Sept 8, 2015 — Tonight, from the National Museum of Women in the Arts, HowlRound TV will stream the conversation between Tony® Award-winning playwright Lisa Kron and National Public Radio’s Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg on gender parity in the arts. The discussion will open the launch party for the Women’s Voices Theater Festival. The conversation, […]
Archives for September 2015
UpCLose: Yaël Farber, Women’s Voices Theater Festival
Yaël Farber’s adaptation of Salomé opens at Shakespeare Theatre Company on October 6, 2015. She is a multiple award-winning director and playwright of international acclaim. Her productions (The Crucible, Mies Julie, Nirbhaya, Molora, He Left Quietly, A Woman In Waiting, Amajuba) have toured extensively internationally – earning her a reputation for hard-hitting, controversial works of the highest […]
McSweeny’s Midsummer Night’s Dream: a sexy, geeky love letter to theater
Can I use fairy magic to go back in time and kick my own ass? (Or should I say Bottom?) Because 2012 Ryan completely missed director Ethan McSweeny’s original take on his giddily horny version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Luckily the good wizards over at Shakespeare Theatre Company have summoned Titania, Oberon and the […]
UpClose: Jacqueline Goldfinger, Women’s Voices Theater Festival
Jacqueline Goldfinger’s Trish Tinkler Gets Saved opens October 8, 2015 at Unexpected Stage. Skin & Bone won Best New Play at the 2014 Philadelphia Critics Awards and was nominated for the Blackburn Prize. Her 2012 drama Slip/Shot, won the Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play, was nominated for the Weissberger Award and developed at PlayPenn […]
Stage Briefs: skateboarding, new plays, new musical, and happy 30th, WSG
A roundup of some of this week’s theatrical news and notes from The Kennedy Center, Washington Stage Guild and Signature Theatre.
UpClose: Gabrielle Fulton, Women’s Voices Theater Festival
Gabrielle Fulton’s Uprising is receiving a rolling premiere, opening at MetroStage on September 17. 2015. She was the 2011-2012 National New Play Network Playwright-in-Residence at Atlanta’s Horizon Theatre Company. Her directorial debut, Ir/Reconcilable, was selected as an HBO® Short Film Competition Finalist at the 2014 American Black Film Festival. Fulton, who earned her B.A. at […]
It’s a big season ahead: tips on how to see more and save
This article is based, in part, on research done for DCTS’ presentation at the Smithsonian Museum on Aug 20, 2015. You can see a play in this town for nothing or next to nothing. You can also pay over a hundred bucks. Mostly it depends on what you want to see, where you want to […]
UpClose: Martyna Majok, Women’s Voices Theater Festival
Martyna Majok’s new play, Ironbound, opens September 9 at Round House Theatre. She was born in Bytom, Poland, and aged in Jersey and Chicago. Her plays include Mouse in a Jar, the friendship of her thighs, Petty Harbour, reWilding, and Woman at the Well. Her plays have been performed and developed at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, […]
Score free tickets to Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Are you a Shakespeare fan who might not have the funds available to see a show at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, or maybe just haven’t had something to push you in the right direction? Well, STC’s annual Free For All might be just right for you. The Washington tradition has the theatre offering free performances […]
UpClose: Karen Zacarías, Women’s Voices Theater Festival
Karen Zacarías’ new play Destiny of Desire opens September 11 at Arena Stage at the Mead Theater for American Theater. Her award-winning plays include The Book Club Play, Legacy of Light, Mariela in the Desert, The Sins of Sor Juana, the adaptations of Just Like Us and How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent plus many more. She collaborated on the libretto for Sleepy […]