DC playwrights' shorts " Size Doesn't Matter, a Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

Size Doesn't Matter " 7 Shorts by DC Playwrights was born out of a brainstorming session of members of Fully Charged Productions " which is a producing organization formed by alumni of the N…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 5:21am on July 9, 2014☆⚑

"Are we better off when we are tamed?" A Fringe Peek at TAME. by Guest Writer

In the midst of The Summit 'pipeline' dialogue, the upcoming Women's Voices Festival, The Kilroy's "The List", and #YesAllWomen, there is a need for clarity and direction. In our DC theatre …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:11am on July 8, 2014☆⚑

The Inaugural Election for President of Mrs. Jacobson's Sixth Grade Class, a Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

At one point during Election, the students who are running for class president are asked a simple question: “Why are you running?” Their answers are as diverse as you’d exp…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 9:45am on July 8, 2014☆⚑

Contrafact of Freedom, a Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

Everyone knows "The Star-Spangled Banner". And, of course, everyone knows our country's national anthem was written by a man named Francis Scott Key. But that is pretty much the extent of ou…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 7:40am on July 8, 2014☆⚑

Kathleen Turner, the Unexpected and the Future of DC theatre, a Fringe Peek at Everything I Do by Guest Writer

These are excerpts from an interview with some of the cast and crew of the upcoming Capital Fringe show Everything I Do, a musical loosely adapted from Shaw's Man and Superman. [Everything I…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 7:19am on July 8, 2014☆⚑

The Mutualistic Melody, a Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

By guest writers Taylor Rascher (director) and W.R. Heispascher (playwright) Heispascher: The play’s genesis began with a single charge: to analyze the role that relationships play in …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 8:29am on July 7, 2014☆⚑

Stone Tape Party and the Art of the Soundtrack, a Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

Sex, drugs, jazz " you know, the classic ghost story. So reads the tagline for Nu Sass Productions' 2014 Fringe show, Stone Tape Party. The play is making its world debut at DC's summer Capi…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 7:41am on July 5, 2014☆⚑

13 Men, a Fringe Peek into the frisky comedy cabaret by Guest Writer

- An interview with Faith Hayden and Kendra Keller, co-founders of Leopard Print Productions Tell us about the moment where you said to yourself: “I just have to do this!” Hayden…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 9:46am on July 2, 2014☆⚑

Chesapeake, a Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

We're a fairly new company, and we were looking for new and unknown work to produce for the Capital Fringe Festival (also a first for us). But behold, the face of a Chesapeake Bay Retriever …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 6:10pm on July 1, 2014☆⚑

This Gonna Be on the Test, Miss?, a Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

This Gonna Be on the Test, Miss? is a solo show that has been 20 years in the making. Twenty years ago I detoured from acting into academia. I became so frustrated trying to explain what I t…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 5:20pm on July 1, 2014☆⚑

Cross the Line, a Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

A few years ago I took a semester to study abroad in Spain.  On returning, I realized that my circles of friends at school had found other friends and created new worlds that no longer in…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 9:09am on July 1, 2014☆⚑

Point…Blank…Period! a Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

We all have one. That friend that you share WAY too much information with. That friend that you say the most embarrassing things to and know, secretly, they are thinking the same thing too. …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 8:53am on June 30, 2014☆⚑

From France, Tomorrow's Dawn, a Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

Tom is in love with Alice, who loves him too. But nothing is easy: they are young; they have parents and teachers… They are teenagers, obviously full of questions and pains. Fortunately, t…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 7:44am on June 30, 2014☆⚑

Gods, Con Men, and Psychoanalysts Invade Fringe, a Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

Isis and Vesco Investigate the Curious Death of Dr. Freud mixes it all up –genres (thriller, myth, and classical theater), collaborators (producer Catherine Aselford , director Carl Br…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 7:38am on June 27, 2014☆⚑

Sound Design. It's an art that needs your voice now. by Guest Writer

It seems, given recent events surrounding the Tony Awards, that there is some heavy doubt and speculation as to what a Sound Designer does, what a good Sound Design accomplishes, what role a…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:05am on June 26, 2014☆⚑

Perfect Liars Club, a Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

When my wife and I came up with the idea of Perfect Liars Club more than a year ago, we had no idea it would turn into such a phenomenon. We'd recently moved from London, UK to Washington fo…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 9:21am on June 26, 2014☆⚑

Ever lost a job? Will Work For takes you on that rollercoaster ride. a Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

Will Work For is a fearless, farcical wake0up call. It’s a rollercoaster ride through the dangers of today's job market: dodging booby-trapped interviews, facing demons of employment p…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 5:07pm on June 25, 2014☆⚑

What Would Tina and Amy Do? a Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

See/Saw Theatre Co presents What Would Tina and Amy Do? by Larissa Kruesi and Mikaela Saccoccio – a new play about friendship, love, and getting stuff done. Friendships are an importan…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 8:39am on June 25, 2014☆⚑

Getting your DC-CV straight. Districtland, a Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

A Hill intern. An unemployed Georgetown law grad. A returned Peace Corps volunteer. And a Rhodes Scholar. Together they live in a shared house in a transition neighborhood and each day they …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 9:05am on June 24, 2014☆⚑

Loving, the American Way, a Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

Infinite Jest co-founder Bill Gordon loves, loves, loves nostalgia. Nostalgia for a 1970s romantic comedy anthology series inspired Infinite Jest's entry into the 2014 Capital Fringe Festiva…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 9:14am on June 23, 2014☆⚑

Andrew Potter on his crazy journey on The Road to High Street by Guest Writer

– a guest article written by Fringe artist Andrew Potter – The Road to High Street is the live, multi-media, musical, storytelling performance of my days as a guitar-playing, uni…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:01am on June 20, 2014☆⚑

Jane Franklin on Blue Moon Red River: Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

– Jane Franklin, Artistic Director of the Arlington, VA-based Jane Franklin Dance, on her collaboration with musician Tom Teasley on  Blue Moon/Red River coming to the 2014 Capital …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 7:10am on June 19, 2014☆⚑

From South Carolina, Confessions of a Good Man at DC Black Theatre Festival by Guest Writer

South Carolina isn't the first place that comes to mind when considering good theatre, but there are several gems 'down south' just waiting to be sought out. One South Carolina theatre compa…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 8:34am on June 17, 2014☆⚑

Travon Martin-inspired play Detroit Blues at DC Black Theatre Festival by Guest Writer

- Playwright Patrice Cassedy writing about her new play debuting at the 2014 DC Black Theatre Festival - A few days after Trayvon Martin was killed, my husband and I ate out in Burbank, Cali…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 9:29am on June 16, 2014☆⚑

Theatre artists: a liveable wage is our right and our responsibility by Guest Writer

Recently, the FringeArts blog of Philadelphia interviewed the critically successful performer-producer Charlotte Ford about her decision to take a leave the arts scene to pursue a more forma…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 8:40am on May 29, 2014☆⚑