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The Long Christmas Ride Home at The Strand Theater 📷 Shealyn Jae Photography

The Long Christmas Ride Home at The Strand Theater

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author: Erin Tarpley

“Well, what a lovely Christmas you’ve given me”

The weather outside is frightful, but inside The Stand Theater, tidings of comfort and joy are complex and raw (and theatric!) in their opening production of their 18th season.

Directed by Tessara Morgan Farley, Paula Vogel’s The Long Christmas Ride Home is not merely a play: it is a profound, breathtaking piece of theatrical artistry that transcends the familiar boundaries of the American family drama.

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Lise Bruneau (left) as Mary Stuart with Lesley Malin (right) as Elizabeth Queen of England in Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's Mary Stuart 📷Kiirstn Pagan Photography

Mary Stuart at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

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Diplomacy is nothing but a cockfight. Sounds a bit too modern for something that happened almost 440 years ago. And yet the striking political relevance inside Friederich Schiller’s Mary Stuart (new version adapted by Peter Oswald and currently directed by Ian Gallanar) is both eerie and chilling to the world we’re presently living in. This evocative drama, despite its hefty run-time, is impressive and exceedingly well-polished upon the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s main stage for their final indoor show of the 2024/2025 season.

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