When Bryan Mercado, then 10, was first told he had been signed up for a playwriting workshop after school with Young Playwrights' Theater (YPT), a D.C.-based arts education nonprofit and pro…
As the theater industry recovers from COVID-19 and considers a social justice reckoning, the 2020 presidential election is high stakes, resulting in "Act Out: Vote 2020," an online performan…
Everyman Theatre today announced that it would resume producing theater live and in person by continuing the run of Caleen Sinnette Jennings' Queens Girl: Black in the Green Mountains on Nov…
Dear Mapel, written and performed by Psalmayene 24, is a theatrical exploration of his relationship with his deceased father currently in workshop development at Mosaic Theater. Structured a…
As Black Lives Matter protests filled D.C.'s streets this summer, Raymond O. Caldwell, Artistic Director of Theater Alliance, considered how he and his Anacostia-based theatre company could …
Lyndon Johnson is said to have called her an "ignorant niggra." In Fannie Lou Hamer: Speak on It!, E. Faye Butler brings this so-called "ignorant niggra" " Fannie Lou Hamer " to vibrant, emb…
If there's one holiday that screams 'theatre' it's Halloween, and we've found some spooky spectacular events from our local theatre producers. Available now Master of horror Alex Zavistovich…
"I think what we do is evil but I still want to do a good job at it," says Nikolai, one of the Russian trolls trying to sway the American Presidential election in Sarah Gancher's funny and f…
You know things are dire during Corona Times when you find yourself sobbing over a piece of parchment"aka The Constitution of the United States. What's next? Rending my garments over the Bil…
One would think that a show about joy would have little to do with theater- or much else, for that matter- these days. Yet Synetic Theater, that chameleon of invention, brings us little glim…
I click on the link and settle in for the new show, Joy!, delivered into my living room by Synetic Theater. A special surprise "Joy" box at my side ready to be opened. Check. Glass of pr…
Halloween has a special resonance this year, as the horrors are close at hand, funerals are more numerous than weddings, and at times the whole world seems to be a sepulcher. In this context…
Spike Lee filmed David Byrne's American Utopia on the stage of Broadway's Hudson Theater earlier this year; it is arriving on HBO on Saturday, October 17,  in a completely different era. …
Political theater is different this year,  and not just because it's on screens rather than stages. There is a palpable sense of urgency. The weeks counting down to Election Day may h…
Like spring crocuses peeking out of the melting snow, DC-area theaters are beginning to formulate a path back to their audiences, tentative but real. Shakespeare Theatre Company is among…
"I'm speaking.""Kamala Harris to Mike Pence at the Vice Presidential Debate. That simple, emphatic statement could serve as the rallying cry for the new theater company, Two Strikes Theatre …
"When is the last time you went to live theater like this"? I asked one of the seven other audience members waiting for Voyeur to begin, an hour-long play that takes place in the streets…
Chief Dan George commanded attention when he stepped onto a Washington stage in May, 1973. He did so despite plentiful distractions. Just a few hours after his DC debut, Congress lau…
The pandemic has turned theater into a treasure hunt for some companies as they scramble to find new modes of presentation which are both safe and rewarding for their audiences. But one area…
Mart Crowley's 1968 Off Broadway play The Boys in the Band was provocative and trailblazing in its knives-out portrayal of a group of gay friends celebrating a birthday in the West Village t…
Wednesday, July 25, 1962 was rather pleasant for a Washington summer's eve, with the temperature hovering around 70 (though humidity lingered near 80%). Excited theatergoers were piling …
Working Theater's production of American Dreams, hosted in our area by Round House Theatre, is a zany, interactive "game show" sponsored by a fictitious arm of the American government (combi…
Here is my schedule when I was a full-time theatre teacher, while also pursuing my craft: 6:00am- Wake up 6:15am- Shower 6:30am- Dress 7:00am- Make breakfast 7:30am- Morning commute to work …
For more than 30 years, DC actor and director Rick Hammerly has been adding to the history of Washington area theatre as actor, director and Artistic Director of Factory 449. He has added aÃ…
Emergent Seed, an arts organization created in response to the impact of coronavirus on the DC area creative community, is closing its second round of $500 microgrant applications on Friday,…