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Thursday, April 14, 2022

At Traveling Players, teen actors find pandemic relief in ancient Greeks by Guest Author

By trusting their castmates and an ancient story, students took a leap of faith, channeled their grief, and began to heal.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:23PM
Monday, April 4, 2022

In Memorium: Director and Theater Supporter Zina Theresa Bleck by Guest Author

Bleck passed away at the age of 60. Her loss is deeply felt by the Virginia theater community where she worked as a theater advocate, director, and founder of Zemfira Stage.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:43AM
Thursday, March 24, 2022

Fauquier Community Theatre’s ‘Noises Off’ has spot-on comic timing by Guest Author

Never discount how world-class community theater can be when done correctly.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:06PM

How Ukrainian playwrights are responding to the theater of war by Guest Author

More than three dozen dramatists in an international initiative are bearing witness to the horrors of Putin’s war on Ukraine.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:24AM
Friday, March 18, 2022

Fauquier Community Theatre’s stage adaptation of ‘Shoah’ — lest we forget by Guest Author

A world premiere Holocaust documentary based on interviews with survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:36PM
Monday, March 7, 2022

A sit-down with Peter Harrold, director of ‘The Audience’ for British Players by Guest Author

First written for Helen Mirren, the play about Queen Elizabeth II's meetings with her Prime Ministers will open during the Queen's 70th year on the throne.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:33PM
Friday, January 21, 2022

On directing ‘Bad Seed,’ a thriller about an evil child, at Rockville Little Theatre by Guest Author

Director Pauline Griller-Mitchell: ‘It’s been interesting to see how many children start off as bullies and turn into serial killers.’

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:05PM
Tuesday, December 7, 2021

‘Fires in the Mirror’ still burns at Baltimore Center Stage by Guest Author

Even though 30 years have passed, the tragic stories told in Anna Deavere Smith's powerful play could be headlines today.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:02PM
Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Finegan Kruckemeyer on his magical ‘Man Covets Bird’ at Spooky Action by Guest Author

A man awakens as a stranger, finds a bird companion, and embarks on a fantastical quest of self-discovery...

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:34PM
Friday, November 12, 2021

Two women dress down ‘Five Women Wearing the Same Dress’ by Guest Author

The comedy now running at Dominion Stage gets a critical look by its director and a cast member.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:15AM
Tuesday, August 3, 2021

It’s time to say ‘No shot, no show,’ by Stephen Beaudoin by Guest Author

The executive director of The Washington Chorus calls on DC Metro performing arts organizations to make a vaccination policy rooted in respect.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:32AM
Friday, July 30, 2021

Theatre Review: ‘A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction’ presented by Baltimore Center Stage by Guest Author

As spring 2021 turned to summer, several of the Baltimore area theater companies had already returned to in-person performance while others were soon to follow, many taking advantage of thei…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:31AM
Monday, June 28, 2021

David Strathairn to star at STC as resistance fighter Jan Karski by Guest Author

A masterful solo performance about the man who tried to warn the Oval Office of the Holocaust.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:01PM
Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Producing on stage for the small screen: How Round House did it by Guest Author

Behind the scenes with the creative team at a theater-turned-soundstage as it wraps its first virtual season.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:23AM
Friday, April 16, 2021

A powerful theater of witness marks Emancipation Day in ‘Here I Am’ by Guest Author

By Susan Galbreath Many of us have been asking, “What will our theaters look like when our community returns to a post-pandemic ‘normal’?” Mélisande Short-Colomb and her collaborato…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:35AM
Thursday, March 25, 2021

NEWS: Online TU festival of new works by student and guest playwrights examines ‘what comes next’ by Guest Author

  By Rebecca KirkmanTU Department of Theatre Arts Productions presents a collection of eight plays through March 27 What world do we want to create? How do we take the next steps together? …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:01AM
Tuesday, March 23, 2021

News: Everyman Theatre Announces Updated Slate for Balance of the 2020/21 Season by Guest Author

In-Person and Streaming Plays, Spring Fundraiser, Schedule Updates, + Summer Play-Reading Series All Ahead Baltimore – After delivering on the promise of rehearsing, filming, and streaming…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:59PM
Saturday, March 13, 2021

