BY HAYLEY WILSON Appalachia has its many traditions, one of which is Decoration Day, a time during late spring to early summer where families flock to the cemeteries to tend to the burial sites of their loved ones. This…
Review: Hammer Ensemble’s ‘Lockdown’ – Gun Violence as a Symptom of Cultural Division
By Alan Sherrod At the beginning of the Hammer Ensemble’s Lockdown at the Flying Anvil Theatre, the ensemble of seven actors don metaphorical animal skins and masks suggesting early human beings, then depict a struggle for intercultural power in…
The Hammer Ensemble Launches With ‘The Pall: In the Shadows of Human Trafficking’
“Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.” —Attributed to Bertolt Brecht That concept forms the basis for the Hammer Ensemble, Flying Anvil Theatre’s performance wing dedicated to social justice issues.…