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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Abominable by Sarah Ameigh

Growing up is painful. The body changes, the mind expands, and the heart, well, the heart tries to keep up with the strange horror show. And the world that looks on as this change occurs can…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:42AM
Friday, July 18, 2014

You, or Whatever I Can Get by Sarah Ameigh

Dating is fun. Wait, did I say fun? I meant horrible. Dating is horrible. One would think our hyper-information-digital-social age would soften the blow – or at least weed out the craz…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:07AM
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

The 27 Club by Sarah Ameigh

Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain. Their names are firmly cemented in Rock n’ Roll history, forever associated with musical genius, loyal fa…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:56PM
Monday, July 14, 2014

Malevolence by Sarah Ameigh

“Don’t Stand So Close To Me” is among my favorite songs by the Police. The story of a student-teacher scandal is deceptively upbeat and hummable, but addresses the grave issue of inapp…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:30AM
Sunday, July 13, 2014

About a Girl by Sarah Ameigh

Everything is big in Texas, or so I’ve been told. Big sky, big land, big opinions, big accents. So to be a Texas teenager, in the 1980’s no less, must have been a tall and interesting or…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:41AM
Friday, July 11, 2014

The Hello Girls: Unknown Heroines of WWI by Sarah Ameigh

I’m angry. There, I’ve said it. I’m angry. Most young girls aren’t raised to be angry. Many other things, yes, but angry, no. So to enter the world, and begin to get the feeling …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:32PM
Friday, October 4, 2013

The Sunshine Boys by Sarah Ameigh

Comedy is a lot like music, constantly evolving according to tastes, culture, and age.  Ask your grandmother who the best comedian around is; it’s doubtful she’ll respond with “Aziz A…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:44AM
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Stop Kiss by Sarah Ameigh

When Diana Son’s Stop Kiss premiered at New York City’s Public Theatre in November of 1998, the questions caused by the tragic death of Matthew Shepard still hung in the air. Words like …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:04AM
Thursday, September 12, 2013

Agnes Under the Big Top by Sarah Ameigh

I did not enjoy the circus growing up. The attractions smelled of woodchips and perspiration, the animals looked too large for their cages, and God only knows, I’d think to myself, when th…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:50AM
Friday, July 19, 2013

Almost Together by Sarah Ameigh

Have you ever had the dream where you go to work naked? You look down and realize all at once that strangers and friends are staring in shock, and your feet won’t take you away from the sh…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:00AM
Monday, July 15, 2013

Dementia Melodies: “It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over” by Sarah Ameigh

There’s an elderly woman on an assisted living floor somewhere spinning carelessly to a song from her childhood.  She’s young again, and she’s joyful, failing to notice the stares and…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:03PM

The Shirt of Happiness by Sarah Ameigh

My earliest memory of experiencing theatre is not a pleasant one: it involves blindingly lit animals playing instruments very poorly, with mouths that appear possessed by demons. So maybe si…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:01PM

Madam Ambassador by Sarah Ameigh

“If you’re looking to make a friend in D.C., get a dog.” This is one of the first words of “D.C. wisdom” imparted to me upon my move to the area following college, and a sentiment …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:38PM
Sunday, July 14, 2013

McPherson Madness by Sarah Ameigh

In October of 2011, the Occupy Movement found its way to Washington D.C., or more specifically, McPherson Square Park. While many of us passed the protest camp, filled with the revolution an…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:24PM
Saturday, July 13, 2013

Cabaret XXXY: Who Do You Think You Are? by Sarah Ameigh

There’s a racket ascending on New York Avenue over the debut buzz of Fringe Festival, and the happy hour buzz of Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar. There are bass and guitar riffs and crash rides…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:46PM
Friday, July 12, 2013

La Voce to Me by Sarah Ameigh

What do a 19th century writer, a successful Broadway composer, and a closeted young man in rural Missouri have in common? Secrets, sacrifice, and an undying love of the mermaid. In an age wh…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:34PM
Monday, May 13, 2013

The Three Musketeers by Sarah Ameigh

Bold prison breaks, hearty sword fights, and tales of treachery and rescue are the hallmarks of  French novelist Alexandre Dumas’ beloved classic, The Three Musketeers, and Synetic Th…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:48PM
Monday, April 29, 2013

Wit’s End gets top pick for The Amazing and Marvelous Cabinets of Kismet by Sarah Ameigh

Two weeks ago I ducked into a local movie theatre to attend a new, big-budgeted film about an art heist. Theft, highly-coveted works of art, talented actors; what could possibly go wrong? I …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:53AM
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The Magic Finger by Sarah Ameigh

“Children’s theatre is not a soft option,” said David Wood, Magic Finger playwright and longtime creator of children’s theatre during its opening night at Imagination Stage. The op…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:55AM
Monday, April 1, 2013

Vanitas by Sarah Ameigh

City life. Loud by nature, fervent, frantic, propelled forward by work, traffic, hustle. This cycle doesn’t always allow time for reflection on the cycle itself. But Happenstance Theatre�…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:58AM
Monday, February 18, 2013

Canterbury by Sarah Ameigh

I missed Canterbury Tales day in AP English. I missed Canterbury Tales day in college, too. In fact, I’m ashamed to admit that the closest I’ve come to Chaucer’s widely celebrated work…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:23AM
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You and The Actor’s Nightmare by Sarah Ameigh

Nuns on chaotic power trips. Accountants held captive in live productions. Dancing camels. Executions. The Pope.  The Bay Theatre Company delves deep into the mind of Christopher Durang in …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:10AM
Monday, January 28, 2013

3 by Samuel Beckett by Sarah Ameigh

For better or for worse, walking from the DC Metro to one’s place of business as the snow falls or the wind blows inevitably forces the brain to digest daily life differently. Winter madne…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:50PM
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Seasonal Disorder by Sarah Ameigh

If writing and performing a scripted comedy is tricky – and it is – imagine how difficult it is to be part of a team that must pull laugh-making material out of thin air on deman…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:23PM
Monday, December 3, 2012

You Can’t a Decent Margarita at the North Pole by Sarah Ameigh

All is not well in paradise.  Granted, one may not think of the North Pole as “paradise” per se, however it is the pulsar of merriment, good cheer and free crap for kids who do the dish…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:27AM
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Legally Blonde the Musical by Sarah Ameigh

I have a confession. I love Legally Blonde the Musical. Not a vague kind of love, reserved for cute animals and free parking, and not a brooding kind of love, the way many English majors fee…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:32AM
Monday, April 30, 2012

Las Meninas by Sarah Ameigh

How many faces have historians and powers-that-be overlooked in favor of a cleaner ending, or a more convenient moral? History has captives and casualties, buried in basements and the minds …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:41AM
Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The Belle of Amherst by Sarah Ameigh

When most actors walk on to a stage, an audience sees just that: an actor. A charismatic actor, maybe, or a compelling actor. Comically gifted, or sullen, possibly sympathetic. It is a deman…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:08AM
Monday, March 12, 2012

The Addams Family by Sarah Ameigh

They’re creepy. They’re kooky. They’re currently infesting Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre. The Addam’s Family. (And holy Gomez, can they sing.) What originated as a cartoon, writte…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:44AM
Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Smokey Joe’s Cafe by Sarah Ameigh

Winter holds a certain charm before the holidays, with turkeys and caroling and gifts and gift-wrapping. But then comes months of gray skies and tax season.  The soul begins to demand summe…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:58AM
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Love Letters by Sarah Ameigh

“Because paper has more patience than people.” So wrote Anne Frank, and so declares Love Letters, the half-a-century-spanning story of two people falling in and out of love though paper,…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:57AM

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Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
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