318 stories by "Guest Writer"
Have you ever watched "The Good Place" on Netflix? The Tragical Comical Fool's Game is kind of like that, but with Shakespearean characters. Last year, five graduate students (studying Shake…
Four years ago I was held up at gunpoint an hour after my girlfriend broke up with me. That's how my show begins. I didn't realize it was the beginning of a show at the time " much less a co…
Carrie Fisher once said to "take your broken heart and make it art." I aim to live by these words, which is why all of my solo shows have been derived from my real life experiences–exp…
On November 8, 2016, I was watching MSNBC cover what would become one of the most shocking moments in our nation's history. That election felt like a catastrophe. The future had never seemed…
On the Eve wasn't really a play that I decided to write. I stumbled into it. In 2011 I was nannying on the Upper West Side in New York City, and was slowly feeling that I had lost any sembla…
I'm going to be honest with you guys – I'm scared out of my mind to do this Fringe show, 50 Ways to Date Your Aubrey. Aside from feeling like some self-important, Kardashian-level narc…
Movie Magic Live! answer our questions. Where did the idea for your show come from? While the submission process was in progress, my friends at Fringe mentioned that there were quite …
Joey Maranto answers our questions about Meet the Glory Wholes. Tell us about the moment where you said to yourself: I just have to do this! I developed Meet the Glory Wholes while dri…
Hello, we are Area Woman – a new performance collective made up of women who love and respect each other, and also love and respect you. We formed when we realized that we liked each o…
As a poet and director, when I came across the script, the poetic language, the dramatic aspects of the play, and the possibility of creativity the story provides attracted me to directÅ
Actor Elan Zafir answers our questions about his play coming to Capital Fringe, The Unaccompanied Minor. – Tell us about the moment when you said to yourself: I just have t…
Black Confederates have long been considered a minor historical footnote, and even a debatable one at that. What isn’t open to debate is the fact that there were some 4 million Blacks …
John Lanou wrote Love in Three Scenes to explore "love in the age of rage."The piece could stir controversy (on both the right and the left) as it tackles Muslim-American patriot…
Word Dance Theater hasn't done a Fringe since 2008 so I wanted to do it this year. We always meet new people and pick up new audiences. Also, I like the "low tech" quality of the Fringe …
First, how we got here: In November 1955, a group of young Washingtonians and a former member of the then-all-male Princeton Triangle Club decided to put on a show devoted to "pure fun and n…
I fell in love with Hawaii in 1997 when my first wife and I took a vacation there.  You might say my love of Hawaii outlasted my first marriage.  But that's another story. In 1998, I b…
I first encountered the script for Ghosts by Elford Alley, when I was applying as a director for a Halloween one-act festival, last year at the Little Theatre of Alexandria. While reading al…
A week doesn’t go by that I don’t read something interesting, informative or helpful about the theatre community in DC Theatre Scene. Times are truly chilling when accusation…
Having lived my life in relative obscurity, I now find myself on the brink of celebrity. My early kittenhood was full of sadness, even tragedy. I was found stuffed in a downspout. My fur had…
While theatre communities across the nation were enjoying their dark Monday, Houston, Texas’ theatre community was in the middle of a natural disaster. As Hurricane Harvey continued to…
It's that time of year again! That most glorious time each summer when for one magical week the Capital Fringe festival is extended. It's a great chance to see the hit Fringe shows you mi…
Some people find the Fringe festival to be an intimidating environment. Sure there's a ton of great art and stuff going on, but how can one truly connect with the people behind the art and f…
Ally Theatre Company's second-ever production is radically different from the first, Miz Martha Washington, a darkly comedic historical play. Conceived and directed by Taylor Reynolds from a…
Douglas Stafford is a very talented juggler. If that is an interest of yours, if you like juggling, and you've got an hour, then you may like this show. Stafford is pretty good as a magician…
Willie Carlisle is an astonishing performer, and if I were only reviewing his performance of mountain folk music, I'd recommend this show with the entirety of my full heart. Guitar, banjo, s…
