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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Angelica Chéri’s epic love story ‘Berta, Berta’ is next at Everyman by News Desk

Playwright Angelica Chéri’s mystical and moving play Berta, Berta is next up at Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre. Founder and Artistic Director Vincent M. Lancisi announced that Everyman is…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:45PM
Saturday, April 10, 2021

Live onstage again: a coming-of-age comedy at GALA Hispanic Theatre by News Desk

Having implemented strict safety precautions in keeping with the Mayor’s plan, GALA Hispanic Theatre reopens its 45th-anniversary season live with Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (Tía Jul…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:50AM
Friday, April 9, 2021

Shots from the vaccination site at Arena by News Desk

Arena Stage has partnered with DC Health and MedStar Health to support and provide an accessible and safe location to help steadily vaccinate DC residents. The site will operate Thursdays to…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:26PM

A personal relationship to America’s racial reckoning wraps up Arena Riffs by News Desk

A More Perfect Union—a new concept-album-inspired music piece written and conceived by award-winning composer and lyricist Rona Siddiqui (Salaam Medina: Tales of a Halfgan, One Good Day)…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:31PM

Landless Theatre Company tries its hands at a sock puppet ‘Urinetown’ by News Desk

Pandemic life may have shut down live theater, but DC’s Landless Theatre Company has always had a knack for making lemonade out of lemons. They found their own digital theater solution hid…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AM
Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Descendant of enslaved people sold by Georgetown to perform her ‘Here I Am’ by News Desk

Our ancestors have waited patiently through centuries for us to come to the table of acknowledgement. Here I Am fulfills my desire to give voice to those families, including my own, and to o…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:09PM
Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Everyman Theatre updates slate of plays for 30th-anniversary season by News Desk

After delivering on the promise of rehearsing, filming, and streaming the first two production of the season, Queens Girl: Black in the Green Mountains and Cry It Out, the staff and artists …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:10AM

Black actors face grief of pandemic in hip-hop musical from Arena by News Desk

Arena Stage is now streaming the second installment in its Arena Riffs series: a pandemic-era hip-hop musical written, directed, and performed by award-winning playwright, director and, acto…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:44AM
Friday, April 2, 2021

Young CityDance Conservatory Dancers win highest honors by News Desk

CityDance School & Conservatory received the Outstanding School Award at the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) Boston Regional Semi-finals March 19 – 21, 2021, at the Hanover Theatre in …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
Thursday, April 1, 2021

Despite vaccination, theatergoers won’t fill seats soon, says new study by News Desk

Despite a significant increase in vaccinations, DC-area theatergoers will be slow to return to local theaters, according to a new study by Limelight Insights by Shugoll, a national marketing…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:13PM
Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Woolly Mammoth begins digital spring with a social-media show by News Desk

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company announces its digital spring line-up that features an interactive and innovative play that repurposes social media; the return of two Woolly on Demand product…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:12AM
Monday, March 29, 2021

One-woman ‘Children of Medea’ to power Electric Impulses at Constellation by News Desk

Constellation Theatre Company kicks off Season 14: Electric Impulses with Sue Jin Song’s powerful one-woman show, Children of Medea. The production will be fully staged and filmed at Cultu…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:43PM
Friday, March 26, 2021

Four Korean girls defy the male gaze in feminist thriller ‘Man of God’ by News Desk

The Strand Theater Company proudly partners with Asian Pasifika Arts Collective to present Man of God by Anna Moench. The livestreamed production is directed by Elizabeth Ung. About the play…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:02PM

Daniel J. Watts, only child of a single mother, grows up proud in ‘The Jam’ by News Desk

Daniel J. Watts’s The Jam: Only Child—the second feature production in Signature Theatre’s  2021 season—is now streaming on demand. Written and performed by 2020 Tony Award–nomina…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:12AM
Saturday, March 13, 2021

Reston Community Players restarts with Cold War drama ‘A Walk in the Woods’ by News Desk

After being dark since last March due to COVID-19, Reston Community Players comes back to life with A Walk in the Woods, a Cold War–era drama by Lee Blessing that examines the relationshi…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:01PM
Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Black women reimagine artistic programming in ‘Reset’ at Woolly by News Desk

