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Sunday, August 30, 2020

“What this March means to me at this moment in America” by Guest Author

Studio Theatre commissioned seven Black artists who have appeared on its stages to create artistic responses to their experience at the Commitment March on Washington, August 28, 2020. They …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:30PM
Monday, August 24, 2020

Why I am an activist artist, by JChris by Guest Author

As a Latino gay millennial singer-songwriter, I believe I can make a difference. I’m here because I can become one of the reasons why things get better. We will fight and we won’t stop. …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:30AM
Saturday, August 22, 2020

First live local theater since COVID is a new-normal ‘Next to Normal’ by Guest Author

By Steve Quintilian and Julie Lloyd, Encore Theater Company Co-founders As artistic directors and theater managers all over the DMV wrestle with how and when to stage live theater indoors, t…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:34PM
Friday, August 21, 2020

The power of a pause, by Patrick W. Lord by Guest Author

Lights out. Beat. Beat. When the lights go and I’m plunged into darkness, sitting in a theater, my heart always skips a beat, because I know that moment of pause exists to move me—either…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:20PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Ignorance of the Black theatrical canon is no excuse, by Courtney Baker-Oliver and Steven A. Butler, Jr. by Guest Author

The authors of the following two op-eds are cofounders of DC’s acclaimed Restoration Stage, Inc., whose focus is “restoring the Black family—one story at a time.” Collaborating as di…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:30AM
Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Playwright Ian August zeros in on ‘Zero,’ online Sunday from Spooky Action by Guest Author

Interview by Roberta Alves Spooky Action Theater’s New Works in Action play-reading series continues Sunday, August 16, with Ian August’s Zero, a dark comedy about three miscreant teens…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:32PM

Theater and the risk of breath, by Kari Ginsburg by Guest Author

There is a moment in theater that I live for. I’m onstage, responding truthfully in the moment as if for the first time, embodying my skin as another person and existing in a brilliant atm…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:26AM
Thursday, July 30, 2020

A quick guide to going live online by Guest Author

  By Violet Brookes The term “new normal” gets thrown around a lot nowadays. And indeed, things are going to be vastly different due to the effects of the global pandemic. Since mid-Mar…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:00PM
Friday, July 24, 2020

For BIPOC women in theater who have had enuf: A roundtable on resistance by Guest Author

By Thembi Duncan DC Metro Theater Arts has committed to offer our communications channel to help amplify the BIPOC voices (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) that are now pointing the path …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:30AM
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Ricky Drummond opens up about love, death, and ‘Desiderium,’ his new musical from Monumental by Guest Author

On Monday, July 20, 2020, Monumental Theatre Company will present an online reading of a new musical, Desiderium, written by Ricky Drummond and featuring music by The Oh Hellos. Because of t…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:30AM
Saturday, July 4, 2020

How the Signature board behaved badly, from a patron’s POV by Guest Author

By Dalissa Vargas As a lifelong live theater fan and a woman of Puerto Rican descent, I have spent the better portion of my adult life as an avid theatergoer wherever I have lived. On any gi…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:00PM
Thursday, July 2, 2020

In ‘Hamilton,’ Angelica Schuyler’s husband is called ‘not a lot of fun.’ Here’s his real story. by Guest Author

By Daryl Austin The hip-hop musical Hamilton is being released on Disney+ on Friday (July 3)—a full 15 months ahead of schedule—so you can watch the drama and all of its love stories and…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:44AM
Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Why a whisper network turned into a tornado at Flying V by Guest Author

By K. J. Moran On Monday evening, June 22, 2020, the Board of Flying V Theatre Company terminated Cofounder and Artistic Director Jason Schlafstein following a weekend of sexual misconduct a…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:15PM
Thursday, June 18, 2020

Playwright Jack Novak probes life’s phases in ‘Transferal,’ online Sunday from Spooky Action Theater by Guest Author

Interview by Roberta Alves Spooky Action Theater’s livestreamed New Works in Action play-reading series concludes  Sunday, June 21, at 3 pm with Transferal by Jack Novak. Directed by Bri…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:54PM
Thursday, June 11, 2020

Remembering the power of live theater: My night of rapture under a ‘Silent Sky’ by Guest Author

By Christopher Lancette I sit down at Ford’s Theatre a few months ago—back when there was no coronavirus and the world was normal—to watch a play. I have never been much of a theater g…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:30AM
Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Playwright Matthew Kelly on queering power in ‘We Victorians,’ online Sunday from Spooky Action Theater by Guest Author

