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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.

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

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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

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on A new DAWN on stage at Everyman Theatre

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 […]

Jan. 13 2026

No looking back for ORPHEUS at Mobtown Ballroom

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on No looking back for ORPHEUS at Mobtown Ballroom

With the start of a new year comes a new flurry of activity in the local theater scene, here in Baltimore as elsewhere. Amid that flurry–and maybe appropriately for this month of Janus, that twin-faced deity–Charm City Filmmakers will present a new, “grittier” retelling of one of music’s favorite myths, encouraging us not to look […]

Jan. 08 2026

“Home thoughts from abroad”

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Also known as some year-end reflections from afar… January 2026 For the past several winters, I’ve been lucky enough to spend the holiday season tucked away among the Berkshire hilltowns of western Massachusetts, fairly remote from the city’s clamor or incidental interruptions, as well as from neighbors or interactions of any kind. This also means […]

Nov. 24 2025

Wonder & Whimsy from Happenstance at Theatre Project

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Wonder & Whimsy from Happenstance at Theatre Project

The endlessly inventive, imaginative members of Happenstance Theater return to the stage of Baltimore Theatre Project with their latest devised exploration of the follies, foibles, and frolics of the human condition: Juxtapose, a Theatrical Shadow Box. Performing from December 4th – 21st, and conceived and devised by the full company, Juxtapose takes its inspiration from […]

Nov. 12 2025

Compass Rose delivers Jane Austen for the holidays

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Compass Rose delivers Jane Austen for the holidays

Joining the commemoration of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, and to add spice to family holiday celebrations, Compass Rose Theater in Annapolis is producing a recent stage adaptation of a perennial favorite from the Austen oeuvre, Pride and Prejudice. In a lean adaptation by Emma Whipday that aims to put fun and family at the forefront, […]

Nov. 03 2025

Making good TROUBLE at Fells Point Corner Theatre

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November 3, 1955. Actor-turned-playwright Alice Childress enjoys the off-Broadway premiere of her new play, Trouble in Mind. at the Greenwich Mews Theatre in New York City. Using a play-within-a-play structure, in which a multi-racial and multi-generational company of actors rehearse a well-meaning melodrama aimed at stirring audience sympathy for the brewing civil rights movement, Childress […]

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