Erik J. Bracciodieta and Derick Materu in String of Pearls | Photo from the company’s Instagram

Presented by Fuschia

I really struggled with this one. In her play, Fuschia Boston tackles an assortment of interrelated tensions from race and sexuality to gender and power. These are complex, relevant concerns worthy of examination. String of Pearls—presenting us with a failing theatre company and its marginally diverse group of thespians desperate to hold it together—is a very ambitious play; it is also, regrettably, rather clumsy. Continue Reading