2012 Source Festival

June 8 – July 1, 2012
DCTS guide to our reviews

10 Minute Plays

Redeeming Demons
by Steven McKnight

While these shorts are probably not the strongest of the festival, they feature an unusually talented set of actors, most of whom act in multiple plays.  If you are willing to accept a mixture of hits and less successful plays, you are likely to be entertained even by the lesser material.

The Rites of Passage
by Steven McKnight

… one of the strongest collections of work this reviewer has seen in many Source Festivals.  Perhaps the topic is a fertile ground for playwrights, or maybe it’s just luck of the draw, but this group of works should be high on the list of Source Festival patrons.

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Ethereal Encounters –
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Full Length Plays

House Halfway
by Steven McKnight

The House Halfway is not just the highlight of the Source Festival; it’s one of the best plays in Washington, DC this season.  Try and get a seat at one of the few remaining performances and you will be richly rewarded.

Qualities of Starlight
by Steven McKnight

There is much to enjoy in Qualities of Starlight, not the least of which are a couple of fine performances by Jim Epstein and Vanessa Bradchulis as the parents.  They manage to rise above some of the too country dialogue and the obvious clichés  to make a dysfunctional old couple both semi-realistic and funny.

Uses of Enchantment
by Steve Hallex

Once upon a time, there was a lonely critic.  Never mind where he lived, nor care whether he was tall or handsome, though he certainly was not rich.  One day, this lonely critic went to see Gregory Moss’ play The Uses of Enchantment as part of the Source Theatre’s annual festival.

BLIND DATES

Filter
by Robert Duffley

 When the man in the fedora leads the audience onto 14th Street and promises they’re about to see something that “has never before existed in the history of this evening,” he’s not kidding.

The Pressure Cooker
by Robert Duffley

As the performance begins, the artists themselves form a still life, frozen at a fully-stocked dinner table in a culinary tableau. Audiences are encouraged to “explore the gallery.” (Yes, the food is real.) Nat King Cole’s “The Frim Fram Sauce” plays overhead.

Shadow-Matter: Exam Log X
by Robert Duffley

Over a series of experiments, a scientist is drawn ever closer to his subject in this elegant, gymnastic dance of opposites. One of the Source Festival’s three Artistic Blind Dates, this hypnotic collaboration between a filmmaker (Dannie Snyder), a puppeteer (Lisi Stoessel), and an object manipulation specialist (Drex) is greater than the sum of its parts.