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Homosexuality, parenthood, and child neglect take center stage in Handbag, an "in-yer-face" dark comedy by Mark Ravenhill. The play’s dual plot concerns gay and lesbian coupl…
In the past two years, Arcturus Theater Company has produced plays about a child with Attention Deficit Disorder, a World War I soldier reincarnated as a ghost, and a young girl’s expe…
1. What was the first show you ever saw, and what impact did it have?
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Each week, theatreWashington will provide you with a list of suggestions for things to do for the upcoming weekend. In honor of Halloween, this week’s Roundup features eight spooktacul…
Caleen Sinnette Jennings called me on a Saturday morning from the parking lot of G Street Fabrics. She was on a mission to buy facing for the riser’s at Atlas Performing Arts Center wh…
Each week, theatreWashington will provide you with a list of suggestions for things to do for the upcoming weekend. This week’s Roundup includes nine productions that feature some anta…
1. What was the first show you ever saw, and what impact did it have?
Les Misérables, and I was blown away and told myself, "This is it. This is what I want to do, and…
Ty Hallmark, the Artistic Director of Pallas Theatre Collective, admits that, as an emerging company in DC’s theatre scene, “we’re still trying to find our footing.&rd…
In Forum Theatre’s production of Idris Goodwin’s How We Got On, under the direction of Paige Hernandez, Thony Mena plays Julian, a suburban teenager trying to “navigate tum…
1. What was the first show you ever saw, and what impact did it have?
The first show I ever saw was when I was about six years old, and my parents took me to see the Ringling Bros…
Each week, theatreWashington will provide you with a list of suggestions for things to do for the upcoming weekend. This week’s Roundup features six shows highlighting characters that …
On That Note! focuses on the individual artists who come together in the process of creating a work of musical theatre. This week, we delve into one of the most fascinating but least recogni…
Every year, during the season planning process, Studio Theatre goes through dozens of unproduced scripts, enjoying what they’re reading, being impressed by the talent but having a hard…
Catherine Flye – actor, director, and founder of the Interact Theatre Company – remembers happy times, shared onstage and off, with the late Ralph Cosham, his wife Beverly, and t…
1. What was the first show you ever saw, and what impact did it have?
In high school, a friend of mine was in the The Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch. After the show, he guide…
Each week, theatreWashington will provide you with a list of suggestions for things to do for the upcoming weekend. This week’s Roundup features ten shows that are full of very powerfu…
Set in the Deep South, Alfred Uhry’s 1988 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Driving Miss Daisy explores the surprising, twenty-five year friendship between a waspish Jewish Southern widow an…
1. What was the first show you ever saw, and what impact did it have?
When I was 16, I went to watch my friend’s high school production of Les Misérables. I had never…
Allison Stockman, the founding Artistic Director of Constellation Theatre Company, always dreamed of running her own theatre. In 2007, she left her job as a high school teacher to follo…
Each week, theatreWashington will provide you with a list of suggestions for things to do for the upcoming weekend. This week’s Roundup features twelve shows that are sure leave y…
“Rest in Peace.” We all jump to these words at the passing of someone we love. In the past few days, since Reggie Ray’s passing, I have seen the words “Rest…
Nathan Weinberger has amassed a growing collection of adaptations. As the resident dramaturg at Synetic Theater—the physical theatre company based in Arlington, VA—he’s rea…
1. What was the first show you ever saw, and what impact did it have?
When I was 10 or 11, my godmother took me to see The Tempest at the Shakespeare Theatre Company here in DC. I…
On That Note! focuses on the individual artists who come together in the process of creating a work of musical theatre. This week: The Actor.
Sean McLaughlin, who opens as Juan Peron in Evit…
Each week, theatreWashington will provide you with a list of suggestions for things to do for the upcoming weekend. This week’s Roundup features eight shows with characters experiencin…
