The title Gwen & Ida: The Object is of No Importance comes from a painter's refrain to a film director that the subject of your art doesn't matter, only that you make it. To this end, th…
Dane Figueroa Edidi is many things. She is a playwright, poet, choreographer, performance artist, priestess, and advocate. She is also a Nigerian, Cuban, Indigenous transgender woman. To und…
You have one shoe box and twenty minutes until your house burns to the ground. What do you save? In Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, Signature Theatre asks not o…
Despite its premiere date of February 14, Among the Dead is not a Valentine's Day play. Written by Hansol Jung, a world-traveling playwright and director from South Korea, Among the Dead is …
BLKS at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company starts and ends with a scream, for reasons you cannot guess. Despite unexpected turns in the plot, you can count on BLKS to consistently provide a fron…
A line delivered by Frog, a homeless man, encapsulates the dilemma of Heidi Shreck's play, Grand Concourse. Speaking in a soup kitchen filled with raw vegetables for chopping, he tells the s…
We can't tell you much about 600 Highwaymen's new show, The Fever, without spoiling the experience. Woolly Mammoth Theatre cryptically calls it a "spellbinding examination of how we assemble…
How can liberal activists diminish the power of the Alt Right, a rebranded digital army of white supremacists whose influence manifests in real domestic terrorism? For starters, they can plu…
Is Washington, D.C. ready to support Black theatre produced by a new Black theatre company? I recently had the opportunity to speak with Ella Davis, co-founder of All About the Drama Theatre…
It's rare to see a performance so original that you can't quite find your footing. Brahman/i, the story of an intersex Indian comic, purposefully moves all the boundaries of what you think y…
To put on a fresh show every night, Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) must know its audience down to the core of their prides and insecurities. The New York- and Los Angeles-based improv comedy…
A New Nation has found the right city, the right moment and the right place at the Anacostia Arts Center this month. As national headlines bear down on this administration's Muslim travel ba…
On press night of Ain’t Too Proud"The Life and Times of The Temptations, an impassioned cry pierced a moment between flaming montages of the 1967 Detroit riot and Dr. Martin Luther Kin…
On opening night of The Frederick Douglass Project, lightning cracked the sky over the Anacostia River and wind-blown rain snapped the flaps of the stage tent at The Yards Marina. Solas Nua,…
Hooded, Or Being Black for Dummies is a challenging play. Having read every review from Mosaic Theater ‘s Helen-Hayes-nominated premiere in 2017, I thought I knew what to expect. I …
As we speak, Emily DeCola (Puppet Designer) is in New York City, directing a puppet, bookcases, and fish for a new Puppet Kitchen production, The Little Red Fish, with New York City Children…
With a bare set and only two seen characters, Roz and Ray draws your focus to the weight of words between people. This intimate production, directed by Adam Immerwahr, Artistic Director of T…
The opposite of screaming is silence. That silence can contain a multitude of meanings. If you see something wrong, and you do not speak up, silence is complicit. If you represent the dead, …
Much like the photo album that plays a pivotal role in numerous scenes of the play,  No Word in Guyanese For Me leaves the audience with poignant images: a pair of Guyanese feet gratef…
Whether or not you will enjoy Sovereignty at Arena Stage depends on why you value theatre. If you attend this show with the intent to learn, you will find it an incredibly enriching experien…
When Nataki Garrett was 9 or 10 years old, her aunt took Garrett, her sister, and two cousins to visit Thomas Jefferson's home of Monticello. Garrett remembers walking through the gardens an…
DC Theatre Scene sat down with Artistic Director Adam Immerwahr to discuss Theater J's newest venture, the Yiddish Theater Lab, which will revive nearly-forgotten Yiddish classics and reimag…
From the moment you step into the lobby of Creative Cauldron, Madeline’s Christmas will teach your kids to be the protagonists of their own stories. Much like a Wonder Woman or Captain…