Monday, July 6, 2015
I had no idea what I was getting into when I started to work on straight on til moUrning. Tori [Bertocci] and I met a month after last year’s Fringe festival had ended and we thought "…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:01AM[SHARE]The Memorial to Japanese American Patriotism in World War II sits quietly in the shadow of our lawmakers in Senate Park. In its center is a sculpture of two Japanese cranes caught in barbed …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:57AM[SHARE]Friday, July 3, 2015
For the performer, stand-up comedy is a really weird experience. It’s not like going into your day job, where you know how many steps there are between the parking lot and your des…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:32AM[SHARE]When I first read the scene in Shakespeare's The Life and Death of King John in which the prince tries to save himself by crawling out a tower window to disastrous results, I had to start ov…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:32AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 2, 2015
– Solo performer Max Gahgoub responds to some questions from DC Theatre Scene. – Tell us about the moment where you said to yourself: “I just have to do this!” I r…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:45AM[SHARE]When We Grow Up hasn't always been the interactive, game-like theatre experience we know it as today. It started out as a single idea. At a Critical Point Theatre ensemble meeting, Matthew S…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:44AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 1, 2015
“Most women have a strong desire to be fully expressed, free, to totally be themselves and share their voice/vision with the world. AND most women also have this overwhelming urge to b…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:26AM[SHARE]My co-executive producer at Dodgeball Theatre, Sally Cusenza, and I have been obsessed for YEARS with the whole Alice in Wonderland story. Developing it into a piece of theatre has been a lo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:36AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 30, 2015
I was standing in my kitchen with a baby on my hip, and a toddler on the floor, making brownies, as I watched the Twin Towers fall. I felt sick. But that's not the moment I decided to do thi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:46AM[SHARE]Subtitle: How to Write, Direct and Produce a New Musical by the Writer, Director and Producer of “How to Quit Your Day Job” Step 1) Don’t. It’s too much work.Â…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:46AM[SHARE]Monday, June 29, 2015
Playwright Stephen Spotswood give you a peek backstage at a fading burlesque house. ———————— "Yeah, I think all of this can be represented in …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:13AM[SHARE]When I asked Alexandra Petri if she had any plays in the works that I might want to direct in the Capital Fringe Festival, one of the stories she mentioned was especially intriguing. This st…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:12AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 27, 2015
My play, Ripple of Hope: One Teacher's Journey to Make an Impact, is a comedic one-woman show that explores public education issues through my personal experiences as a drama teacher in some…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:10AM[SHARE]When President Obama was elected in 2008, the Washington Post ran a story on the front page a few days later about Eugene Allen, who was a former maitre d' at the White House. Â I had work…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:10AM[SHARE]Friday, June 26, 2015
Beyond the "Girlfriend" with Megan Dominy and Mimsi Janis WARNING: when you see The Wedding Party at Fringe, you will be witnessing a true(ish) story based on real people and real events. Na…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:56AM[SHARE]Ruthie Rado and Pocket Change Theatre Company shares their recipe for Fringe success. Recipe by Pocket Change Theatre Company . Serves hundreds Ingredients: 1 cup of imagination A sprig of s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 25, 2015
I was sitting in a park twenty-five years ago watching my kids on the playground when a gentleman sat down next to me. I didn't really notice him; in fact, I don't even think I said hi to hi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:24AM[SHARE]Responding to a few questions from DCTS, Meshaun Labrone talks about his Capital Fringe piece which talks back to some of the most important issues facing America today. Tell us about the…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Fushion Dance has created a video to express the origin and intent of their Capital Fringe piece, Purge. Candra Preshong, Artistic Director of fusiondance | IMPACT DANCE, began h…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:51AM[SHARE]BrouHaHa arose out of our ensemble's desire to make a six person "clown" piece that would be superbly tourable. No set. One costume and one suitcase per performer. This summer is Fringe's 10…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:38AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 23, 2015
What's so funny about losing control of your life? Well, not much, except somehow a major element in Salvation Road turned out to be humor. It just came out that way. Salvation Road is the s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:28AM[SHARE]Monday, June 22, 2015
I'm Eddie. Eddie Lounge. And I'm a lounge singer. I had been a retired lounge singer. No longer. Now, I'm back at the Fringe, baby, and I couldn't be happier. Capital Fringe has been good to…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:15AM[SHARE]Friday, April 10, 2015
No one ever built a statue to a critic, it was once famously said, but in 2013 two critics received OBE's in the Queen's New Year's Honours list. Michael Billington and Philip French, theatr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:02AM[SHARE]Monday, March 2, 2015
On a cool April evening in 1996, a professional production of the musical Lady In the Dark lit up a darkened theater and thrilled audiences for the first time since the show's 1941 run. That…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:40AM[SHARE]Friday, February 27, 2015
"It was a Tuesday night, our second full read thru, and we were at [producer] Aubri O'Connor's house," recalls Angela Kay Pirko, director of NuSass Productions' spring show, Tony Kushner's A…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:37AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 4, 2015
LOUISE: I’m writing a book, you know. I’ve nearly finished. Self-help. A loser’s handbook. It’s dreadfully down-market, I’m afraid, but that’s where the m…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:11AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 7, 2015
I want to thank my friends and colleagues for their vigorous advocacy of non-Equity theatre makers " performers, producers, or both " during the discussion of theatreWashington’s new m…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Currently in the United States there is a great debate over what constitutes minimum wage. Why should the Washington Theatre Community be any different? Many of us are working hard contactin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:34AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 23, 2014
I am a professional actor in favor of wage increases for artists, and I am at a crossroads. I believe many people in our theatre community are. It has been a tumultuous week that has brought…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:59AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 21, 2014
There's a huge takeaway for small theatre companies in DC following the revised Helen Hayes eligibility requirements and the removal of Ari Roth from Theater J: In DC, at least, theatre is f…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:26AM[SHARE]Friday, October 24, 2014
A recent, oft-cited study from the National Endowment from the Arts showed that there has been a steep decline in theatre attendance. I’m not certain where that ranks among issues such…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:46AM[SHARE] 
