Jordan Jerry Kuper & Noah Grittani in Knife | Photo by Maggie Stemp-Turner
While a couple of my theatrical pet peeves are rattling about in this inaugural presentation by Stagepunk Theatre, there is also a lot for me to love about writer-director Eric Trudell’s first full-length effort. I admire the fuck out of Knife. It captures the mundane, highly relatable interactions of working life in an understated scenario that is naturalistically amusing and builds towards moments of genuine emotive power. I also greatly appreciate how it normalizes straight men being unequivocally vulnerable and emotionally available for each other. Continue Reading