Tag Archives: Jason Peck

‘Would You Sacrifice Your Identity’ Queried In GableStage’s Prayers for the French Republic

Would we abandon our history, our nationality or our faith to maintain another part of our identity if we faced overwhelming social prejudice? GableStage’s Prayer for the French Republic depicts a family like your own struggling to sort out these issues as specific and inescapable as life and death.

Posted on March 23, 2026 by Bill Hirschman
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Dynamic All My Sons Charts Domestic Descent Into Tragedy

What New City Players’ ensemble achieves in its dynamic production of Arthur Miller’s classic All My Sons is making totally believable the slow descent from the warmth of family gatherings to explosions of pessimistic rage and sorrow, The Kellers harbor a secret rooted in the abandonment of taking responsibility for their actions as a web of lies infects hope for the future.

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Bill Hirschman
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Peck to Direct Arthur Miller’s All My Sons at New City Players

It is safe to say that South Florida theater artist and educator Jason Peck knows Arthur Miller’s masterpiece, All My Sons. “I’ve read the play close to 100 times by now,” Peck notes. He’s about to direct it  for the fourth time at New City Players

Posted on February 15, 2025 by Bill Hirschman
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The Banality of Evil Is At The Crux of GableStage’s Powerful We Will Not Be Silent

Evil thrives when good people, normal people, do nothing. This banality of evil provides the crux of playwright David Meyers’ incisive play We Will Not Be Silent, receiving a bold, powerful production at GableStage.

Posted on January 10, 2023 by Bill Hirschman
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