One of the greatest challenges facing an actor is to try to create their own unique interpretation of a classic role such as Randle P. McMurphy or Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. 

A delusional janitor, believing he is Abraham Lincoln, helps write speeches that inspire a political campaign.  In lesser hands, this premise would run sitcom thin. 

Elizabeth Rex is a whimsical post-show talkback between the legendary Elizabeth I of England, William Shakespeare and his troupe of actors in a royal barn. It’s a play within a play and Keegan Theatre has achieved an amazingly lively staging for its regional premiere in Washington D.C.

An old man with a corona of gray hair, (Brian Hemmingsen) sits like a sphinx, staring straight out in silence, palms face down on a beat-up desk. Let that image of Krapp nest in your mind. Rest assured, we’re in Beckett’s theatre-of-the-absurd, where every word is cherished, like a profound poem. As Krapp stirs to […]

Man of La Mancha By Dale Wasserman; Music by Mitch Leigh; Lyrics by Joe Darion Directed by Mark A. Rhea Produced by Keegan Theatre By Gary McMillan Mark Rhea is the man and David Jourdan is his Man. What a duo. Keegan Theatre is in summer reruns (having presented Man of La Mancha in 2001) […]

Closing Time by Owen McCafferty Produced by Keegan Theatre New Island Project Directed by Eric Lucas and Kerry Waters Lucas Reviewed by Tim Treanor Ireland’s recent successes – it is among the most prosperous nations in Europe, now, and there is peace in the Occupied Counties for the first time in more than a generation […]

Translations by Brian Friel Directed by Mark A. Rhea Produced by Keegan Theatre  Reviewed by Rosalind Lacy    A knock-out punch is hard to see coming, but you know when you’ve been hit. Brian Friel’s Translations has that kind of riveting power so that you leave the theater reeling from its quaintly developed revelations. Keegan Theatre’s […]

Last Days of the Killone Players By Eric Lucas Directed by Leslie A. Kobylinski Produced by Keegan Theatre’s New Island Project Reviewed by Steven McKnight The stereotypical image of Ireland, arising in part from a wealth of literary and theatrical works, involves a poor agricultural nation rich in tradition and slow to change.  In fact, […]