Ever wonder what became of the beloved characters from Charles Schultz’s “Peanuts” comic strip? You know, once they grew up and were faced with all of the trials and tribulations of high school? Well, you are in luck because Burt V. Royal has written an update for the beloved gang, with his beautifully moving and […]

From the publicity (“Shakespeare’s bromance, with no bros”) and from Joshua Engel’s pleasantly erudite director’s note, I sat down expecting No Gentlemen of Verona to be an academic’s production.  That is, a loose adaptation of Shakespeare geared toward highlighting a specific theme—gender, I figured, in this case—or a radical re-appropriation of the text in the […]

What waits beyond the veil of reality? Is it Heaven? Hell? Or something else? This very human question forms the crux of Oblivion, a charming new opera charting one man’s struggle with his own mortality and the prospect of life after death.

What does it take to open our hearts, express deepest thoughts, share and be vulnerable?  And what are the rewards if we can indeed get to that level of openness and honesty?  How to Be a Human explores just that in one of the most unique formats imaginable. Allow yourself 75 minutes and this amazing […]

Horrible Child by Lawrence Krauser  is an absurdist, early-Albee-like play that tells the story of a family gone horribly awry. P (Lee Ordeman) and Q (Delia Taylor) have given birth to a hairy, sexless monster they call Horrible Child (Daniel Eichner). When Terrible (Greg Twomey), the exterminator called to deal with the monster, arrives several […]

Once upon a time there was a wolfishly predatory music teacher, a little red-faced high school student, a put-upon receptionist named Gretel who liked gingerbread cupcakes, and a caterer who, Cinderella-like, just wanted his Prince Charming.  They all lived in Washington, DC.  You can see their stories in a play called Twisted.  And you should.

Depending on who you are, the vast, fluorescent-bathed offices of the federal bureaucracy can serve as a symbol of government overreach, of competent management, or simply of a daily workplace grind.  But is it a world than can be mined for compelling drama? GS-14 attempts this, and meets with mixed success.

Liz Lerman has blazed a trail for artists and audiences not only in DC but also nationally and internationally for 34 years; garage/dances extends this path of creative exploration.

Tuck your polo shirt into your khaki pants, adjust you nametag and prepare to nod and smile your way through a world where the customer is always right, or so  they think, and Christmas feels closer to hell. This is the world of the retail soldier.

Somewhere along the way, Landless became the “South Park” of the DC theatre network. Their shows are practically made of construction paper, and each one is pumped full of cute, filthy-minded satire and sing-along idiocy. Once again, that impish spirit proves an asset, especially when the story’s main characters are as juvenile as the writers’ […]

“It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill – it’s a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider,” Vincent van Gogh once observed. “I’m all right when I completely immerse myself in work, but I’ll always remain half crazy.”