I had a chance last week (in blessed air conditioning) to see a rehearsal of the Quotidian Theatre Company's upcoming production of Brian Friel's Afterplay. The show is visually exquisite; t…
Imagine you’re at your local diner with six of your closest friends. It’s your circle’s ‘Cheers Bar’ or Central Perk. Then all of a sudden, one of you creates a…
"Things happen so suddenly sometimes." In Charles Mee's Big Love, Nikos says this to Lydia. And sometimes that's the only thing you can say. In the theatre, your family becomes the people wh…
In Apocalypse Picnic, meteors have struck Earth and rendered obsolete the nagging questions of the past. Is America in decline? Can the Israelis and Palestinians get along? Puh-lease " Weste…
This year’s Ruby Griffith Award Ceremony, hosted by The British Players, will be held on Sunday, July 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Bretton Woods Recreation Center, 15700 River Road, in G…
Pallas Theatre Collective returns to the Capital Fringe Festival to present a hilarious, family-friendly interpretation of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors after their highl…
I would love for the world to meet my sister. I think they'd all fall in love with her, and then maybe, they'd reject all the cuts in programs that serve her population. When the economy goe…
When Reed Sandridge first started his ‘Year of Giving,’ no one could have predicted what would come of it. After losing his job, and beginning to fall into the depression that co…
Donna Has a Boyfriend is a collection of three works from critically acclaimed postmodern dance company darlingdance. The show consists of (The Censoring of) Approximate Location, a controve…
There's something lurking in the shadowy halls of Gloomethorne Manor, something sinister, scandalous, and altogether much too silly. Murder most hilarious has come to the home of Lord and La…
Round House Theatre shakes things up in Silver Spring this month with its inaugural Over The Line Festival. Curated by Round House, this unique celebration of theatre, music, and dance comes…
I became a scientist partially because I was lied to. And you all know the liar I’m talking about–the guy in the lab coat who comes to your class in third grade, dips a rose in l…
Fighting unemployment, a pill addiction, and a failing relationship with his workaholic, art-dealing fiancé, Jack is in a confusing place. It doesn’t help that the gift his fiancé bo…
If you think that the recent power outages are tough, just wait till you see what the six characters in this opera are up against! The Outcasts of Poker Flat, a new one-act chamber opera…
Inciting Incident – Stopgap This play started as a joke. It's jarring to look at that sentence and then see where the play is today. But it's something that I have to face. Because it'…
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Travel the Road to Nowhere Destiny and the desire to control quality of life during perilous circumstances are at the heart of Infinite Jest's production of Rose…
In the past, Pointless Theatre's shows have been directly inspired by some of the artists who influenced the company. The Sleeping Beauty: a puppet ballet, our 2010 Pick of the Fringe win…
It's a parlor game we've all played – what if I were stranded on a desert island? What if I could start over, free of obligations, debt, and consequences? Rolling By starts when an exp…
SINGLEMARRIEDGIRL, adaptation by Heather Bagnall Scheeler debuts at the Capital Fringe Festival It was about two years ago that serendipity or perhaps fate introduced Heather Bagnall Scheele…
Alice in Wonderland: Our world and welcome to it! Volumes have been written about Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll. His novels Alice's Adventures in W…
Stable Cable Lab Co. presents Barter (Or, Stealing Other People's Credit Cards) by Emily Daly. Barter (Or, Stealing Other People's Credit Cards) is a quirky comedy, set ten ye…
A heat index of 114 and a sudden knock-down, drag-out storm. My new little one (who thankfully sleeps like a dream) slept through the chaos as the huge grill outside his window was tossed se…
What Is Faction of Fools‘ Fool for All? The Fool for All is based on two complementary factors: 1) The DC actor community is vast, talented, and diverse, and 2) Commedia dell’…
ELIZABETHAN PLAYWRIGHTS DUKE IT OUT IN PERICLES: SHAKESPEARE VS WILKINS The Rude Mechanicals have a fondness for Shakespeare, but you can only put on Hamlet and Midsummer so many times befor…
We Happy Few, one of DC's newest theatre production companies, will present their first show at this year's Capital Fringe Festival. The company's co-founders Hannah Todd and Raven Bonniwell…