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 10:46AMA new feature documentary called Corpus Christi: Playing With Redemption follows a troupe of actors on a five-year journey performing Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi—which notoriously …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:37AMI make theatre and I like to sail. My theatrical vocation and my nautical hobby permit me to observe that America’s distorted version of theatre exactly parallels its distorted vision of l…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:42PMAt home I have a souvenir program from the 1968 tour of I Do! I Do!. In Rochester, New York, that year, my parents saw Broadway greats Robert Preston and Mary Martin in Tom Jones’and Harve…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:50AMCeaseless motion, vibrant energy, rampant silliness, and one superb voice among many good ones. These are the substantial merits of the Toby’s Dinner Theatre production of the Gilbert and …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:13AMIn Medea’s Got Some Issues – written by Emilio Williams and produced by No Rules Theatre Company – Lisa Hodsoll takes on seven roles in an acting tour de force that combines hu…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:59PMThe Fever was written and first performed by Wallace Shawn. (probably most recognized for his role as Vizzini in The Princess Bride; you know, the gnomey guy who said “inconceivable&#…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:42PMLove. Beer. Death. In our production of R+J: Star-Cross’d Death-Match (R+J), we promise plenty of all three. And really, what more could you ask for at a Capitol Fringe Festival production…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:11AMHaving the distinct pleasure of sharing the company of the most distinguished Sebastian Martin over the years in leisurely moments as he dutifully tended to his garden, from time to time, a …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:09AMSo what is Ligature Marks, exactly? What will you experience if you set aside 70 minutes amid your busy Fringe schedule to come see it? Well, it’s a bit tricky to explain without giving to…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:10AMSize Doesn’t Matter – 7 Shorts by DC Playwrights was born out of a brainstorming session of members of Fully Charged Productions – which is a producing organization formed by alumni of…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:21AMIn the midst of The Summit ‘pipeline’ dialogue, the upcoming Women’s Voices Festival, The Kilroy’s “The List”, and #YesAllWomen, there is a need for clarity and direction. In our…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:11AMAt one point during Election, the students who are running for class president are asked a simple question: “Why are you running?” Their answers are as diverse as you’d exp…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:45AMEveryone knows “The Star-Spangled Banner”. And, of course, everyone knows our country’s national anthem was written by a man named Francis Scott Key. But that is pretty much the extent…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:40AMThese are excerpts from an interview with some of the cast and crew of the upcoming Capital Fringe show Everything I Do, a musical loosely adapted from Shaw’s Man and Superman. [Everything…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:19AMBy guest writers Taylor Rascher (director) and W.R. Heispascher (playwright) Heispascher: The play’s genesis began with a single charge: to analyze the role that relationships play in …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:29AMSex, drugs, jazz – you know, the classic ghost story. So reads the tagline for Nu Sass Productions’ 2014 Fringe show, Stone Tape Party. The play is making its world debut at DC’s summe…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:41AM- An interview with Faith Hayden and Kendra Keller, co-founders of Leopard Print Productions Tell us about the moment where you said to yourself: “I just have to do this!” Hayden…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:46AMWe’re a fairly new company, and we were looking for new and unknown work to produce for the Capital Fringe Festival (also a first for us). But behold, the face of a Chesapeake Bay Retrieve…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:10PMThis Gonna Be on the Test, Miss? is a solo show that has been 20 years in the making. Twenty years ago I detoured from acting into academia. I became so frustrated trying to explain what I t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:20PMA few years ago I took a semester to study abroad in Spain. On returning, I realized that my circles of friends at school had found other friends and created new worlds that no longer incl…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:09AMWe all have one. That friend that you share WAY too much information with. That friend that you say the most embarrassing things to and know, secretly, they are thinking the same thing too. …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:53AMTom is in love with Alice, who loves him too. But nothing is easy: they are young; they have parents and teachers… They are teenagers, obviously full of questions and pains. Fortunately, t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:44AMIsis and Vesco Investigate the Curious Death of Dr. Freud mixes it all up –genres (thriller, myth, and classical theater), collaborators (producer Catherine Aselford , director Carl Br…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:38AMIt seems, given recent events surrounding the Tony Awards, that there is some heavy doubt and speculation as to what a Sound Designer does, what a good Sound Design accomplishes, what role a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:05AMWhen my wife and I came up with the idea of Perfect Liars Club more than a year ago, we had no idea it would turn into such a phenomenon. We’d recently moved from London, UK to Washington …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:21AMWill Work For is a fearless, farcical wake0up call. It’s a rollercoaster ride through the dangers of today’s job market: dodging booby-trapped interviews, facing demons of employment…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:07PMSee/Saw Theatre Co presents What Would Tina and Amy Do? by Larissa Kruesi and Mikaela Saccoccio – a new play about friendship, love, and getting stuff done. Friendships are an importan…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:39AMA Hill intern. An unemployed Georgetown law grad. A returned Peace Corps volunteer. And a Rhodes Scholar. Together they live in a shared house in a transition neighborhood and each day they …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:05AMInfinite Jest co-founder Bill Gordon loves, loves, loves nostalgia. Nostalgia for a 1970s romantic comedy anthology series inspired Infinite Jest’s entry into the 2014 Capital Fringe Festi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:14AM– a guest article written by Fringe artist Andrew Potter – The Road to High Street is the live, multi-media, musical, storytelling performance of my days as a guitar-playing, uni…
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