Traditionally, a peepshow is a one-way affair—someone performs and someone (or someones) else observe, usually without being seen themselves. But I knew walking into dog & pony dc’s contribution to the 2018 Women’s Voices Theater Festival, given the company’s emphasis on audience integration, that this would be no passive viewing experience. And indeed, Peepshow is […]
My don’t-miss shows: experimental, opera and theatre for young audiences
The Smithsonian invited DC Theatre Scene to present the next season to their audience, and as part of that presentation, DCTS Senior Writer Tim Treanor talked about shows he particularly anticipated. Today, we reproduce (more or less) what Tim had to say about experimental plays, operas, and theatre for young audiences.
How do you see the state of the union? Special dog & pony dc event this Wednesday
President Barack Obama presented a passionate State of the Union address last Tuesday night, but for those who feel that their voices are not being served, theater members of dog & pony dc will lead the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture’s “From Where I Stand: People’s State of the Union” from 7:30 to 9:30 […]
TOAST from dog & pony DC
Have you ever watched an Apple, IBM, or Google commercial and wondered ”Why couldn’t I do that?” dog & pony DC asks would-be innovators to flex their mental muscles in Toast, an interactive, empowering production wherein quirky inventors guide the audience toward game-changing technological advances.
Making Toast with dog & pony dc
Science is a creative enterprise. Let’s start there. If you survey the unassuming objects of your daily life—hair dryer, stapler, scissors, fridge—you can see the moments in time that someone, somewhere, grabbed hold of an opportunity that had just become available. Scissors couldn’t exist without first developing the sharpened blade. And scissors as we know […]
A Killing Game kills in Cincinatti fringe
dog & pony dc took their first road trip with A Killing Game earlier this month, and arrived back home able to use those magical words in its marketing, “award winning.” At Cincy Fringe 2013, Killing Game was named the Dr. Robert J. Thierauf Producers’ Pick of the Fringe award and the League of Cincinnati […]