2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘To Know a Veil’ by Emma Crane Jaster by Guest Author

I was first inspired to create To Know a Veil while traveling in Morocco a couple years ago. It was my first time in a predominantly Muslim country. As a Western woman, raised in America by …

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘La Voce to Me’ by Christin Green by Guest Author

La Voce to Me is a powerful original play about love, sacrifice, death, and rebirth. And believe it or not, it all started with a mermaid. “Since I was a child, I loved the story of The Li…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘Misconception: The Lost Gospel of Christmas’ by Mark Swanson by Guest Author

Did you ever hear the one about a cast of 25 actors from the Deep South traveling to Washington, DC to ask the Virgin Mary “Who’s Your Baby Daddy?” I can assure you this is…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘Misconception: The Lost Gospel of Christmas’ by Mark Swanson by Guest Author

Preview of Conor McPherson’s “The Birds” at Quotidian Theatre Company by Steve LaRocque by Guest Author

Do you have your tide tables? You know: those listings that tell you high tide, low tide, water height, etc. Every newspaper from a city that’s remotely close to water has them, but, u…

Wildwood Summer Theatre Presents ‘A Chorus Line’ July 19-27th by Rocky Nunzio by Guest Author

Dancers sway, a director gives instructions, the music director gives careful notes. It is a typical day of rehearsals for Wildwood Summer Theatre, but there is something special about this …

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview ‘Urban Legends’ by Cynthia Mullins by Guest Author

Remember those stories told as children or recounted tales whispered around a campfire? Beyond the Page Theatre Company of West Potomac High School proudly presents Urban Legends, a student …

2013 Capital Fringe Preview: ‘Detective Pimbley and the Case of the Rich Dead Lady’ by Ann Fraistat by Guest Author

It was a dark and stormy night, and a wealthy heiress lay dead on top of a parked car. After being shot, poisoned, crucified, and hurled out a window, Madge Silver left behind a massive inhe…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘The Black-Jew Dialogues’ by Larry J. Tish by Guest Author

What’s so funny about two American minorities that have slavery, the KKK, and chicken livers in common? That’s what you’ll find out in this extraordinary two-actor play on …

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘Disco Jesus and the Apostles of Funk’ by Vaughn Irving by Guest Author

Who’s the only son of God who really knows how to get it on? It’s Jesus…Disco Jesus. There is no energy in the world quite like a live funk band. You don’t even have to enjoy funk mu…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘Tragedy Averted’ by Alexandra Petri by Guest Author

If there’s one thing we know about the Tragedies of William Shakespeare (regardless of authorship, date, and a heck of a lot of other stuff) it’s that they, well, tend to end on a sour…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘Nephrectomy’ by Elizabeth Hagerty by Guest Author

The life of a twenty-something: young enough to make mistakes, but old enough you should’ve know better. Utter confusion at the label ‘adult’. This frustration lead to both…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘Recovery’ Part 2: by Michael R. Burgtorf by Guest Author

Cancer is never something that one would expect to find hope out of. However, hope out of the hardest times is precisely what is examined in Mark Jason Williams Recovery, which opens at the…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘Kids in Space’ by Matt Fox by Guest Author

Join the Global Interplanetary Space Corps.  See the Solar System.  Captain Blappten and First Mate Kate want YOU to join their crew. See the Earth shrink to the size of a tennis ball as y…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘What in the Box?!’ by Justin Purvis by Guest Author

Pride. Wrath. Lust. Greed. What do these things have in common, other than being on Rock Tender’s ‘things about me that the ladies love’ list? They are sins, and more specifically som…

2013 Capital Show Fringe Preview: ‘WIGGERLOVER’ by James Anthony Zoccoli by Guest Author

WIGGERLOVER [whiteboy+blackdad=greyareas] writer+performer=jamesanthonyzoccoli deejay+sounddesign=djgregormortis lights+slides=elizabethboros-kazai Where did the term “Caucasian” origina…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘Kubrilesque’ by Crystal Swarovski (Director) by Guest Author

