319 stories from theatrewashington.org
Devised theatre? Also known as collaborative creation, original work, or ensemble pieces, among other names, devised theatre is a unique concept to be sure and not easily defined. For the pa…
Theatre is the best way to live more than one life (unless you believe in reincarnation). It invites the audience as well as the cast members to become one or more of the characters on stage…
Okay, so it's not exactly how the song goes. But this is surely my own "Season of Love." 92,520 minutes short of a year ago I packed my station wagon to the gills and drove 618 miles from th…
There are several summer delights that I relish and look forward to every year: a baseball game (major or minor league) on a summer evening, the forbidden indulgence of a mocha chip ice crea…
There were sixteen of us there. Me, my fellow director Thomas Workman, and fourteen homeless women in substance abuse recovery. As we strolled the long red carpet, one of the women said to m…
Theatre Matters especially today because it offers people the opportunity to interact with others; to collectively share experiences of exhilarating joy, profound loss, dramatic mystery, epi…
Just last week I added a new antique theatre to my lifelong collection"a stately 6,000 seat Roman stage in Merida, Spain, a town which was founded in 25 BC as a retirement situation for sold…
As a young boy growing up in lower NW DC, there were not many outlets. Hang out outside with the wrong crowd, or stay inside and do nothing. For some strange and unexplained reason, I was hi…
Initially I am resistant to responding to this essay question as it's tough coming up with something original, something not obvious or something that's not already been said. The question f…
In trying economic times, people tend to view theatre as the "luxury" that needs to go. On the contrary. Especially in hard times, people need to gather in one place -- to be lifted, challen…
Real live theatre is a generous art form. It brings so many things together. Lights, characters, action! People have come to the show having never set foot in a theatre before and have loved…
Well, folks, the flurry and frenzy of crossing the "t"s and dotting the "I"s for the HHA nominations is in the rear view mirror and the flurry and frenzy of the monster collaboration of the…
With a nod to Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber's lyrics from Sunset Boulevard I fervently believe that great philosophy is found within a show tune. These words characterize our time-honored ritual ea…
If "education" is supposed to be hard to swallow, then Mark Shugoll and his ArtSpeak! program have found the proverbial spoonful of sugar! More than 500 students, parents, and audience membe…
I know that as I reflect on important moments in my life when I truly learned something, most of them didn't happen sitting silently at a desk. Most of them were experiences, conversations, …
I was in Paris recently and trekked down into the famed catacombs. In the chilly, damp, low light I walked 2 kilometers through the cramped tunnels that were lined with human remains. Peerin…
In June of 2011, Ford's Theatre honored Julie Andrews with the Lincoln Medal at its Annual Gala, recognizing her for a career that embodies the same mettle of character possessed by Presiden…
Theatre starts conversation.
Whether it be at a talkback, in the lobby, at the bar, on the ride home, over the dinner table, on Twitter, in a letter to the editor, or in a government decree,…
A regular feature of theatrewashington.org, Why Theatre Matters owes its inspiration to Howard Shalwitz, the Artistic Director at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, and remarks (a portion of wh…