Interview by Roberta Alves Spooky Action Theater’s New Works in Action play-reading series continues livestreaming Sunday, May 31, at 3 pm with We Victorians by out queer playwright Matthe…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:23PM
Thursday, May 14, 2020

IN Series to build a digital opera house without walls by Guest Author

By Olivia Hampton If the corona virus has a lesson for the arts community, it’s that what’s small can still be mighty. Without a house to fill and lavish sets and costumes to maintain, W…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:16AM
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Gwydion Suilebhan: “Now is the time for artists to ask The Deep Why” by Guest Author

By Gwydion Suilebhan In 1960, a Turkish immigrant named Erol Onaran arrived in the United States with a whopping $32 in his pocket and a fair bit of skill as a television repair person. Erol…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:30AM
Monday, April 13, 2020

Artists Who Inspire! #4: John Becker by Guest Author

Welcome to the fourth installment of Artists Who Inspire! During this unprecedented shutdown of live theater, DCMTA will use this space to lift up local theater artists who are finding ways …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:28PM
Saturday, April 11, 2020

Top 10 Broadway Musicals: COVID-19-Style by Guest Author

10. “Don’t Kiss Me Kate” 9. “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Lab Coat” 8. “How to Succeed in Business without Leaving Your Couch” 7. “Freeze Rent” No pay, not today 6. �…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:44PM
Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Julianne Brienza announces “with agony” this year’s Fringe Festival is off by Guest Author

  By Julianne Brienza Founding Director, Captial Fringe  When planning began for the fifteenth annual Fringe Festival, no one could have imagined a pandemic with such fast, global restrict…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:10PM

What’s the future of live theater beyond COVID-19?: A point-counterpoint between Audrey Cefaly and Elliott Bales by Guest Author

What follows is an extraordinary conversation. It started as a Facebook post by award-winning playwright Audrey Cefaly. It was joined by her dear friend, acclaimed actor Elliott Bales, who d…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:20AM
Monday, April 6, 2020

Molly Smith: “Our job as artists is to remind our fellow human beings that better days are coming” by Guest Author

“In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.” —Bertolt Brecht (motto to Svendborg Poems) When I saw the blooming cherry blossom…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:27PM
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Cappies Review: ‘Matilda’ at Mount de Sales Academy by Guest Author

Review submitted by Leslie Robinson of Severna Park High School Music, mayhem, magic and the mob!  “Matilda the Musical” delivers allthis, plus a little chocolate cake! Marvelously tele…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:11PM
Monday, February 17, 2020

Natsu Onoda Power’s adaptation of ‘Thumbelina’ captivates audiences of all ages at Imagination Stage by Guest Author

By Kelly Hanson Hans Christian Andersen’s Thumbelina, a beloved fairy tale about a tiny girl searching for a place to belong, has been captivating children for hundreds of years. Though th…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:42PM
Thursday, January 30, 2020

Britches and Hose Theatre Company presents bold, beautiful ‘Richard III’ by Guest Author

By Kelly Hanson William Shakespeare’s Richard III is a masterpiece rife with intrigue, violence, and dark humor. Undertaking such a complicated and beloved production is a bold choice, and…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:58PM
Monday, January 6, 2020

Cappies Review: ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown at Glen Burnie High School by Guest Author

Review submitted by Caroline Wilking of Notre Dame Preparatory. Charles Schultz’s beloved Peanuts characters were brought to life in a bright and amusing new way in Glen Burnie High School…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:49AM
Monday, December 23, 2019

Cappies Review: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Perry Hall High School by Guest Author

Review submitted by Grace Brehm of Notre Dame Preparatory School. Rivaling families, action-packed fight scenes, and chemistries beyond compare are what await you at Perry Hall High School�…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:59AM
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Cappies Review: ‘Dark of the Moon’ at Albert Einstein High School by Guest Author

Review submitted by Evan Howard of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. The dim mountains were illuminated with green lights and strangedesigns. The bright and cheery…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:36PM
Monday, December 16, 2019

Cappies Review: ‘Our Town’ at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School by Guest Author

Review submitted by Margarita Gamarnik of South Lakes High School. Perhaps considered to be one of Thornton Wilder’s most evocative works,Our Town at St. Andrew’s Episcopa…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:45PM
Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Cappies Review: ‘Spamalot: School Edition’ at Annapolis High School by Guest Author

Review submitted by Annabelle Derrick of Indian Creek High School. Attention all townsfolk! Mayhap the most enthusiastic and phenomenal production of “Spamalot” this squire’s laid eye …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:54PM

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