I’ll be honest: The crazy, early-spring, heavy snowstorm that knocked out power to my house earlier in my Saturday soured my mood, and I was not really looking forward to going out to see playwright Bradley Robert Jensen's Anywhere But Here. This, though, made it all the better that this workshop production turned out to be such a gem – Jensen's slice-of-life piece is
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Dec 30, 2020
ALEXANDRIA Area designer Bradley Robert Jensen will be showcasing his debut fashion collection, “dichotomy,” at a runway show at 8 p.m. Jan. 8 at the Commons Theatre, 204 W. Church St. in Alexandria.
Working professionally as a costume designer and technician in California, Jensen found himself both out of work and creative outlets when the coronavirus pandemic shut down the nation’s theater industry.
He moved back home to Alexandria where he started “bradley robert jensen custom garments and alterations,” designing and shipping custom clothing and alterations to people near and far. As a Christian artist, Jensen said he feels the constant need to do more and better work both for the sake of creation and for the sake of offering gifts back to the original Creator. This need led to the inception of “dichotomy,” a fashion collection that was born of the many dichotomies felt by Jensen in this season of life: “history and future, dark and light, modesty