
REVIEW: ‘People in the Woods’ Examines The Threat Within
See this play. Like the fox that messes up the hen house, People in the Woods may disturb your comfortable ideas—and that’s exactly what makes

See this play. Like the fox that messes up the hen house, People in the Woods may disturb your comfortable ideas—and that’s exactly what makes

Human Race Theater’s production is fast paced, frenetic, quick witted, and a jaw-dropping delight to sink your teeth into.

Director Matthew Lewis Johnson transports Shakespeare’s story about 400 years from the 1590’s to the neon-soaked pulse of the 1980’s.

In “trying times” theatre reminds us that endurance is not passive, it is creative. Through every story, we find our way forward, together.

Stories and storytelling take center stage this weekend as the fifth annual Cincinnati Storytelling Festival will happen Thursday, November 13 through Saturday, November 15, 2025 in their new home at Know Theatre in the heart of OTR.