The DC Theatre Community has been undergoing much transformation throughout the pandemic, beginning with the removal of powerful white men in positions of power. (The Washington Post even referred to it as a “Crisis”). Artists have been coming forward with stories of unsafe practices, mistreatment, predation, and abuse. Then within the community’s whisper network, we […]
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Review: Trans rock star Lisa Stephen Friday debuts her personal story in Trans Am
At its heart, Trans Am is an autobiographical ode in the style of a rock opera, that draws inspiration from the folk-rock like stereotype of the singer-storyteller. Lisa Stephen Friday, in her one-woman autobiographical show receiving its world premiere at Keegan Theatre, brings us on a hybrid journey of traditional coming out stories and traditional […]
Dane Figueroa Edidi co-produces new plays, Black Trans Women at the Center, with Long Wharf Theatre
On Wednesday, August 5th at 8pm, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, will livestream “Black Trans Women at the Center: An Evening of Short Plays”. The three new works will be: Sunshine by New Haven native Douglas Lyons, Things Unknown by Dezi Bing, and You Will Nevaaa by CeCe Suazo. The night is co-produced by none […]
Racism within DC area theatres. DCTS Roundtable calls for reckoning
On Thursday, July 16, seven gender diverse artists and leaders in our theatre community gathered for a Roundtable to talk about the barriers that Black women, femmes, and nonbinary folx face in our community, guided by JR Nexus Russ. Watch the full discussion on the DCTS Facebook page. These conversations are not new. Whiteness and White […]
Tonight: DCTS live streams Gender-Diverse Black Theatre Leadership Roundtable
Tonight, DC Theatre Scene holds its first live streamed event, starting at 7pm, on the DCTS Facebook page. The last few months have been hard in the theatre community, with many reckonings and revelations. While it has been a time of transformation, it has been particularly difficult on BIPOC women, femmes and nonbinary folx, who […]
Reports from Quarantine: How 4 stage managers, used to setting a fast pace, are spending their time at home
Our unsung heroes, the people who keep everything running. The folks who are more on top of their game than any theatre artist you’ll ever meet: Stage Managers. Stage Managers are the spines of the theatre world; without them entire productions would fall apart. This is due in part to their wide array of skills; […]
Artists in Quarantine: 3 playwrights write for the time of re-emergence
No doubt many of the playwrights in our community are feeling the sudden pressure to write and create during time of self-containment. So often we writers use “No Time” as an excuse, and now that we have the time, I suspect some of us are remembering that time was never truly the factor. We could […]
Artists in Quarantine: 4 artists share their survival plans
The damage that the current pandemic has had on theatre artists is nigh unfathomable. The very artform relies on gatherings, and the presence of others. No theatre has gone unaffected, and the life blood of those theatres, its technicians, designers, administrators, directors and performers, are left with heartbreaking cancellations, and worrisome losses of income. View […]
Review: BARE, the musical at Iron Crow, struggles to reach its high notes.
For LGBTQ+ audiences, the story of BARE is a tale as old as time: Two young men share a forbidden romance. BARE takes the story and places it in a Catholic Boarding school, amidst a throng of rambunctious and hormone-fueled teenagers. The duo, Peter (Brett Klock) and Jason (Benjamin Eisenhour) face an age old queer […]
The Infinite Tales. Adapter/director Gregory Keng Strasser harnesses Irish myths for 4615 Theatre
Gregory Keng Strasser first popped onto my radar when I met him while auditioning for 410[GONE] at Rorshach Theatre. At the time, I thought it quite an anomaly, as there were almost painfully few Asian and Asian-American directors in DC, or so it felt. This was a time before Desdemona Chang came over for White […]
Dane Figueroa Edidi talks about Klytmnestra and working as a Black, Trans Woman in DC
Dane Figueroa Edidi: “To be Black, and a woman and trans means each time someone experiences you or your work there is a shift that has to happen in others for them to even begin to lean in.” Dane Figueroa Edidi and I had the chance to work together back in 2013 at Spooky Action […]
The Helen Hayes Awards 2019: Funny and heartfelt moments from the stage at The Anthem
Who doesn’t love #dramaprom? On Monday, May 13th, your local favorite theatre makers decked themselves out to the nines and trekked on down to The Anthem at the Wharf to celebrate and relive all the ups and downs of 2018. theaterWashington’s production of the Annual Helen Hayes Awards is truly a special time of year […]
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