Kubrilesque is a chronological parody of the films of Stanley Kubrick, told through burlesque and comedy. Each piece fits together into a cohesive story of a man making his final film. There…

Rep Stage Names Suzanne E. Beal and Joseph W. Ritsch as New Co-Producing Artistic Directors by Mike Scrivener by Guest Author

Suzanne E. Beal and Joseph W. Ritsch Named New Co-Producing Artistic Directors of Rep Stage A past vice president of Frederick Community College and the associate artistic director of Baltim…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs: The Musical’ by Meghan Long, Producer by Guest Author

Do you ever wonder where your sh%t comes from?   Those in the theatre community are no stranger to Mike Daisey and his work. His engaging and epic work has spanned a vast array of topics &#…

2013 Capital Fringe Preview: ‘Thank You for Staring’ by Patrice Gerideau by Guest Author

You are so Ugly… Can you imagine hearing those words everyday of your life?  I can. In my twenties, I developed a skin condition, vitiligo, which caused me to lose pigment on the right si…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘How to Have it All: The Musical ’ by Jessica North Macie by Guest Author

Alumni of the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts return to the Fringe stage for the fifth straight year, now with a new company name and a brand new musical. Fully Charged Productions de…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘heady collectables’ by Nicole A. Martinell by Guest Author

heady collectables is sure to thrill this year’s Capital Fringe goers, as zany dancers bob, float and dart about the stage. This clever representation of American ‘head-slang’ is a fun…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by Kiersten Dittrich by Guest Author

This year, We Happy Few Productions tackles the perennially-staged ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare at the Capital Fringe Festival. In 2013, which seems like the year of ROMEO AND JUL…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘Godiva Dates & One Night Stands’ by Matthew Ripa by Guest Author

DOORWAY ARTS ENSEMBLE AND REGIE CABICO PREMIERE HIS NEW SOLO SHOW: GODIVA DATES & ONE NIGHT STANDS AT CAPITAL FRINGE FESTIVAL Godiva Dates & One Night Stands is a tour de force of po…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview ‘Impossible to Translate But I’ll Try – True-Life Israeli Stories’ by Noa Baum by Guest Author

Acclaimed Storyteller Noa Baum shares delicious Israeli stories never seen on the news, in her Capital Fringe debut of: Impossible to Translate But I’ll Try – True-Life Israeli Stories. …

2013 Capital Fringe Festival Show Preview: ‘The Young Wife’ by K. Brochocka by Guest Author

A rare one-woman opera crosses the Atlantic Not yet twenty years old, a sheltered girl named Gabriela was forced to marry a greedy lieutenant who only valued her for her dowry. She was miser…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘Tell-Tale’ by Grain of Sand Theatre by Guest Author

How do you put something back together? How do you keep it from falling apart?  How do you stand up out of bed if your bed is the wall and you’re already standing?  These are some of the…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘Crime Buster Blast-Off 3000′ by The Bradford Güild by Guest Author

The following poem was written by Musical Director Ian McDermott, in the year 1999. It is the basis for the entire production. He was nine years old* when he wrote it. What will the new Mill…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘Four Women’ by Clarissa McKithen by Guest Author

Four Women is not a performance, but a journey. Not a performance, but an experience into the multiple dimensions of black womanhood. This production was inspired by Nina Simone’s song wit…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview: ‘Waiting for Orson’ by Ian Leahy by Guest Author

“His name… He said he wants me to call him Orson. He won’t look like an alien. He said he’d try and find a person’s body willing to let him overtake it for a li…

2013 Capital Fringe Show Preview ‘Polaroid Stories’ by Lauren R. Alexander by Guest Author

A fucked up love story for a Fringe Festival premiere. After a wildly successful production of Naomi Iizuka’s Polaroid Stories at American University in November 2012, Blind Pug Arts Colle…