Articles Tagged With: Laura Gayvert

Other Desert Cities at Colonial Players

Reviews January 15, 2026 Amanda N. Gunther

You need seasons to mark where you are. It’s currently winter season; halfway through the darkness— halfway through season 77 at The Colonial Players of Annapolis. And they’re bringing you Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz. Directed by Laura Gayvert, this edgy, albeit questionably dated, drama hits hard with its deep questions of family dysfunction when secrets threaten to unravel pre-existing ways of life.

While the play itself isn’t wholly ‘dated’ there are references that for the younger audiences will be obscure and it certainly bears the signature of its timestamp.

Bump at Colonial Players of Annapolis

Reviews April 29, 2025 Lucille Blumberg

author: Lucille Blumberg

“Man plans, God laughs.” It’s a sentiment that lingers long after the final blackout of Colonial Players’ Bump, a heartfelt, sharply insightful, and quietly profound exploration of childbirth across centuries and circumstances. Bump isn’t just about pregnancy—it’s about the plans people make, the expectations they cling to, and the unpredictable, beautiful, chaotic truth of how life enters the world anyway. Audiences left the theater reminded of how universal and individual this experience is—and how stories,

Agnes of God at Colonial Players

Reviews March 24, 2022 Amanda N. Gunther

In his hyper-modern world what we have is logic and what we seem to have lost is faith. We lack a primitive sense of wonder and demand explanations for everything; miracles are dead. It’s no small miracle, however, that community theatres pulled through nearly two years of dark stages, surviving this pandemic where theatre artists were shuttered out of their existence. And bringing modern relevance to what could easily be considered a ‘dated’ piece is a theatrical miracle all its own.

Casa Valentina at Colonial Players

Reviews June 1, 2018 Amanda N. Gunther

It’s bad and beautiful; it’s bawdy and bizarre! For just who is who and what is what is quite the question at— well— Harvey Fierstein’s other smash-hit show, Casa Valentina, making its community theatre area debut at Colonial Players. Directed by Mickey Lund, this edgy, inspiring, and potently poignant dramedy will give you, as the modern phrasing goes, “all the feels.” Despite its early 1960’s setting, the show’s relevance to the world of 2018 is remarkable;