Tom Barylski on directing female-centric and gay fantasy ‘She Kills Monsters’ by Guest Author

By Laura W. Andruski, theater program coordinator, The Arts Barn The Montgomery Playhouse in cooperation with Arts on the Green is presenting a virtual performance of She Kills Monsters by …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:15PM
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

‘A Quick 5:’ Tom Barylski, ‘She Kills Monsters’ Director at The Montgomery Playhouse by Guest Author

This March, The Montgomery Playhouse, in cooperation with Arts on the Green, will present a virtual performance of “She Kills Monsters” by Qui Nguyen, from the City of Gaithersburg’s A…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:53AM
Monday, March 8, 2021

‘Broadway Princess Party’ cast shares the joy and magic behind the show by Guest Author

By Kirstin Franko (guest author) and David Siegel Nothing can stop the Broadway Princess Party with its celebration of empowerment for who you are or want to be. It’s a performance that ai…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:28PM
Friday, February 12, 2021

‘A Quick 5’ with Miriam Bowden, Carrie Edick, Zenia McPherson, and Robert Smith of ‘The Mountaintop’ by Guest Author

To kick off 2021, Rockville Little Theatre, in cooperation with Arts on the Green, will present a live-streamed, virtual performance of “The Mountaintop” by Katori Hall from the City of …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:43PM
Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Three views from ‘The Mountaintop,’ streaming live from the Arts Barn by Guest Author

By Laura W. Andruski, theater program coordinator, The Arts Barn Rockville Little Theatre in cooperation with Arts on the Green will a livestream The Mountaintop, Katori Hall’s gripping re…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:04PM
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Ditch the “Is this theater?” debate, by Jordan Friend and Gregory Keng Strasser by Guest Author

Gregory Keng Strasser (producing director): Hey, Jordan. Jordan Friend (artistic director): Hey, Greg. I guess we have to pretend like we don’t talk to each other every day. Greg: So. 4615…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:44PM
Friday, January 1, 2021

The time Booker T. Washington dined at the White House and the nation went nuts by Guest Author

By Roslyn “Roz” Ward  During quarantine, the biggest loss is the people. The feeling and energy that one gets from a live audience cannot be replicated virtually. Torn—a play written …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:03PM
Sunday, December 27, 2020

A tribute to Lorraine Treanor, Washington theater’s booster-in-chief by Guest Author

By Susan Galbraith In June 2005 Lorraine Treanor, a relatively new theater-maker transplant from Chicago, who had followed her husband’s work to settle in the Greater Washington area, join…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:06AM
Friday, December 11, 2020

Using Zoom in a new way to create theater that transforms how we see by Guest Author

By Neal Davidson “Dramatic Betweenness”: A new theatrical experience  Here’s an incredibly simple idea: a play written and performed as a video call. Nothing more. Not a streamed live…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:04PM
Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Elegies for empty stages, by Whitney White and Psalmayene 24 by Guest Author

Remembering The Amen Corner at Shakespeare Theatre Company By Whitney White with Daniel Soule Working on James Baldwin’s The Amen Corner was one of the most fulfilling artistic experienc…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:44AM
Thursday, November 5, 2020

How the Kennedy Center is keeping live performance alive (cautiously) by Guest Author

Text and photos by Olivia Hampton About a month into the pandemic, Kris Funn was practicing his double bass “out of control,” with far more time on his hands than usual. Then, as reality…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:28PM
Monday, September 28, 2020

I have never been comfortable in theater, by Artemis Montague by Guest Author

I have never been comfortable in theater. Not safe. Not “safer.” Just completely unwelcomed. We are in a global pandemic. There is movement building on the ground and online that no one …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:23PM
Saturday, September 19, 2020

Remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, by Edward Gero by Guest Author

She was a giant. Borrowing from what was said at Lincoln’s passing, “Now, [s]he belongs to the ages.” Along with her victories for women and equality, Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be remem…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:54AM
Sunday, August 30, 2020

“What this March means to me at this moment in America” by Guest Author

Studio Theatre commissioned seven Black artists who have appeared on its stages to create artistic responses to their experience at the Commitment March on Washington, August 28, 2020. They …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:30PM

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