Written by Laura Maria Censabella, the play is inspired by Irene Pepperberg, who taught an African grey parrot named Alex to communicate and solve problems for more than 30 years. Theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair says the journey is "smartly captured" onstage.
Alex has the kind of qualities you look for in a protagonist. He’s emotionally complex, with a vivid and outsized personality that charges up the atmosphere whenever he’s on the scene. He’s also a parrot.
‘Very difficult’ to prevail under statute A federal Bankruptcy Court judge has ruled that a Chapter 7 debtor with $200,000 in student debt and no realistic ability to repay any significant portion under her present circumstances was not entitled to an undue hardship discharge under §523(a)(8) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The debtor,