Theater Review: "Skinwalking" at Harvard U

THE HARVARD CRIMSON
March 29, 2011

MASSACHUSETTS - Artwork about religion is never neutral. There is always some message that the artist feels the need to communicate with his or her audience. This is not a bad thing: some of the greatest artwork ever created was prompted by the desire to communicate intense feelings of spirituality. Even outside the category of explicitly religious works, art has been used to express and explain philosophies from atheism to multi-culturalism. “Skinwalking,” the senior thesis of writer and director Cecelia A. Raker ’11, places itself within the discussion of art and religion not as a vehicle for expressing religious sentiment, but as a way of exploring the similarities between Judaism and Christianity. It’s an intriguing concept, but the play gets bogged down in needless obscurity. In the end, the work’s central themes of love, faith, and religion are only partially addressed. [link]