Posts

TRIAL - A deep, dark rabbit hole of celestial bureaucracy.

Image
Ashley Griffin as Arcadia, George Drance as Mr. Olin and Ryan Clardy as Valentine in Ashley Griffin's Trial Review by: Ramona Maben Trial , Ashley Griffin's newest creation, inspired by a true story, navigates through a deep, dark rabbit hole of celestial bureaucracy.  Exposing situations of integrity, justice, and their opposites, Trial demands answers surrounding the human condition. Griffin has written a tour-de-force unveiling an age-old travesty. She has her finger on the pulse of the psychological woes of abuse. Simultaneously and unabashedly she peels away all pretense and illusion, in a dimension that negates space and time.  Ashley Griffin as 15 year old Arcadia exploded in a plethora of sadness, fear and righteous indignation. A whirlwind of emotional torment, she brilliantly portrayed the myriad stages of psychological, emotional anguish and discovery. Ashley Griffin as Arcadia in Trial Set in a modern day celestial courthouse, Arcadi...
Post a Comment
Read more

SNOW - Unlike any fairytale you've ever seen. THEATER REVIEW

Image
Review by: Ramona Maben Marie (Gracie Beardsley,) Jakob Grimm (Ryan Williams,)  Wilhelm Grimm (Jay William Thomas,)  Astrid (Ashley Griffin,)  and Shadow (Ryan Clardy.) Photo by Micah Joel. Snow , an interpretation and adaptation of Snow White , written by Ashley Griffin, is unlike any production of a fairytale one has ever seen. Exploring the power and nature of storytelling through three plot lines that all revolve around Snow White , the play depicts and demonstrates, among other themes, the physical and psychological gender oriented constraints that give structure to the perpetration of terrorism directed onto the feminine. Astrid (Ashley Griffin) and Shadow (Ryan Clardy.) Photo by Micah Joel. Synchronizing the three characters she portrayed - Astrid/Clara/Dortchen, Ms. Griffin beautifully enacts what it is to be woman in life and art. She shows remarkable vulnerability, representing the female situation in ages past and present. With wars untold ...
Post a Comment
Read more