It takes a bold soul to approach the works of Igor Stravinsky. Only the most adventurous and sometimes reckless musicians approach pieces like Rite of Spring, taking on the intense difficult…
JK Rowling's Harry Potter series, which has had a profound effect on many people including me (see Background below), can only be called a cultural phenomenon of titanic proportions.The two …
Many times theatres have faced crises, and, like the plucky heroes of movies, their workers band together to overcome the obstacles. The solutions may not always be pleasant. The answers may…
The theatre can be a messy place, and often this is most evident in the rehearsal process. Violence and intimacy scenes stand as two of the more interesting challenges. How do we display …
The future is female. The future is non-binary. The future is genderqueer. The future is trans. The future is queer. But before we reach the future, and while we strive in the present, it…
When the physical and sexual abuse at Chicago’s Profiles Theatre was brought to light, the theatre communities of America buzzed about. Here in DC, it shocked some , but for others…
I typically like to think of myself as someone well informed about the world of DC's Indie Theatre Community, so it came as a shock to me that I'd completely missed the formation of Perisphe…
Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth serves as a mammoth of a play, covering time between the ice age to the post-apocalyptic future. Creating this hilarious, poignant, and heart-warming …
After reviewing statistic after statistic about gender parity in the fields of playwriting and directing, I'm excited for the second Women's Voices Theater Festival. Queens Girl in Africa…
Right now, the whole city of DC seems twinkling. Covers of traditional Christmas music resound everywhere you go. It gets cold. It gets dark early. People combat seasonal depression with cop…
The State begins with utmost silence. As soon as the lights dim, we obediently silence ourselves, waiting for the pivotal moment to mark the beginning of the show. Yet, we're greeted with si…
Hello DC Theatre Fam, As we head into the holiday season, there are quite a good number of offerings from now until New Years Eve. Not to be overlooked are a few one man plays floating about…
Hi Theatre Fam! Jon Jon here! I got a chance to correspond with some of the wonderful folks at Imagination Stage, who are gearing up to open E B White's classic Charlotte's Web. Even though …
From its roots in ancient Greek culture, the story of Electra has withstood the ravages of time. Electra, herself, stands as a bloodstained woman, something of a patron saint of revenge.…
Jon Jon Johnson is getting ready for the closing performance of Tarot Reading IIIÂ on October 22, created by The Tarot Reading and based on the ancient Tarot cards. It’s a unique exp…
"…It may strike you more like a high mass to low instincts … the characters are all id; desperately (and fueled by cocaine and bathtub gin) hoping to express their secret selves, and…
“Every character in the Forum production was invented in rehearsal. We worked on how many characters should be in each scene (where not specified), who the characters are, what is thei…
Hey, DC theatre fam, Jon Jon here, with an interview from some key players in I KILLED MY MOTHERÂ by Andras Visky closing this weekend at Spooky Action Theater. I took some time to speak w…
Jon Johnson here, managing to score an interview with the director of Shakespeare in the Pub's "Fringe" offering – Titus Andronicus, as well as the head honcho of the company itself. I…
Mia Amado, producer and director of Echoes, brings this piece about love and mental illness to the Eastman Theatre at Gallaudet. Echoes is by no means an easy play, in terms of execution …
Abortion Road Trip tells the story of three women in a cab headed to New Mexico from Texas for an abortion. In this reviewer's experience, shows covering the oh-so-taboo topic tend to be hea…
Every year we are inundated with Shakespeare adaptations. DC is a city that loves Shakespeare. When companies choose to stage a modern adaptation of one of the Bard's works, they often appro…
Alric Davis has penned a really remarkable play, and I'm so honored to have gotten a chance to witness this work at the Capital Fringe Festival. We open with Chamuel (Austin Farrow) and his …
Ten Principles )'( stands as one of the more unique offerings at Fringe. Rather than a polished production, it's more just a gathering of friends all belonging to the same community w…
We live in an ever shifting world, with things once considered "oddity" suddenly constituting "normality". It's the very change that we see permeating our "big topic" discussions. Peo…