As the refugee crisis in the Middle East and Europe continues to spiral, Mosaic Theater Company of DC goes beyond the headlines to diagram hopeful refugees caught in a web of chaos, bureaucracy, and prejudice in Africa and ultimately, Israel. Mosaic’s soul-stirring Promised Land asks audience members to take a hard look at their own perceptions […]
Archives for February 22, 2016
Romeo and Juliet, Synetic-style, still enthralls
Alas, poor Shakespeare. As it turns out, you don’t really need language to tell the story of Romeo and Juliet. In Synetic’s electric retelling of the star-crossed lovers’ tale, iambic pentameter has shuffled off its mortal coil, and the Bard’s wit and words have been jettisoned, leaving the bare emotions and the heart of the […]
Director Timothy Douglas on the impact of Father Comes Home from the Wars at Round House
The critics are buzzing about Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2, and 3) at Round House Theatre. Deemed “challenging and beautiful” (Jonelle Walker, DCist), the play is “Verse on the plantation, prose on the battlefield, and blues guitar in between…. a miracle of contradictions and contrasts” (Brett Steven Abelman, DC Theatre Scene). […]