Music/Theater


VIOLENT PSYCHOTHERAPY: Psychiatrist Martin Dysart (Jon Ryan) struggles with his 17-year-old patient Alan (Shawn Fennell) as the boy relives his gruesome act of blinding six horses in Theatre Intime's production of Peter Shaffer's "Equus," playing for one more weekend at the Hamilton Murray Theater on the Princeton University campus.

Peter Shaffer's "Equus," a Psychotherapy Crime Melodrama, Explores Senseless Violence and the Ills of Civilization

Donald Gilpin

A 17-year-old boy with no history of violence blinds six horses with a metal spike. Family and friends are in shock. A prominent psychiatrist struggles to break through the boy's psychological barriers to discover the cause. In bringing to life the terrible events of that night, along with the boy's passion, anger and fears, the psychiatrist must wrestle with his own soul and the deprivations of his society.

Richardson Chamber Players Pay Tribute to Patrons of American Music in Season Opener

Nancy Plum

The most compelling question concerning Richardson Chamber Players' season-opening concert (subtitled "If You Knew Suzy…") is: who in the world was Suzy? The overall theme for this season of the Chamber Players is "Patronage Appreciated" — the ensemble is musically recognizing those who have enabled some of America's leading composers to write works throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries.