Russell-Ides Writing Dallas
For all the cities that have theatre scenes that have suffered in the past decade, Dallas sometimes seems to be the one that’s made the most out of the suffering. It’s not that they haven’t had their share of losses, because there are certainly those. The usual symptoms of hard times are on the surface, with interesting and eclectic little theatre companies closing up shop, and the larger houses suffering box office losses while reinventing marketing strategies for a tough time. At the same time, there are new voices and visions all over town, and these don’t just offer a ray of hope in a dark time.
They are like very bright lights instead of rays, and it’s because of the tenacity of writers like Isabella Russell-Ides that there is a scene at all. It turns out to be a pretty spectacular one, actually, with a lot of new work, and plans for new plays in the works in theaters all over the city. It’s hard to pin down the reasons why the feeling in the air is so good, but it’s worth looking into the 4 star hotels in Dallas and determine to spend some time excavating the city for signs of cultural rebirth.
The woman who wrote Cosmo & Gigi and many other works demonstrates some of the great qualities that make local artists so voracious in their work. This also makes the audience voracious to hear and see the new stories work themselves out before their very eyes, allowing for new worlds to open up and continue to do their magic when the spectactor hits the pillow at the end of the day. Some of her plays have the quality of first-hand observation of some of the most tender stories the world has known, and others have the quality of looking in on someone else’s dreams. A new writer, relatively, with a lot of life experience, there are visions here that are light and dark in equal measures, suggesting a balance in all things that translates into spectacular work on the stage.
