Friday, September 27, 2013
The art of short films and screening short cinema has been perfected by the DC Shorts Film Festival and Festival Founder and Director Jon Gann. For the past ten years hundreds of filmmakers …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AMTuesday, September 17, 2013
In Rep Stage’s first show of its 21st season, the setting is Late Spring, 1925. The journey to a small, nondescript Texas town unexpectedly seduces audiences with the compelling people of …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:07AMFriday, July 26, 2013
If you are only familiar with Mads Mikkelsen’s character work as the titled lead in the television series Hannibal, then you’ve only seen a microcosm of his range and talent. Mads posses…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:42PMTuesday, July 23, 2013
ARTISTIC SPOTLIGHT: Ed Herendeen “New plays are the future,” says Ed Herendeen, the Producing Director of the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF), located in Shepherdstown, Wes…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:20PMSaturday, July 20, 2013
Magic opens our eyes to wonder, fantasy, and possibilities . . . and then reveals the truth. Without introduction or fanfare, a solo performer strolls onto the Main Stage of Goethe Institut.…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:54AMSunday, July 14, 2013
The combination of sharing one’s vulnerability into insightful personal storytelling is not only an art. It’s a gift. Married Sex is an engaging one-woman show based on a true tale, w…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:06AMFriday, July 12, 2013
Over the last 22 years, the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and has become a leading center for the production and development of new plays, ha…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:28PMMonday, July 8, 2013
Welcome back to the new Playwright interview series -The Playwright’s Playground - a monthly in-depth conversation with a local female playwright in the D.C. theatre community. Female the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:55PMThursday, July 4, 2013
Welcome back to the new Playwright interview series -The Playwright’s Playground - a monthly in-depth conversation with a local female playwright in the D.C. Theatre community. Female Th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMSunday, June 23, 2013
AFI Docs, presented June 19-23, 2013, celebrates its 11th year and excellence in documentary filmmaking and storytelling on a variety of topics. The rebranded AFI Docs (formerly AFI Silverd…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:40PMMonday, June 17, 2013
Caroline Clay is a phenomenal woman. Her extraordinary acting skills and God’s gift of performance talent are only preceded by her grace, beauty, and kindness Forum Theatre’s Clement…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:58PMSaturday, June 15, 2013
Caroline Clay is a phenomenal woman. Her extraordinary acting skills and God’s gift of performance talent are only preceded by her grace, beauty, and kindness. Caroline plays the title ch…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:01PMTuesday, June 4, 2013
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The harsh dose of reality … Sometimes it takes the truth of a stranger to show us who really are. For many, it is easier to perpetuate a false truth or…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:23PMThursday, May 30, 2013
Heart, Soul, and the Blues There is a calm before any storm. The hurricane of human turmoil, and the whirlwind of hope that remains afterwards, is the story of Clementine in the Lower 9. The…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:27PMTuesday, May 28, 2013
Does art influence life? Or, is life imitating the art? What is love and at it what cost? What is right? What is real? It’s all a game of sorts. The Studio Theatre in its final production …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:12AMFriday, May 24, 2013
Welcome to the new in-depth interview series ‘The Playwright’s Playground‘ – highlighting local female playwrights in the D.C. Theatre community. Female Theatre artists make up …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:41AMMonday, May 20, 2013
Desperately Seeking Stories . . . Every family has a story. When you are in the midst of an account, it isn’t really a story at all. Only afterwards, does it become a story when you are …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:35AMSaturday, May 18, 2013
Devoted husband, loving father, and cold-blooded contract killer. Told in flashback, The Iceman is bookend with a prison confessional, as a convicted killer speaks of his reputation, regrets…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:02PMThursday, May 16, 2013
Welcome to the new in-depth interview series The Playwright’s Playground Series,� highlighting local female playwrights in the D.C. Theatre community. Female theatre artists make up ov…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:30AMSunday, April 28, 2013
Memory and myth are intertwined in the DC-7: Roberto Clemente Story. The mythic aspects of sports, and baseball in particular, usually draw on nostalgia for how things used to be and cliches…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:11AMWednesday, April 17, 2013
Filmfest DC 2013 ***** 10 MUST SEES! by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins Filmfest DC 2013‘s spirit of cinematic celebration is five star entertainment, and has become an important Washington sho…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:28AMSaturday, March 9, 2013
An audacious four-hour stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s Oscar-winning feature film – Fanny and Alexander by Stockholm’s Royal Dramatic Theater highlights the Nordic Coo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:28AMTuesday, March 5, 2013
Who says you can’t go home again? Think about the word home, and what it means to you. Home can be the place that you grew up in, or any place that you spend a significant amount of time. …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:57PMThursday, February 28, 2013
The Kennedy Center’s Nordic Cool 2013 Festival’s month long programming offerings of a variety of Scandinavian art have been the tip of the iceberg . . . until now! Nothing may be cooler…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:02PMFriday, February 22, 2013
Rep Stage celebrates Black History Month and their 20th season with the 1980 Tony Award-nominated production of Home, written by Samm-Art Williams, in a limited run from February 27- March 1…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:00PMWednesday, February 20, 2013
Rep Stage celebrates Black History Month and their 20th season with the 1980 Tony Award-nominated production of Home, written by Samm-Art Williams, in a limited run from February 27- March …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:43PMWednesday, February 13, 2013
Race Matters The Crime: Rape. Or is it Race? The Defendant: Charles Strickland is a man who doesn’t comprehend being told “No,” and one who has never had to beg for anything. A wealth…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:04AMTuesday, February 5, 2013
Life is messy, and sometimes painful, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. For many, love hurts. As our experiences grow and we mature, hopefully it is learned that true love is…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:22PMTuesday, January 8, 2013
It’s a thin line between love and hate. Oh, the things that we will do for love, or the semblance thereof. More than a wishful, flight of fancy, love is a basic human need. Love is the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:21AMFriday, December 7, 2012
Betrayal. Seduction. Revenge. To them, it’s just a game “Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!” Sir Walter Scott’s oft-used expression on…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:57PMTuesday, November 20, 2012
“you may not believe it but there are people who go through life with very little friction or distress.” - excerpted from Charles Bukowski’s poem, “The Aliens” What makes ordin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:38AM 
