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Punch - That’s the Way We Do It
Written and directed by Wyckham Avery
Produced by dog and pony dc
Reviewed by Miranda Hall

Welcome to Adventure Seating 101. dog and pony dc’s production of Punch is an in-your-face - and frequently an in-your-lap - homage to vulgarity, violence, and questionable satire. If you’re in the mood for some crude, late-night entertainment, pull a trash bag over your clothes (if you’re sitting in the front two rows, they’re already attached to your seat), grab a beer (they’ll make sure you have one in the prologue), and get ready to jump into an evening of Fringe-esque debauchery. (more…)

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

by Karen Zacarías 
based on the novel by Julia Alvarez
directed by Blake Robison
produced by Round House Theatre 
reviewed by Miranda Hall 

Lime-green suitcases. American flag underpants. Blow-out birthday parties. Welcome to the world of the Garcia family.

Playwright Karen Zacarias’s latest adaptation, from Julia Alvarez’s acclaimed novel, bursts with music, compassion, and vivacity. (more…)

Songs of My Life/Going Against the Flow 
Reviewed by Miranda Hall

In the green-purple darkness of the 9:30 Club, languages mingle coolly above casual pre-show music. A trim woman wearing a black dress with enviable twirl potential snakes knowingly through the crowd. (more…)

• The Frustrations of Stoker Pratt  
  Reviewed by Miranda Hall

  Stoker Pratt double-dog dares you to try and out-prank him. Ignite the tool shed. Scribble mustaches in art history books. Steal a pirate hat from the history department. You cannot win - he’s done it all.

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• Uncle Tom, Uncle Sam, Uncle Ben, and the Rest 
  Reviewed by Miranda HallUncle Sam is dead. Guided by the urging of a Fellow American, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s protagonist Uncle Tom, pancake matriarch Aunt Jemima,

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• InstaPlay  
  Reviewed by Miranda Hall

  Only the keenest imaginations can make the humdrum extraordinary. And finding the humor in the exceptionally commonplace demands even more panache.  5-6-7-8 has a few lessons to learn.

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• The Chalk Boy  
• Reviewed by Miranda Hall

Orangeade? Check. Feisty girl-power soundtrack? Double check. Title role? No dice. (more…)

• B-Digga Presents 
• Reviewed by Miranda Hall

“Man, I forgot the Fringe was a theatre festival,” shrugged the rapper E.R.K. as he jauntily took stage Saturday afternoon. “I’m music,” he laughed. “Well alright. Here we go.” (more…)

• Poe and All that Jazz  
  by Miranda Hall
• If Poe and All that Jazz receives the zealous attention it deserves, then perhaps this holiday season a Poe-in-a-box will give Tickle-me-Elmo a run for its money. Let’s give it that chance - for the kids.

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• The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband 
• by Miranda Hall

  Everything starts with bang. Marriages. Affairs. Divorces. Dinner parties. Plays. How everything ends, however, and what follows the jump-start, is less than thrilling. (more…)