"The Thanksgiving Play" at Hampton Theatre Company takes comic aim at well-meaning but culturally insensitive educators trying to create a holiday pageant.

Eugene Ionesco's "Rhinoceros" is an absurdly comical allegory about the rise of fascism that's as appropriate today as when it was written in 1959.

The age-old flip book format becomes a work of art in the hands of Soren Hope, who has a show in Manhattan.

Carl Safina talks to Caroline Sutton about her book of nature essays, and the M.F.A. program at the college throws open its doors, with a reading to boot.