Cricket Does “Cocaine”: A Playdate Review
Well, technically this isn’t a playdate review, and no, I don’t literally do cocaine. I was fed up with online dating, so I went alone… Read More »Cricket Does “Cocaine”: A Playdate Review
Cricket O'Connor
I’ve lived and breathed theater ever since I was a kid in St. Louis staging plays with my reluctant siblings. A Bachelor’s in theatre from the University of Missouri led to a Fulbright scholarship to study physical theater at the Grotowski Institute in Poland and from there to an internship at the English Theatre Berlin. As an anthropology minor, I’ve always been fascinated by human behavior in codified contexts, an interest I turned into a master’s thesis at the Humboldt University’s Berlin School of Mind and Brain, and one I seek to combine with my longstanding love of theater in my online dating and review column Playdate.
Painting the Roses Black: A Playdate Review of “Painted Alice”
Tortured artists are an insufferable bunch. As partners they tend to drag you down with them. As characters, though, they can be lots of fun… Read More »Painting the Roses Black: A Playdate Review of “Painted Alice”
Why?
The product of over six decades of fruitful collaboration, Why? by legendary English director Peter Brook and French playwright Marie-Hélène Estienne is many things: a… Read More »Why?
Sweet Sorrow: A Playdate Review of Romeo and Juliet
Who would have thought proposing Romeo and Juliet as a Tinder date would get a girl ghosted? I mean I get it. To someone looking… Read More »Sweet Sorrow: A Playdate Review of Romeo and Juliet
Playdate Reviews The Last Croissant
You can tell a lot about a person by their sense of humor, or lack thereof. When “Doug” messaged me on Tinder and I mentioned… Read More »Playdate Reviews The Last Croissant