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company has launched Reset, a new, free digital assemblage of Black artistry featuring historical resources, excerpts, and video performances. Curated by six Black cis…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:21AM
Monday, March 8, 2021

To be young, gifted, and Black in a white theater—YPT breaks the silence by News Desk

In Silence Is Violence: The Future of the Field—the latest installment of Young Playwrights’ Theater’s (YPT) social justice performance series—three Black characters in the early st…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:17AM
Saturday, March 6, 2021

Washington wonks and Bard buffs to meet in mock trial Thursday by News Desk

Shakespeare Theatre Company’s annual Mock Trial—“the funniest, most entertaining event in Washington” (Roll Call) and “a Washington wonk’s dream (The New York Times)—will be i…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:10PM
Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Virus and racism have dramatically reshaped local audience views on theater by News Desk

The findings of a new study of DC-area theatergoers reveal a dramatic shift in attitudes toward theater as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. T…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:15AM
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

How to enjoy dinner theater in your home kitchen by News Desk

Tired of figuring out what to cook for dinner? Bored with everything Netflix has to offer? Then Francesca Chilcote and Connor Hogan have just the show for you. In Dinner! Franny and Connor W…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:10AM
Saturday, February 20, 2021

Three womxn avenge their killer ex in ‘Drowning Girls’ from Strand Theater by News Desk

Continuing its 13th season as the only brick-and-mortar company in Baltimore dedicated to celebrating womxn’s diverse voices and perspectives, The Strand Theater Company presents the regio…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:42PM

Three lauded local actors to go solo in spring season from Round House by News Desk

Round House Theatre plans a spring 2021 season with virtual productions of three moving one-person performances: Colman Domingo’s A Boy and His Soul, directed by Craig Wallace; Lucy Alibar…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:09PM
Thursday, February 18, 2021

Avant Bard Theatre regroups with new leadership team by News Desk

After the double blow of the pandemic and the death of Artistic Director Tom Prewitt in November, Arlington’s Avant Bard Theatre is moving ahead under a new model of artistic partnership.…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:03AM
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

#WeSeeYou antiracist accountability report includes 11 DMV theaters by News Desk

An accountability report released by the We See You, White American Theater collective (WSYWAT) points to more than 100 theater institutions nationwide that have responded to the group’s B…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:37AM
Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Tom Prewitt memorial fund set up to aid future generations of aspiring artists by News Desk

The family of W. Thompson (Tom) Prewitt and the nonprofit organization Embracing Arlington Arts have launched a memorial fund to honor the legacy and contributions of longtime DC-area theate…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:45PM

Theatre Prometheus to center asylum seekers and marginalized playwrights by News Desk

Theatre Prometheus—following its “arresting, provocative, and hauntingly relevant” production of 14, José Casas’s play about immigration—has announced two new projects in 2021 hig…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:25AM
Sunday, February 7, 2021

‘Cry It Out’ comedy about motherhood up next from Everyman Theatre by News Desk

Everyman Theatre actors, designers, and crew are back in the rehearsal room preparing for the run of Molly Smith Metzler’s 2017 play, Cry It Out. The full production will be filmed at the …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:32PM
Sunday, January 31, 2021

Synetic Theater to produce original art films and stream on custom app by News Desk

Synetic Theater has announced the launch of a new digital streaming app as well as the creation of a film production arm, Synetic Motion Pictures. The streaming service, dubbed “Synetic St…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:16AM
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Patrick Page to bare the Bard’s bad guys, onstage at Shakespeare Theatre Company by News Desk

Shakespeare Theatre Company’s first-ever online-only production, All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain, a performance written by and starring STC Affiliated Artist …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:37PM
Sunday, January 24, 2021

Riveting adaptation of ‘Tape’ to unreel live on line six nights only by News Desk

TheSharedScreen’s powerful adaptation of Stephen Belber’s hit play Tape—featured last month in DC Metro Theater Arts (Using Zoom in a new way to create theater that transforms how we s…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:27PM
Friday, January 22, 2021

Theater-related podcasts gain popularity by News Desk

Podcasts have been popular for a long time, but the shutdown has brought house-bound theater professionals many new reasons to create their own audio recordings. The combination of having mo…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:21AM

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