Transmission Written and performed by The Welders’ artistic director, Gwydion Suilebhan Directed by Ryan Maxwell Transmission is an immersive, participatory “performance sermon” on the viral evolution of culture from the radio age to the present. Devised for an intentionally-small audience of twenty people, all seated in 1930s armchairs clustered around period radios, the performance is a sonic mashup of […]
The Body of an American
The Body of an American by Dan O’Brien Directed by José Carrasquillo War reporter Paul Watson has been haunted since the day he snapped his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a dead American soldier being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu. Playwright Dan O’Brien has also felt haunted by his own past for years. The two […]
Cosi Fan Tutte Goes Hollywood
Two sisters from Sandusky, Ohio, come to Hollywood seeking movie stardom with their fiancés, a vaudeville duo. Madcap hijinks ensue when a producer and a scheming starlet trap the boys into a bet testing their sweethearts’ fidelity. Writer Nick Olcott’s hilarious English re-telling of Mozart /DaPonte’s masterpiece is directed by Shirley Serotsky and Maestro Stanley […]
Disgraced
Disgraced By Ayad Akhtar Directed by Timothy Douglas Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2013 and a 2015 Tony nominee for Best Play,Disgraced takes one dinner party’s casual chit-chat and blows it up into a rollicking, no-holds-barred argument that makes for truly delicious theater. What starts out as civil conversation quickly erupts into […]
The Emperor’s Nightingale
The Emperor’s Nightingale Adapted by Damon Chua Directed by Natsu Onoda Power All ages The sweet song of a Nightingale saves an Empire. This brand new adaptation set in eighteenth century China, brings to light the younger days of Emperor Qianlong, who would become one of the greatest rulers of the Middle Kingdom. It takes […]
William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged)
William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged) Written and directed by by Austin Tichenor and Reed Martin The wonderfully inventive and wildly hilarious Reduced Shakespeare Company® returns to Folger Theatre in this eagerly anticipated World Premiere. Discovered in a treasure-filled parking lot in Leicester, England, an ancient manuscript proves to be the long-lost first play by […]
Black Pearl Sings!
Black Pearl Sings! by Frank Higgins Directed by Sandra Holloway Musical Direction by William Knowles Two extraordinary women in Depression-era Texas. An ambitious Library of Congress musicologist and her discovery of the musical gifts of an African American woman with a soulful voice and steely spirit. A powerful evocative story of how they must work together […]
The Electric Baby
The Electric Baby by Stefanie Zadravec Directed by Randy Baker From the theatre company that brought you Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere and Truth and Beauty Bombs: A Softer World and from the director of the five-times Helen Hayes nominated Very Still & Hard to See, comes Rorschach Theatre’s latest foray into “impossible” theatre, the area premiere […]
Journey to the West
Journey to the West by Mary Zimmerman Directed by Allison Arkell Stockman This ancient Chinese legend tells the story of a Buddhist monk who travels from China to India in search of sacred scriptures. A rambunctious monkey, an insatiable pig and a fierce river monster join Tripitaka, the monk, on his epic adventure. Imaginative spectacle, […]
C.S. Lewis Onstage: The Most Reluctant Convert
Max McLean brings to life one of the most engaging personalities of our age in C.S. Lewis Onstage: The Most Reluctant Convert. Embark on Lewis’ fascinating journey from atheism to Christianity. Adapted exclusively from Lewis’ writings, Max McLean inhabits Lewis from the death of his mother, his estranged relationship with his father and the experiences […]
To Have Done with the Judgement of God
Theatre Du Jour brings unbridled spectacle to the small stage with Antonin Artaud’s 1947 radio play, To Have Done with The Judgement Of God. Written and produced for French Radio, the cacophonous rant against government and religion was shelved until after Artaud’s death. Using the play as a roadmap, this production utilizes sound, imagery, projections, […]
A Streetcar Named Desire
One of the most remarkable plays of our time, Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Southern drama comes to life on Everyman’s stage. Blanche DuBois, a faded and delicate Southern Belle, has mysteriously arrived on the doorstep of her younger sister, Stella, and her husband, the sexy yet brutish Stanley Kowalski. Blanche makes herself at home in […]