Archive for the ‘Staff Blogs’ Category

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 […]

Apr. 01 2024

Baltimore Playwrights Festival helps launch BROKEN BY THE BAY

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Baltimore Playwrights Festival helps launch BROKEN BY THE BAY

After several years of writing, rewriting, and rewriting the rewriting, a new play by Baltimore playwright Kevin Kostic will have a free public reading through the Baltimore Playwrights Festival. You can hear the cast of local actors bring this original story to life–and play your own crucial role in the life of a new play’s […]

Mar. 11 2024

BOOK CLUB shenanigans on stage at Everyman

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on BOOK CLUB shenanigans on stage at Everyman

Director Laura Kepley leads a collection of Everyman Theatre company members and local actors on a rollicking ride filled with comic chaos,  diverting disruption, literary laughs, and assorted merriment–all accompanied by some thoughtful reflections on art, friendship, and identity. It’s The Book Club Play by DC-based playwright Karen Zacarias, on stage at Everyman from March […]

Feb. 20 2024

Set sail with Happenstance Theater in ADRIFT at Theatre Project

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Set sail with Happenstance Theater in ADRIFT at Theatre Project

Perhaps you find yourself sometimes (and maybe more so lately) wondering, Where am I, Who am I, What’s going on, Where is this all going? Maybe you feel a little adrift, or unsure how you’re supposed to stay afloat on the rickety raft that’s carrying you across uncharted waters. Welcome to the Ship of Fools, […]

Feb. 11 2024

Peabody Chamber Opera transforms Theatre Project with SVABDA

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Peabody Chamber Opera transforms Theatre Project with SVABDA

What do you get when you join six sopranos and mezzos, take away the orchestra, add folk dances and wedding customs, and put the whole thing in Serbian? Some of us might end up with nothing short of aa cacaphonous mess; but in the capable hands of composer Ana Sokolović , conductor Djordje Nesic, stage […]

Feb. 06 2024

Jane Eyre comes to Annapolis

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Jane Eyre comes to Annapolis

Classical Theatre of Maryland is back with another stage adaptation of a beloved literary classic, this time the world premiere of an original staging of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. The production runs from February 8th through 25th, adapted by the creative duo of Laura Rocklyn and Sally Boyett (also the CTM Producing Artistic Director) and […]

Jan. 30 2024

Gathering up CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY at Everyman Theatre

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Gathering up CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY at Everyman Theatre

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage makes another appearance on the Everyman stage in Baltimore, this time in her early, semi-autobiographical reverie, Crumbs from the Table of Joy.  Set against the backdrop of a 1950s Brooklyn as recalled in the vivid, personal memories of then-17-year-old Ernestine Crump, the play follows her as she and her eclectic […]

Jan. 30 2024

I WILL EAT YOU ALIVE takes a big bite out of a tough topic

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on I WILL EAT YOU ALIVE takes a big bite out of a tough topic

From January 25th through February 10th, Baltimore’s Interrobang Productions celebrates their 10th anniversary with the world premiere of a deeply personal but widely resonant new play by their Artistic Director, Katie Hileman: I Will Eat You Alive. The production, which Hileman also directs, offers audiences the option to sit literally at the table with the actors […]

Nov. 29 2023

A new “found” opera is no problem for Acme Corporation

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs | Comments Off on A new “found” opera is no problem for Acme Corporation

One of Baltimore’s most adventurous and consistently surprising performing groups, The Acme Corporation, is delivering the world premiere of a new opera, The Lights Went Out Because of a Problem, from November 30th through December 17th at the Voxel–9 W. 25th St in downtown Baltimore. The piece, subtitled “a found opera,” features a libretto alternately found, […]

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