant seeds in hearts and minds that stab and twist when they begin to root, ensnaring us all with just a thought.” – Pablo F***ing Escobar in “My Dear Dead Drug Lord” Alexis Sheer’s “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord,” in its final days at the McGinn/Cazale Theater, is deeply disturbing and profoundly important. Co-produced…