{"id":232,"date":"2015-04-15T14:33:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T18:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/?p=232"},"modified":"2015-04-15T14:33:59","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T18:33:59","slug":"kiley-lotz-off-broadway-debut-favorably-reviewed-in-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/2015\/04\/15\/kiley-lotz-off-broadway-debut-favorably-reviewed-in-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiley Lotz Off-Broadway Debut Favorably Reviewed in New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The reviews are starting to come in for <em>Underland<\/em>, which includes the off-Broadway debut of recent alum Kiley Lotz (BA, Theatre, 2013). The April 15, 2015 issue of\u00a0<em>The New York Times<\/em> describes the play with, &#8220;In Terra Nova Collective\u2019s polished production of \u201cUnderland\u201d at <a title=\"Theater\u2019s website.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.59e59.org\/index.php?gclid=COvA7NC488QCFW9p7AodIE8AlA\">59E59 Theaters<\/a>, Mia Rovegno has directed six assertive, beautifully delineated performances. The meaning of the play, however, is swathed in enough metaphor to suffocate Samuel Beckett.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The review features a photo of Kiley as a girl determined to escape her humdrum Australian world by tunneling to China.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/files\/2015\/04\/14UNDERLANDWEB-master675.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"233\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/2015\/04\/15\/kiley-lotz-off-broadway-debut-favorably-reviewed-in-new-york-times\/14underlandweb-master675\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/files\/2015\/04\/14UNDERLANDWEB-master675.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"675,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"14UNDERLANDWEB-master675\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/files\/2015\/04\/14UNDERLANDWEB-master675-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/files\/2015\/04\/14UNDERLANDWEB-master675.jpg\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-233\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/files\/2015\/04\/14UNDERLANDWEB-master675-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"14UNDERLANDWEB-master675\" width=\"359\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/files\/2015\/04\/14UNDERLANDWEB-master675-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/files\/2015\/04\/14UNDERLANDWEB-master675-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/files\/2015\/04\/14UNDERLANDWEB-master675-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/files\/2015\/04\/14UNDERLANDWEB-master675-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/files\/2015\/04\/14UNDERLANDWEB-master675-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/files\/2015\/04\/14UNDERLANDWEB-master675-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/files\/2015\/04\/14UNDERLANDWEB-master675.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To read the full review, see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/04\/15\/theater\/review-alexandra-colliers-underland-mines-rich-performances.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&amp;smprod=nytcore-ipad\">Review: Alexandra Collier&#8217;s <em>Underland <\/em>Mines Rich Performances<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reviews are starting to come in for Underland, which includes the off-Broadway debut of recent alum Kiley Lotz (BA, Theatre, 2013). The April 15, 2015 issue of\u00a0The New York Times describes the play with, &#8220;In Terra Nova Collective\u2019s polished production of \u201cUnderland\u201d at 59E59 Theaters, Mia Rovegno has directed six assertive, beautifully delineated performances.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/2015\/04\/15\/kiley-lotz-off-broadway-debut-favorably-reviewed-in-new-york-times\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Kiley Lotz Off-Broadway Debut Favorably Reviewed in New York Times&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acting","category-studentsuccessstories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":103,"url":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/2015\/03\/02\/theatre-alum-kiley-lotz-making-new-york-stage-debut-in-underland\/","url_meta":{"origin":232,"position":0},"title":"Theatre Alum Kiley Lotz making New York stage debut in Underland","author":"Dr. Joseph E. 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