By Channing Gray Trinity Rep’s Curt Columbus continues to borrow from the classics for his latest opus, “Sparrow Grass,” the first of three new plays that will run in repertory at Trinity through May. This time around he takes his inspiration from Racine’s “Phedre,” with a main character who is sort of a modern day Odysseus, a professional soldier who has been away for years and comes home to find a family in ruins. Just to make things all the more interesting, Columbus draws parallels between the fall of the Roman Empire and present-day America. It’s a tough play, but one that’s highly literate with more than a touch of poetry in the dialogue. For the complete review see Friday’s Moive section.
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Trinity’s ‘Sparrow Grass’ dark, intense
