Charles Giuliano

The Monsters at the La Jolla Playhouse San Diego, California The La Jolla Playhouse presents The Monsters, written by and starring UC San Diego MFA graduate Ngozi Anyanwu as LIL, alongside Sullivan Jones as her older brother, BIG. The play begins with BIG winning a mixed martial arts (MMA) title match. His sister, whom he hasn’t seen in 16 years, is waiting for him as he leaves the gym.

The words arrived quietly in the stillness of the early morning, carrying the weight of a truth that is easy to speak but demanding to live: The difference between what we know and what we do matters . . . we must find consistency in the ordinary. It is a deceptively simple realization. In the pursuit of spiritual growth or the mastery of an internal art, it is remarkably easy to become collectors of knowledge.

(Williamstown, Massachusetts)—More than a landscape, the coastline is a site of labor, leisure, and national history. As the margin where the United States meets the Atlantic Ocean, the nation’s Eastern coastline has fostered vital encounters where artists, coastal culture, and the natural world converge.