Nothing spreads holiday cheer quite like the unearthly wolf grunts and throaty insistent howls of the Klingon species. In advance of WSC Avant Bard’s one-night-only staged reading of A Klingon Christmas Carol on December 15, DC Theatre Scene spoke with the man who created the Klingon language—who also happens to lead the theatre’s Board, and […]
Archives for December 8, 2014
20 favorite YPT plays performed as Young Playwrights’ Theater turns 20
Within its purple and yellow beanbag-strewn office overlooking Meridian Hill Park, the small but energetic staff of Young Playwrights’ Theater (YPT) has been finalizing plans for its biggest event to date. Said event, known around the office as #20Fest, will be held on Friday, December 12 at Theater J to mark the organization’s 20th anniversary—making […]
Round House Theatre’s charming new musical, The Nutcracker
Christmas isn’t only the season of giving, receiving and familial travel, it’s also the season of theatrical traditions. My family drives a number of hours to watch the complete 3 hour Handel’s Messiah while other families see The Christmas Carol with grandparents, some Nativity play at a church, or many others. For me though, the […]