Review: ‘The Humanities’ looks away from the campus culture wars it purports to interrogate
A review of Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s play, 'The Humanities,' examines its engagement with contemporary campus culture wars. The production is compared to previous works like 'Revolution(s)' at the Goodman Theatre. The piece explores the difficulties of writing theater about rapidly changing social and political themes.
Sometimes in theater, timing is everything. I've seen that work in a playwright's favor, such as a play about a Queen (“Coronation” by Refracted Theatre), premiering in the weeks after Trump's 2024 election.In other cases, writing plays on slippery and ever-changing contemporary themes can put pressure on the writer to do more to respond to the moment.That's what happened the last time Zayd Ayers Dohrn premiered a play. “Revolution(s)” opened at Goodman Theatre in the height of Operation Midway…
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