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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, […]
Making good TROUBLE at Fells Point Corner Theatre
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 […]
Getting ethereal with VESPER at the Voxel
October 16—November 2 at The Voxel: Vesper A new theatrical exploration, a shared voyage into the unknown or at least into uncertainty for creators and audiences alike, gets its world premiere in Baltimore at The Voxel through November 2nd. Conceived and directed by Jarod Hanson, devised with the collaboration of the entire company, and produced with […]
ART imitates life at Everyman Theatre
Kyle Prue, Bruce Randolph Nelson, and Tony K. Nam have been friends and fellow ensemble members in the resident acting company of Everyman Theatre for decades. Now they get to take that friendship and that history onto the stage and tear it apart every night for the sake of their art. Or, in this case, […]
A spirited tale takes the stage from Ballet Theatre of Maryland
Just in time for the season of spooky spirits and haunted havoc–not to mention fall colors and pumpkin spice–Ballet Theatre of Maryland will revive Giselle, the ghostly tale of a young villager’s doomed love and deadly dancing. From October 17th – 19th, at Maryland Hall in Annapolis, the company brings to life the beloved Romantic […]
Spooky Action goes Dragon taming
Running from September 25th through October 19th at Spooky Action Theater in Washington, DC is a production of Evgeny Shvarts’ 1944 satirical fable, The Dragon, directed by the company’s artistic director, Elizabeth Dinkova, in a new adaptation by Jesse Rasmussen & Yura Kordonsky. Shvarts’ play imagined a town cowering under the brutal menace of a […]
Opera on a platter from IN Series
Serving up the unexpected has become the signature of innovative, inventive IN Series opera company, under the artistic leadership of Timothy Nelson. This month, from Oct 2 -12, the troupe is collaborating with New York-based Catapult to produce the first-ever fully staged production of Alessandro Stradella’s 1675 Baroque oratorio, St. John the Baptist. Complete with […]
Buckle some swash with Taffety Punk
Taffety Punk Theatre Company in DC, the established ensemble-based company known for their creative, thoughtful, always distinctive approach to classic and contemporary theater, returns with another characteristic offering. This time, they have revisited a beloved Romantic chestnut: Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand’s 1897 epic tale of unrequited longing, unshakeable courage, quiet sacrifice, and one oversized […]
All aboard for murder & mystery at Manor Mill Playhouse
Anyone looking for a truly killer time at the theater can look no further than Manor Mill Playhouse, where from October 3 – 12 you can enjoy Ken Ludwig’s snappy, breezy, suspenseful stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Directing the production is Manor Mill Playhouse’s Artistic Director, Vanessa Eskridge; she was able […]
Theatre 51 brings real life to the stage in NOW TO ASHES
On July 13th at Friends Meeting Washington, and again on July 19th as part of the brand new District Fringe (both performances at 2pm), Theatre 51 brings vivid life to historical truth in a world premiere play, Now to Ashes, written by Sarah Pultz and Renae Erichsen. The two authors joined me to talk a […]
