After more than a month of robust activity, it feels as if the local theater scene is about to take a brief hiatus. Blues in the Night at the Black Rep and Little Shop of Horrors at Stages are both closing this weekend. After this weekend The Lady from Dubuque returns to that netherworld where Edward Albee's heroines hang out between engagements. The much-lauded Opera Theatre season winds down on Saturday.Meanwhile Noel Coward's Waiting in the Wings at Act, Inc., charming though it is, takes a b
Jennifer SilverbergAna Jennings with DP director Joan Lipkin."If I was able to break into entertainment, I'd change people's attitudes," says Ana Jennings, an actress in the DisAbility Project, the subject of this week's RFT feature story. "I'm a pretty good singer. I do comedy pretty well. I've been told by audience members that I have good timing. I'd like to do what I do with DP on a grander scale."Unfortunately for Jennings, there aren't many disabled characters onstage, and many of those