Native Washingtonian poet and playwright John Johnson told us: “I am inspired to create art because I was born a artist it goes along with my breathing and heart beat, it is like a vital organ, it is my contribution to the planet. Moreover, every time I look in my children’s eyes I see infinite […]
Archives for June 4, 2020
Artists persist: Playwright Bob Bartlett writes Starbucks romance MIXTAPE for Facebook audiences
I always root for romance, even in plague times. Maybe that’s why I was completely drawn in by THE MIXTAPE, local playwright and Bowie State professor Bob Bartlett’s “connection during coronavirus” play that unfolds entirely through a series of Facebook posts and in his readers’ imaginations. Bartlett, who memorably set his play, The Accident Bear, […]
