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Flat Earth’s “The Nether” Explores a Virtual World Without Consequences

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by Mike Hoban

 

The Nether – Written by Jennifer Haley; Directed by Sarah Gazdowicz. Creative Team: Rebecca Lehrhoff (Set Design), Coriana Hunt Swartz (Costume Design); Connor Van Ness (Lighting Design); Kyle Lampe; (Sound Design). Presented by Flat Earth Theatre at the Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown through June 23.

 

As I was walking into the Mosesian Theater to see Flat Earth’s compelling and disturbing production of Jennifer Haley’s The Nether, I casually asked a fellow reviewer if they had read anything about the play that we were about to see. They responded no, that they usually prefer to not to know anything about a play before seeing it. “Probably a good idea,” I remarked, not knowing that this production would perhaps be the single best case one could make for that practice. Suffice to say that while knowing the subject matter beforehand could deter some folks from attending, I can say without reservation that it would be a shame to miss this remarkable and thought-provoking piece.

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Flat Earth Delivers Luminous ‘Silent Sky’

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‘Silent Sky’ – Written by Lauren Gunderson; Directed by Dori A. Robinson; Set Design by Debra Reich; Costume Design by Cara Chiaramonte; Lighting Design by PJ Strachman; Props Design by E. Rosser; and Sound Design by Kyle Lampe. Presented by Flat Earth Theatre at the Mosesian Center for the Arts (formerly known as the Arsenal Center for the Arts), 321 Arsenal Street in Watertown, MA through March 26.

 

If the thought of spending an evening watching a play about the life of Henrietta Swan Leavitt – the groundbreaking astronomer who discovered “the relationship between period and luminosity in Cepheid variables” – has you reaching for your appointment calendar to schedule some dental work, try and fight the urge. Dental hygiene can wait, at least until you’ve seen Flat Earth Theatre’s “Silent Sky”, quite possibly the most enjoyable production I’ve seen so far in 2017, a year that has already delivered a plethora of terrific shows.

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