We listened in as Allison Malcomstogle sat down with Robert Kittredge, author of 33 1/3 Chorus Girls, talked about the upcoming festival. Some of what we heard was barely believable. Malcomstogle: How did you get involved in the creative end of a theatrical production? Kittredge: Having grown up in Des Moines, I was always a […]

Twanna A. Hines, a sexual and reproductive health educator and creative entrepreneur, answers our questions about her Capital Fringe show at Arena Stage. Where did the idea for your show come from? Like every delicious thing — from french kissing to ménages à trois — you can blame this on the French! You know that […]

For Capital Fringe this year, I have adapted The Bacchae by Euripides. I am true to the source material, except for a surprise in the beginning and the end, where I bring in the work of another famous playwright. I can’t say any more than that, but I hope to delight the audience. My approach to […]

This play is the second in a trilogy of plays, all with a theme of domestic violence and its horrible multi-generational scourge on one family. The first play, Sobriety of Fear, was a one-person show. The characters are LeRoy, the father and husband, Asha, the wife and mother, and Rudy, their little 4-year-old son. LeRoy’s […]

After answering ice-breaker questions, three strangers mysteriously end up on a deserted island, premised on the classic “would you rather” scenario. Now all their answers are coming to life. In this magical realism tale, these strangers face the consequences of their choices and learn new truths about who they are. The world premiere will be at […]

So, I was reading “Norwegian Wood” by Haruki Murakami (yes, I also roll my eyes when someone casually mentions they were reading Murakami) and there is this beautiful line: “Life is here, death is over there.” and it really hit me hard. I thought about it a ton, about death and what we think about it. […]

I was, am and always will be a mama’s boy. Not in a creepy, Norman Bates, refer to her as “mother” with dead eyes way, but just for the simple fact that my mom and I shared a beautiful, positive and close relationship that has always been a loving rock in my often chaotic life. […]

One evening, in September of 1922, legendary horror writer, H.P. Lovecraft, visited an old Brooklyn graveyard and took home a small souvenir: a chip from a tombstone dated 1747.  Later, he mused in a letter: “What thing might not come out of the centuried earth to exact vengeance for his desecrated tomb?  And should it […]

What do people do when they are forced to wait? What if they are forced to wait in a room with no door? What happens when, in these strange circumstances, people begin to disappear? You know those conversations you have with people you know you’re never going to see again? The ones where you say […]

In August of 2015, at the tender age of 23, I decided to pack up my car and drive across the country from New York to Oregon for an acting apprenticeship opportunity with a small theater company. I had never been to Portland nor did I know anyone who lived there, but 10 months in […]

Quick chat with Capital Fringe artist Miranda Jonte, on the how and why of her play, good & kissed.   Tickets for good & kissed Take your broken heart and turn it into art. [adsanity_rotating align=”aligncenter” time=”10″ group_id=”1455″ /] Miranda Jonte is a NYC actor, playwright, and producer with penchant for road races, big dogs […]