Thursday, November 19, 2020
The DC Theatre Community has been undergoing much transformation throughout the pandemic, beginning with the removal of powerful white men in positions of power. (The Washington Post even re…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:18PMTuesday, November 17, 2020
At its heart, Trans Am is an autobiographical ode in the style of a rock opera, that draws inspiration from the folk-rock like stereotype of the singer-storyteller. Lisa Stephen Friday, in h…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:32PMTuesday, August 4, 2020
On Wednesday, August 5th at 8pm, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, will livestream “Black Trans Women at the Center: An Evening of Short Plays”. The three new works will be: Sunshine b…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:42PMMonday, July 20, 2020
On Thursday, July 16, seven gender diverse artists and leaders in our theatre community gathered for a Roundtable to talk about the barriers that Black women, femmes, and nonbinary folx face…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:12PMThursday, July 16, 2020
Tonight, DC Theatre Scene holds its first live streamed event, starting at 7pm, on the DCTS Facebook page. The last few months have been hard in the theatre community, with many reckonings a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:54AMMonday, April 20, 2020
Our unsung heroes, the people who keep everything running. The folks who are more on top of their game than any theatre artist you’ll ever meet: Stage Managers. Stage Managers are the spin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:32PMMonday, April 6, 2020
No doubt many of the playwrights in our community are feeling the sudden pressure to write and create during time of self-containment. So often we writers use “No Time” as an excuse, and…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:48PMWednesday, March 25, 2020
The damage that the current pandemic has had on theatre artists is nigh unfathomable. The very artform relies on gatherings, and the presence of others. No theatre has gone unaffected, and t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:18PMTuesday, December 10, 2019
For LGBTQ+ audiences, the story of BARE is a tale as old as time: Two young men share a forbidden romance. BARE takes the story and places it in a Catholic Boarding school, amidst a throng o…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:32AMTuesday, December 3, 2019
Gregory Keng Strasser first popped onto my radar when I met him while auditioning for 410[GONE] at Rorshach Theatre. At the time, I thought it quite an anomaly, as there were almost painfull…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:03PMTuesday, June 4, 2019
Dane Figueroa Edidi: “To be Black, and a woman and trans means each time someone experiences you or your work there is a shift that has to happen in others for them to even begin to lean i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:42AMTuesday, May 14, 2019
Who doesn’t love #dramaprom? On Monday, May 13th, your local favorite theatre makers decked themselves out to the nines and trekked on down to The Anthem at the Wharf to celebrate and reli…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:33PMThursday, February 7, 2019
The DC Area’s artistic community has seen the rise and fall of many theatre companies. As the cost of space rentals in DC increase, we see fewer and fewer performing spaces for theatres wi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:06PMTuesday, November 6, 2018
One of my favorite things about any We Happy Few production is the vigor and joy with which the performers throw themselves into the work. The story, like Bram Stoker’s original Dracula, i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:24PMFriday, September 28, 2018
Recently, Shakespeare Theatre Company announced the results of their exhaustive search for for an artistic director to replace Michael Kahn: the young British director Simon Godwin. Naturall…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:12AMTuesday, September 18, 2018
Mona Golabek has adapted The Pianist of Willesden Lane from her book The Children of Willesden Lane, written with Lee Cohen and performs it alone on stage. Golabek’s presence as she recal…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:33PMFriday, August 31, 2018
“The closet” symbolizes an important moment for many LGBTQ+ folks. It has myriad meanings and significance to the members of the community. Playwright Sigmund Fuchs, through In the Close…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:12PMFriday, August 24, 2018
One of the great perks of being in the theatre community is getting little sneak peaks at your friends’ shows. When you meet for drinks or run into one another at various places around the…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:54PMMonday, August 20, 2018
Productions that are the most fun ask their audiences to buckle up, embrace the madness, and hang on for a wild ride. Pointless Theatre has such a carnival of entertainment in their latest o…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:42PMThursday, July 26, 2018
I think there are few earthly pleasures quite like sitting in a restaurant with a fantastic cup of coffee, discussing theatre with intelligent and driven professionals. Jordan Friend, Artist…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:06AMMonday, June 25, 2018
To put on a sweeping adaptation of the epic story of Peter Pan takes some faith, trust, and a little bit of pixie dust. Adventure Theatre in Tinker Bell, adds just the right touches of theat…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:36PMWednesday, June 20, 2018
The Rainbow Flags are everywhere. Those who shackle themselves to the binary are besieged by the onslaught of colour. Debates rage about why there can’t be a “straight pride parade”, o…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:42AMMonday, June 11, 2018
When thinking of Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA), we’d be forgiven for thinking of beloved children’s fables, or charming musicals with lessons to be learned. Oftentimes the messag…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:32PMWednesday, May 9, 2018
When Rite of Spring first premiered in Paris in 1913, the music and the dance proved so…strange and bizarre that it allegedly sparked a riot, resulting in 40 people being removed or ar…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:42AMMonday, May 7, 2018
Constellation is back again with some of its finest signature work, with sweeping, epic tales told with large casts and innovative theatrical magic, and beautiful production value. I’ve se…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:18AMFriday, April 20, 2018
It takes a bold soul to approach the works of Igor Stravinsky. Only the most adventurous and sometimes reckless musicians approach pieces like Rite of Spring, taking on the intense difficult…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:48PMWednesday, April 11, 2018
JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series, which has had a profound effect on many people including me (see Background below), can only be called a cultural phenomenon of titanic proportions.The tw…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:14AMFriday, March 23, 2018
Many times theatres have faced crises, and, like the plucky heroes of movies, their workers band together to overcome the obstacles. The solutions may not always be pleasant. The answers may…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:40AMWednesday, February 21, 2018
The theatre can be a messy place, and often this is most evident in the rehearsal process. Violence and intimacy scenes stand as two of the more interesting challenges. How do we display vi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:34AMWednesday, January 31, 2018
The future is female. The future is non-binary. The future is genderqueer. The future is trans. The future is queer. But before we reach the future, and while we strive in the present, it i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:20PMMonday, January 29, 2018
When the physical and sexual abuse at Chicago’s Profiles Theatre was brought to light, the theatre communities of America buzzed about. Here in DC, it shocked some , but for others, …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:10AM 
