REVIEW: So Much Energy in ‘The Light Chasers’ at Know Theatre of Cincinnati
In a world just a few years from where we are now, it seems the emotional struggles we face as humans remain the same: grief,
April 7, 2024
In a world just a few years from where we are now, it seems the emotional struggles we face as humans remain the same: grief,
The Light Chasers is a rock opera based on Cloud Cult’s 2010 album of the same name. It is fitting that such a fanciful play
The Light Chasers, presented by the Know Theatre and UC-CCM, smash open the cosmos in a heartfelt and galaxy-bending musical. In this brand-new locally grown
Director Pugh keeps the focus on the unjustness of the accusations and the mounting tension within the community as they feel increasingly frustrated by a court which seems to be acting without any regard to the greater good of the community.
Cincy Shakes is known for creative reinventions of Shakespeare’s works and this is certainly a creative gamble. I am happy to say that it pays off.
Director Matthew Lewis Johnson transports Shakespeare’s story about 400 years from the 1590’s to the neon-soaked pulse of the 1980’s.