Note: D.M.Jackson has acted at WSC in the past, but has never worked directly with or for any of the artists involved with this production. This gem of a two-character play, Two-Headed by Julie Jensen, is an ideal performance piece for Lee Mikeska Gardner and Melissa Flaim. Wrapped in tight layers like an onion, the story […]

By: Ronnie Ruff The Childrens Hour at WSC The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman starts on a slow path to it’s conclusion but as the plot thickens this melodrama of blackmail and lies in a 1930s girls school comes to life with a riveting but predictable ending. WSC’s H Lee Gable directs and casts Christopher Henley […]

As Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart Again fades into the background, WSC’s newest production, Hapgood, opens in the men’s changing rooms of a public swimming pool where a complex trade of top secret information is taking place. Briefcases slide under this door then that door so many times it takes quantum physics to explain […]

Religion, greed and truth all play an important role in Peter Shaffer’s saga about Spain’s conquest of Peru and its riches. Director Steven Scott Mazzola never loses sight of Washington Shakespeare Company’s mission to emphasize a provocative, bold, intimate approach within its productions. Soaring goals sometimes are never fully realized but for Mazzola and WSC, […]