Directors call everyone together. They first create a safe place for everyone to explore the text and what they can bring to it. They are the shamans, shape-shifting their own presences – sometimes strongly guiding, other times receding into the background and letting the collaborative transformations take place. Take 5! with Helen Hayes nominated directors: […]
Take Five! with Helen Hayes nominated Designers
Designers enliven the dark stage with light, color, texture and sound. Take Five! with designers: Alejo Vietti, Cory Pattak, Debra Kim Sivigny, Elizabeth Jenkins McFadden, Helen Q Huang, Jason Lyons, Justin Schmitz, Kendra Rai, Kenny Neal, Lindsay Jones, Matthew Nielson, Milagros Ponce de León, Misha Kachman, Neil McFadden, Olivia Sebesky, Paige Hathaway, Patrick W. Lord, […]
theatreWashington announces date for Helen Hayes Awards and exciting new venue
Attendees of this year’s Helen Hayes Awards on May 14, 2018 will be heading to a new part of DC for DC theatre’s biggest night. theatreWashington has announced that this 34th year of the awards will be held at The Anthem at DC’s new District Wharf.
theatreWeek’s free season kickoff party, September 16 at Woolly Mammoth Theatre
The summer is winding down and families are seeing their schedules filling up with soccer games, school events and other commitments, but theatreWashington has planned a day that allows people to take a break from their busy schedules and enjoy some family fun.
2017 Helen Hayes Awards. And the nominees are …
Straight from tonight’s announcement at the Helen Hayes Gallery of the National Theatre. Here are the nominees for the Helen Hayes Awards. The 33rd Helen Hayes Awards ceremony will be held May 15, 2017 at the historic Lincoln Theatre on U Street followed by an after-party at the nearby 9:30 Club. Tickets will be available March […]
The Helen Hayes Awards will be announced tonight. A look behind the scene
Those involved in producing theatre in our area in 2016 will be holding their collective breath as nominees for the 2017 Helen Hayes Awards are announced tonight. On what is conceivably one of her busiest days of the year, Amy Austin, theatreWashington’s “I’ve got this” President, took a moment to give us some appreciation of the work that goes into producing tonight’s […]
theatreWeek is on! Grab the best deals before October 2
theatreWashington’s annual theatreWeek is with us again, and this year it’s lasting a little more than a week — until October 2. Thirty-four Washington-area theaters are offering tickets to musicals, dramas, comedies, and theatre for young audiences for $36 and less for patrons who purchase during this golden period.
Taking stock of DC’s assistance program,Taking Care of Our Own
We stand poised at the start of the new theatre season, pondering which plays and musicals will take us to new places, which will lead us to discover new talents, new characters, which will challenge us in new ways, and which will we greet like returning old friends.
Answers to your most urgent questions about the Helen Hayes nominations
Last night, theatreWashington released the nominations for the 2016 Helen and Hayes Awards, recognizing outstanding achievement for all professional productions in 2015. We’ve turned the list of 47 categories into a sortable table to help you quickly learn how your favorite companies and productions fared with the judges. I am sure they join us in congratulating […]
Announcement of the Helen Hayes Awards nominees moved to February 1
With the city of Washington still cleaning up from the weekend’s historic storms and even the Federal government closed for Monday, January 25, the Washington theatre community will need to hold its collective breath for another week.
City Paper exec new head of theatreWashington
Just announced by theatreWashington – Amy Austin, the long-time Publisher of the Washington City Paper, a local news and online destination, has accepted the position as President and CEO of theatreWashington.
It’s a big season ahead: tips on how to see more and save
This article is based, in part, on research done for DCTS’ presentation at the Smithsonian Museum on Aug 20, 2015. You can see a play in this town for nothing or next to nothing. You can also pay over a hundred bucks. Mostly it depends on what you want to see, where you want to […]