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About Gavin

WBJC listeners and Baltimore audiences may know Gavin from his nearly 20 years as dramaturg and associate artistic director at Baltimore Center Stage (in which capacity he was a frequent guest on WBJC to talk about programs and events), or from regular appearances alongside Jonathan Palevsky at the Charles Theater for Cinema Sundays discussions. A director, dramaturg, producer, translator, and adaptor who also teaches on the theater faculty at Towson University, Gavin is a recent addition to the WBJC team and delighted to play this new role.

Mar. 04 2026

Alex & Olmsted get mechanical at Theatre Project

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Alex & Olmsted get mechanical at Theatre Project

The puppeteering and filmmaking duo known as Alex & Olmsted, recipients of international recognition and a solid handful of Jim Henson Foundation grants for past work, return to Baltimore Theatre Project with their latest creation, intriguingly titled Really Quite a Lot of Mechanisms. The new piece–which blends a variety of puppets with an array of […]

Mar. 02 2026

Compass Rose revives RENT

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Compass Rose revives RENT

With early performances already sold out, after the initial run was delayed by the great snowcrete attack of 2026, Compass Rose Theater is producing a revival of Rent, Jonathan Larsen’s highly acclaimed, now iconic rock musical adaptation of La Boheme. Performances are on the campus at Anne Arundel Community College, where Compass Rose is in […]

Mar. 02 2026

Pop culture and puppetry in PLEASE! at Theatre Project

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Felicia Cooper is a creator and performer with a deep background in devised work, collaborative theater making, and puppetry who has put all that (and more) into a one-act solo performance, Please!, which launces a spring national tour at Baltimore Theatre Project March 6th-8th. Working in concert with an impressive range and breadth of collaborators […]

Feb. 18 2026

Family & physics take the stage in AND YET IT MOVES

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Family & physics take the stage in AND YET IT MOVES

A new play by local playwright Katie Ganem gets a staged reading from Glass Canon Theatre Company on February 27th and March 1st at Keegan Theatre, directed by Gil Mitchell. The play is And Yet It Moves, which takes its title from a (possibly apocryphal but no less apt) quip muttered by astronomer Galileo Galilei after […]

Feb. 18 2026

Wilde’s Witty Wordplay on Display at GWU

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From February 26th through March 1st, the theatrical wizard of witty wordplay, Oscar Wilde, will be back on display in what is undoubtedly his best-known and best-beloved piece of stagecraft, The Importance of Being Earnest. This “Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” as its author cheekily subtitled his play when it debuted in 1895, dances deftly […]

Feb. 18 2026

Parlor Arts offers a performance buffet at Zen West

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Parlor Arts offers a performance buffet at Zen West

Still somewhat new on the local arts scene but already making an outsized impact, Parlor Arts brings together some of Baltimore’s richest resources in a feel-good-do-good, cabaret-style evening: the depth and breadth of performing arts, the grassroots power of an engaged community, and the significant range of local non-profits working on behalf of meaningful causes. […]

Feb. 16 2026

Mind on Fire launches double bill at The Voxel

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Mind on Fire launches double bill at The Voxel

How does one go about representing, musically, more than two million acres of protected wilderness and the story of how that came to be? Or tackling in a concerto the tussle between technology and individuality, with ego and avatar scored for bassoon? If you’re the musical ensemble Mind on Fire, the answer is, first, to […]

Feb. 02 2026

Retelling BEOWULF. Again

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Retelling BEOWULF. Again

Almost a year ago, Marcus Kyd was mired deep in memorization and uncertainty, possibly regretting a few ambitious life choices but determined to press on. He was on the brink of opening a new piece with Taffety Punk Theatre Company (where he’s a founding member) that left him alone on stage for its entirety–in a […]

Jan. 21 2026

DANCE NATION comes to Fells Point Corner Theatre

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Clare Barron’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated Dance Nation, one of the most successful, acclaimed, and influential among recent American plays, gets its Baltimore premiere at Fells Point Corner Theatre February 13th – March 8th, in a production directed by former Single Carrot Artistic Director Genevieve de Mahy. It’s a piece the New York Times celebrated for capturing […]

Jan. 19 2026

A new DAWN on stage at Everyman Theatre

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After a long, winding development saga that has taken it and its author criss-crossing the country, a brand new play is set for its world premiere at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, directed by Seonjae Kim. The play is Dawn, the author is playwright Tuyết Thị Phạm, and the production runs February 1st through March 1st–with […]

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