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Bounce at Strand Theater 📷 Shealyn Jae Photography

Bounce at Strand Theater Company

Reviews June 2, 2026 Erin Tarpley

author: Erin Tarpley

“You’re my wife and I’ve grown to like you”

Relationships are complicated. Familial, romantic, religious, friendships, cultural, marital… you name it. Nothing is ever completely easy. But these different types of relationships have a way of further complicating things when they come together in a sort of spider’s web of rules and expectations that can both entwine and suffocate any individual. And in Somnia Mari Feral’s world premiere production of Bounce,

The Long Christmas Ride Home at The Strand Theater

Reviews December 8, 2025 Erin Tarpley

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.

Rarefied Air at Strand Theater Company 📷Shealyn Jae Photography

Rarefied Air at The Strand

Reviews March 20, 2025 Erin Tarpley

author: Erin Tarpley

Definition of “Rarefied”: distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people

It is sometimes hard to believe that this week marks the five-year anniversary of the start of the Covid-19 “lock-down.” That time in our all too recent history where we were told that for the benefit of public health and safety, all stores, businesses, and schools would close their doors and everyone (except “essential workers”) were expected to shelter in place and wait for this new novel virus to pass.