Monday, 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 11:10AMFriday, January 19, 2018
I typically like to think of myself as someone well informed about the world of DC’s Indie Theatre Community, so it came as a shock to me that I’d completely missed the formation of Peri…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:00PMWednesday, January 17, 2018
Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth serves as a mammoth of a play, covering time between the ice age to the post-apocalyptic future. Creating this hilarious, poignant, and heart-warmin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:28AMTuesday, January 16, 2018
After reviewing statistic after statistic about gender parity in the fields of playwriting and directing, I’m excited for the second Women’s Voices Theater Festival. Queens Girl in Afri…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:24AMTuesday, December 19, 2017
Right now, the whole city of DC seems twinkling. Covers of traditional Christmas music resound everywhere you go. It gets cold. It gets dark early. People combat seasonal depression with cop…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:48PMThursday, November 30, 2017
The State begins with utmost silence. As soon as the lights dim, we obediently silence ourselves, waiting for the pivotal moment to mark the beginning of the show. Yet, we’re greeted with …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:48AMMonday, November 27, 2017
Hello DC Theatre Fam, As we head into the holiday season, there are quite a good number of offerings from now until New Years Eve. Not to be overlooked are a few one man plays floating about…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:54PMTuesday, October 31, 2017
Hi Theatre Fam! Jon Jon here! I got a chance to correspond with some of the wonderful folks at Imagination Stage, who are gearing up to open E B White’s classic Charlotte’s Web. Even tho…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:33AMFriday, October 27, 2017
From its roots in ancient Greek culture, the story of Electra has withstood the ravages of time. Electra, herself, stands as a bloodstained woman, something of a patron saint of revenge. A…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:36AMFriday, October 20, 2017
Jon Jon Johnson is getting ready for the closing performance of Tarot Reading III on October 22, created by The Tarot Reading and based on the ancient Tarot cards. It’s a unique exper…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:06AMFriday, October 6, 2017
“…It may strike you more like a high mass to low instincts … the characters are all id; desperately (and fueled by cocaine and bathtub gin) hoping to express their secret selves, a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:24PMThursday, September 28, 2017
“Every character in the Forum production was invented in rehearsal. We worked on how many characters should be in each scene (where not specified), who the characters are, what is thei…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:54AMWednesday, September 27, 2017
Hey, DC theatre fam, Jon Jon here, with an interview from some key players in I KILLED MY MOTHER by Andras Visky closing this weekend at Spooky Action Theater. I took some time to speak wit…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:36PMThursday, July 20, 2017
Jon Johnson here, managing to score an interview with the director of Shakespeare in the Pub’s “Fringe” offering – Titus Andronicus, as well as the head honcho of the company its…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:12PMWednesday, July 12, 2017
Mia Amado, producer and director of Echoes, brings this piece about love and mental illness to the Eastman Theatre at Gallaudet. Echoes is by no means an easy play, in terms of execution an…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:12AMSaturday, July 8, 2017
Abortion Road Trip tells the story of three women in a cab headed to New Mexico from Texas for an abortion. In this reviewer’s experience, shows covering the oh-so-taboo topic tend to be h…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:54AMThursday, July 14, 2016
Every year we are inundated with Shakespeare adaptations. DC is a city that loves Shakespeare. When companies choose to stage a modern adaptation of one of the Bard’s works, they often app…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:43PMMonday, July 11, 2016
Alric Davis has penned a really remarkable play, and I’m so honored to have gotten a chance to witness this work at the Capital Fringe Festival. We open with Chamuel (Austin Farrow) and hi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:09PMSunday, July 10, 2016
Ten Principles )’( stands as one of the more unique offerings at Fringe. Rather than a polished production, it’s more just a gathering of friends all belonging to the same communi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:51PM We live in an ever shifting world, with things once considered “oddity” suddenly constituting “normality”. It’s the very change that we see permeating our “big topic” di…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:18PMSaturday, July 9, 2016
Coping will emotionally devastate you in all the best ways. It takes a rare production to reach deep into your chest and punch you repeatedly in your emotions, lift you up with laughter, the…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:56PMFriday, July 8, 2016
The Greatest Science Fiction Show (No One’s Ever Seen) provides no shortage of giggles, paired with some heartwarming moments. Part love letter to a old-school science fiction, part middle…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:51AMMonday, November 11, 2013
(This post is a part of the Diversity & Inclusion blog salon led by Online Curator Jacqueline E. Lawton for the 2013 TCG National Conference: Learn Do Teach in Dallas. Check out fu…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 04:41PMMonday, July 22, 2013
Rarely does a show capture my rapt attention from its very first moment. Click for tickets to A Day in the Life of Miss Hiccup Yanomi had me wrapped around her brightly-coloured pinky…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:06AMSaturday, July 20, 2013
YOU GUYS! THERE’S MATH HAPPENING! Patterns: A Numbers and Symbols Show, begins inconspicuously. The lights dim, and a man started talking. I thought he was a person rushing to get to h…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:02AMWednesday, July 17, 2013
Before me stood a human being. I remember thinking this several times throughout the show as a positive reminder. So rarely are we captured by the basic humanity of our performers. Noa Baum,…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:06AMTuesday, July 16, 2013
Finding a balance between grit and eloquence is hard. Finding a balance between the down to earth reality and the dreamy other-worldliness of art is just as difficult. Unstrung Harpist tackl…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:52AM 
