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Review: 'Something's Afoot' has axe to grind with murder mystery clichés

Review: 'Something's Afoot' has axe to grind with murder mystery clichés

May 9, 2014

The spring musical, “Something’s Afoot,” uses dark humor masked by lively musical numbers to abolish clichés found in the popular 1930s whodunit genre. Just when the plot seems to slide into the...

Preview: ‘Something’s Afoot,’ a musical murder mystery

Preview: ‘Something’s Afoot,’ a musical murder mystery

April 29, 2014

Augustana’s spring musical “Something’s Afoot,” combines comedy with mystery to parody the 1930s detective genre made famous by Agatha Christie. “Something’s Afoot,” opening Friday at 7:30...

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Erik White chokes his pregnant wife, Amy, in this play about post-traumatic stress disorder.

Review: ‘A Green River’ displays the mind of a solider suffering from PTSD

December 15, 2013

If there were ever a play that would be able to capture what it is like to be in the mind of a solider suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, it would be Aaron Randolph III’s “A Green River.” Told...

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Elyssa LeMay