Northampton Community of College Theatre Department takes a fascinating look at group dynamics in its premiere of “Circle Mirror Transformation,” Annie Baker’s play about an adult drama class at the school’s Lipkin Theater in Bethlehem Township Jan. 30 to Feb. 1.
The play is intriguing and uses realism with awkward silences and clumsy exchanges between characters to show the shifting relationships in the small class in a Vermont community center.

Do you want to know how important it is to become familiar with the brief but profoundly impactful life of Anne Frank?
Or do you just want to know how privileged we are to have the opportunity to spend a little time with her at DCP in Telford, PA this weekend and next?
The most challenging part to writing this review is not making it entirely about the indescribably sensitive and confident performance of the 12-year old actor portraying Anne, Ella Pinkerton.
But we’ll come to that, in a bit.

Pennsylvania Playhouse’s “The Lucky Star” is a moving and profound production that has heart-breaking parallels to what is happening in America today.
The play that recreates letters sent during the Holocaust to a Polish immigrant in the United States is gripping and somber at times, but ultimately hopeful and focuses on familial connections in the shadow of what has been lost.
“The Lucky Star” is through Feb. 8 at Pennsylvania Playhouse, 390 Illick’s Mill Road, Bethlehem.
The play is based on the true story recounted in Richard Hollander’s book “Every Day Lasts a Year: A Jewish Family’s Correspondence from Poland.”

Pennsylvania Playhouse’s production of Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s 19th century novel “Little Women” is bristling with energy and filled with heart.

Engaging and satisfying. the play based on the beloved story of the March sisters, is on stage through Dec. 21 at Pennnsylvania Playhouse, 390 Illick’s Mill Road, Bethlehem.