Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Continuing its experiment with social media engagement through Tweet Ups, Woolly Mammoth is inviting ten participants to tweet the final dress rehearsal for their next production, a play wh…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:39PMMonday, May 14, 2012
Last year, he won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Choreography for Oklahoma! He’s Parker Esse, and he’s back at Arena Stage creating dance moves for The Music Man. Parker E…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:33AMWednesday, May 9, 2012
“The DC Queer Theatre Festival unleashes and celebrates the underrepresented voices and diversity of our artists, audiences, and community.” So say the organizers of Queer Festiv…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:37AMThe Alliance Francaise de Washington, D.C. presents Urban Corps May 17 – 25 throughout DC. Hip-Hop is an international phenomenon, and Alliance Francaise is bringing together hip-h…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:51AMTuesday, May 8, 2012
Interested in what goes on in the mind of a Broadway actor? Here’s your chance for a sneak peak at the inner workings of theatrical performance—how an actor goes from good to great. Broo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:52AMThursday, May 3, 2012
Arlington’s movement-based Synetic Theater, firmly rooted in their South Bell Street digs, will be conjuring up playing surfaces on the Moon, on Prospero’s wind-tossed island, in the for…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:56AMWednesday, May 2, 2012
Arena Stage has elected to turn up the heat in the late-summer/early-fall portion of its 2012-2013 season by presenting Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivans, starring Kathleen T…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:19AMTuesday, May 1, 2012
Nominations for the 2012 Tony Awards, announced at 8:30am this morning, included three productions of special interest to Washington theatregoers. In the Best Revival of a Musical category, …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:22AMThursday, April 26, 2012
Rapunzel, starring Felicia Curry as the feisty teenage heroine, has earned an extra week at Imagination Stage, and will now close May 26th. Jayne Blanchard described the musical, written by …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:36PMMonday, April 23, 2012
theatreWashington has created its first annual theatreWeek, April 23 – 29th, with events for adults and children, all sponsored by the Washington Post. The celebration of Washington th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:58AMMiami’s City Theatre will be offering CityWrights, a weekend seminar for playwrights this June 14-17 at Miami’s EPIC Hotel, presented as a program of City Theatre’s 17th Annual Summer…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:25AMThursday, April 19, 2012
On April 26-29, beginning at 7pm during sunset, 30 artists from many disciplines – dance, movement based theatre, live music – will come together in a portion of Washington Navy …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:54AMWednesday, April 18, 2012
Puppet Underground, the DC collective of politically minded puppeteers, is hosting NYC puppeteer Erin Bell this weekend at La Casa. They call it “Puppet Underground Cabarette”, d…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:20AMMonday, April 16, 2012
Matt Charman, playwright, is on the rise. His first play, A Night at the Dogs, which opened at the Soho Theatre in London, won the prestigious Verity Bargate Award for new writers. Richard E…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:33AMThursday, April 5, 2012
We are pleased to announce that Chad Bauman, the Smithsonian Associate’s Director of Marketing and Membership, will be the latest addition to our writing staff . Readers will know him bes…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:01AMCasting for The Pundit by John Feffer f0r 2012 Capital Fringe Auditions April 8 Seeking 4-5 actors (2 women, 25-50; 2-3 men, 25-55) for various roles. Actors will voice (live) a variety of c…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:28AMMonday, April 2, 2012
Promotional videos for theatrical productions are usually overseen, and sometimes recorded, by the theatre companies themselves. For its upcoming production, John & Beatrice, starring Je…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:13PMSucker Punch, Roy Williams’ drama about two young men coming to adulthood in 1980′s London, has been given a one week extension, Studio Theatre announced Friday. The play will no…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:51AMFriday, March 30, 2012
The slump is over for DC area theatregoeers. After more than a week without any openings, audiences have five new openings to consider this weekend, SWAN day on Saturday,and, on Sunday, a mo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:17AMThanks to Hip-Hop Theater Festival for Eblasting this news. The National Theater Project (NTP)‘s Creation & Touring Grants provide funds for creation and touring of collaborative, …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:55AMTuesday, March 27, 2012
theatreWashington just announced that the Helen Hayes Tribute Award, the centerpiece to the 28th Helen Hayes Awards ceremony, will be presented to Oscar and Tony Award winning actor and art…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:33PMThe fifth annual SWAN Day is Saturday, March 31st. Always held on the last day of Women’s History Month, SWAN Day is designed to raise the visibility of women artists by bringing the…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:43AMMonday, March 26, 2012
While other theatre companies fundraise with spring galas, Unexpected Stage Company is holding a monologue competition, with a decidedly lower price of admission – $10, to support thei…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:57AMSlipping from the street into the store-front space of the Strand Theater Company in Baltimore, you’re in for some surprises. You pass a showcase displaying the detritus of former tenants,…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:44AMWednesday, March 21, 2012
Infinity Theatre Company Monday, March 26 in Washington, DC. Equity Principals auditions for Sisters of Swing and Dames at Sea for Infinity Theatre Company’s summer productions. Rehears…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:09AMFriday, March 16, 2012
Wired reports that the entire episode which featured an excerpt from Mike Daisey’s monologue, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs about working conditions inside the Foxconn facto…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:12PMWednesday, March 14, 2012
The 2012 DC Black Theatre Festival takes place June 23 – July 1st. According to the audition announcement just received, last year’s festival, which showcased 53 productions plus…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:05PMKeegan Theatre appears to have another hit on its hands. The company, which has followed its hugely popular Laughter on the 23rd Floor with Twelve Angry Men, just announced a one week extens…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:55AMTuesday, March 13, 2012
Jonathan Bank, the Producing Artistic Director of the tiny Mint Theatre in New York, has been offering us little remembered gems from the past for many seasons now. And he serves a dual purp…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:43AMWith his Broadway hit Million Dollar Quartet enjoying runs in New York , Chicago and on tour, Eric Schaeffer, Signature’s Artistic Director, will have a chance to savor the Shirlingto…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:15AMMonday, March 12, 2012
Sunday night, March 11, when the Washington Area Theater Community Honors (WATCH Awards) were presented at the Birchmere, Little Theatre of Alexandria came away the big winner. LTA, now …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:02AM 
