Archive for the ‘Staff Blogs’ Category

Oct. 30 2024

All that GLITTERS at Everyman Theatre

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on All that GLITTERS at Everyman Theatre

Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre will launch a new initiative this November, a play reading series entitled Script Tease (very clever, y’all) dedicated to early development of Baltimore-based or affiliated playwrights. First up, on Monday, November 4th, is a new play by R. Eric Thomas, Glitter in the Glass, directed by Gerrad Alex Taylor. The reading itself […]

Sep. 27 2024

Fresh new plays harvested by Sisters Freehold

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Fresh new plays harvested by Sisters Freehold

Sisters Freehold has made an outsized mark in its relatively brief three years of existence, and much of that has come through their signature play-development project, the Horticulture Playwrights Workshop. Dedicated to finding and fostering local, emerging playwrights through a year of crafting and rewrites from idea to actuality, HPW has already nurtured several creative […]

Sep. 20 2024

Riot Grrrls march on Dunsinane!

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Riot Grrrls march on Dunsinane!

It’s always a delight to speak with and hear from the tremendous array of creative artists and performers who make our local theater community thrive at every level. But there is a special thrill that comes from the chance to talk to two supremely talented, veteran theater-makers about an exciting project when they also happen […]

Sep. 03 2024

MACHINAL gears up at Fells Point Corner Theatre

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on MACHINAL gears up at Fells Point Corner Theatre

From September 6th through 29th, Fells Point Corner Theatre is featuring one of the landmark American plays of the last century, Sophie Treadwell’s Expressionist tour-de-force, Machinal. Directed by Deirdre McAllister, the production comes to life 96 years almost to the day since the play premiered to both shock and acclaim on September 7th, 1928. A mere […]

Aug. 20 2024

Culture clash at Baltimore Theatre Project

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Culture clash at Baltimore Theatre Project

Playing through August 31st at the always-eclectic Baltimore Theatre Project is a new play by local playwright Mark Scharf, The Monroe Doctrine. The project is produced by Vest Pocket Productions, directed by multi-talented Baltimore theater-maker Ann Turiano (also co-Artistic Director of Sisters Freehold), and features an array of seasoned local artists on stage and behind […]

Jun. 11 2024

Getting hysterical with Summer at the Center

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Getting hysterical with Summer at the Center

2024 heralds the revival of the Summer at the Center arts festival at Towson University’s College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC)–for the first time in nearly 20 years. This festival offers a celebration of, as well as a tribute to, Baltimore’s vibrant artistic tapestry and COFAC’s long history as a part of it. Spread […]

May. 14 2024

Go into the woods with Shakespeare at Everyman

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Go into the woods with Shakespeare at Everyman

Everyman Theatre is making a rare foray into the Shakespearean canon with its current production of the much-loved comic romance, A Midsummer Night’s Dream–playing through June 9th. This fresh, surprising new take* on the old classic looks to find new resonance, new twists, new laughs, new life, new bite, and a balance between heart and […]

Apr. 29 2024

Crossing borders and breaking boundaries with Spooky Action Theater

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Crossing borders and breaking boundaries with Spooky Action Theater

Spooky Action Theater’s artistic director, Elizabeth Dinkova, joined me by phone to unpack some of the humor, humanity, and heart at play in the latest production from this inventive DC-based theater compnay. She spoke with extra authority and insight having known the playwright, Philip Howze, since overlapping at drama school; having selected and programmed the […]

Apr. 25 2024

CINDY OF ARC jousts with the patriarchy at Theatre Project

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on CINDY OF ARC jousts with the patriarchy at Theatre Project

I had the pleasure of chatting all the way across the Atlantic with writer/performer/creator Cynthia Kaplan about her new play Cindy of Arc, coming to Baltimore Theatre Project May 2nd-4th after a raucously successful stop at Intiman Theatre in Seattle. The journey of this piece has been a lengthy and arguably convoluted one, from extremely topical […]

Apr. 16 2024

The “mother of all musicals” takes the stage at CTM

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on The “mother of all musicals” takes the stage at CTM

Now playing through April 28th at Classic Theatre of Maryland is the beloved Broadway classic from 1959, Gypsy–featuring the music of Jule Styne, the lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, a book by Arthur Laurents, and more familiar standards of the repertoire than you can fit on your workout playlist. Under the direction of CTM Producing Artistic […]

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