GREAT BARRINGTON -- The art of fishing has a lot to do with timing and patience; with knowing when to give slack and when to pull in. It’s a perfect metaphor for the characters in Joan Ackermann’s ...

I love to fish topwater baits, and beyond argument, the Zara Spook is my favorite. Bass don't bite them. They explode on them, crush them, or create sudden, trash can sized whirlpools to suck them ...

Sure, "Zara Spook and Other Lures" is about fishing as three ladies take part in an angling tourney. But, wait a minute! This is about more than fishing, isn't it? Yep. The Joan Ackerman play looks at ...

EVER SINCE CHARLOTTE Perkins Gilman wrote her ground-breaking short story "The Yellow Wallpaper," about a woman forced against her will to take a rest cure in her bedroom, wallpaper has been a ...

There really is a fishing lure called Zara Spook. "Zara Spook and Other Lures," directed by Jeff Larsen, is a refreshing change from the Twin Beach Players' past comedic works because the lead role ...