Disillusionment in the capability of the US government to make things happen, our country in a war that few approve of or even understand the reasons for, people honestly questioning whether…
Matty Matthews Wants Young People to Learn His Cash'n Carry Politics The Matty Matthews Foundation is allegorical, historical, funny, and disturbing. Before Citizens United, before the Ko…
Medea’s Got Some Issues - the Funniest Tragedy of the Summer The first time I saw Lisa Hodsoll read the role of Medea in Medea's Got Some Issues, it was to a packed house at the …
For the seventh consecutive summer, Fully Charged Productions gleefully romps at Capital Fringe in Size Doesn’t Matter " 7 Shorts by DC Playwrights In this incarnation, Ful…
THE GAME Having 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…
Mandarin Orange is written and performed by Kate Robards. Uprooted from country life in Orange, Texas, Kate finds herself at the center of Shanghai, China's largest city. Now, with hum…
Sometimes a Fringe show is like a recipe: it’s all about starting with the right ingredients. In the case of Balloon Plays, we started with a whole mess of balloons, added three clowns…
Can one man who loves Star Trek, one man who loves Barry Manilow, another who loves to eat fried chicken, and a fourth who might steal your car, get along? Yes, they can when their lov…
MOVEIUS Contemporary Ballet’s appearance at this month’s Capital Fringe Festival combines dance, electric guitar, and social media in its presentation of a brand-new work and two…
What do you get when you combine gaming, gangs, and a family meal? A recipe for disaster. Homeboy Thanksgiving tells the story of two estranged brothers struggling to find some common ground…
It's the Bedroom at Fort Fringe and it's November and it's fallFringe and we're moving and trying to get our stuff out of the way and back into the corner so the venue manager and the barten…
For some scripts, writers will get on a roll, crafting a story from start to finish. Then comes the tough part: titling the show. In January 2013 I was kicking around an allegorical story ab…
A 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 in…
This 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…
Sex, 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 summer C…
David Kleinberg's latest solo theater work, Hey, Hey, LBJ! " a powerful drama on the most divisive foreign war in America's history " appears five times (July 10th through July 18, 201…
Capital Fringe '14 opens in a month, but in spite of my best intentions, I won't be taking to the stage this time around. I thought I would be, because I wanted to follow up on the thrills, …
We 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. …
Prince William Little Theatre's production of The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) opens on July 18th at the Gregory Family Theater in the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Mana…
I am thrilled to have my first full length play About A Girl receive its premier performance as part of the Capital Fringe Festival. It's been over three years since I started writing it, an…
BackÂstabbing, greed and the pursuit of fame are just a few of the issues in John Patrick Shanley’s Four Dogs and a Bone. The four dogs are two actresses (Brenda and Collette), a pr…
Through every person’s journey is a space of uncertainty. And a lot of people stay in a space of certainty and consider anything off the beaten path a journey. My path is never blazed.…
Everything I Do Is…Complicated Can you justify your existence? This is the question George Bernard Shaw felt should be put to every person every five years. A little harsh, but it does…
A naked thespian, an anime-loving slacker, the best guy friend, a controlling adrenaline junky"Jack O’Reilly plays all of your ex-boyfriends in the comedy cabaret "13 Men," set to open…
Funny, twisted, suspenseful, funny again, and then suddenly mind-blowing, Ligature Marks is a play unlike any other you'll see at this year's Fringe. A comedy about a pair of losers that gra…