This Special Edition of The Playwright's Playground begins 'The Playmaker Series: CATF 2015.' In a series of in depth conversations, I speak with the artistic teams associated with the plays…
This Special Edition of The Playwright's Playground begins 'The Playmaker Series: CATF 2015.' In a series of in depth conversations, I speak with the artistic teams associated with the plays…
This Special Edition of The Playwright's Playground begins 'The Playmaker Series: CATF 2015.' In a series of in depth conversations, I speak with the artistic teams associated with the plays…
This Special Edition of The Playwright's Playground begins 'The Playmaker Series: CATF 2015.' In a series of in depth conversations, I speak with the artistic teams associated with the plays…
The Playwright's Playground – The Playmakers CATF 2015: Playwright Barbara Hammond on We Are Pussy Riot This Special Edition of The Playwright's Playground begins ‘The Playmaker …
In this edition of The Playwright's Playground, I interview playwright Lisa D'Amour, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and interdisciplinary artist who comes from a long line of female storytellers.…
Hedda, Hedda, I hardly know you. The emotionally ambiguous, deeply layered and mysterious Hedda Gabler whom one could argue is a victim as much as anti-heroine, is more narrowly defined in t…
Rachel Bonds' play The Wolfe Twins is the first commissioned play to be produced by Studio Theatre. The funny and heartbreaking glimpse into life centers on two siblings who have drifted apa…
Since the age of nine, Justin Simien knew that he wanted to be a filmmaker. Years later after attending college at Chapman University in Orange County, California and working several Industr…
Will Power is an award-winning playwright and performer, rapper and international educator. Currently on the faculty at The Meadows School of the Arts/SMU, Power is also the Andrew W. Mellon…
How do two unlikely celebrities become friends? Everyone has a public persona, but that persona is not necessarily their entire being. "I snuck in the back door," Stepin Fetchit says sternly…
What you see is what you get when it comes to Mike Epps doing standup comedy. On October 10 and 11, 2014, Epps performed for DC audiences his brand of "comedy for the grown and sexy" in his …
It's a new day. Esperanza Spalding left a lasting impression on October 8, 2014 to a sold-out house at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA, as one of her few Birthday celebration stops in her tw…
For the past fifteen years, the unique, raspy voice and audacious style of Grammy Award winning Macy Gray has steadily released soulful, jazzy music becoming a beacon in the world of contemp…
There is great passion and intensity with Award-winning Playwright, David Adjmi. "I want to be able to live up to my ambition. I want to feel that I can be a part of the theater in a signifi…
Writing is deeply personal. For David Adjmi, playwright of Marie Antoinette, writing is not only personal it is something that is stirring, deeply passionate, and all encompassing. In the pr…
I don't believe He brought me this far (to leave me.) In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry 's A Raisin in the Sun was a groundbreaking, electrifying original work of theater when it made its debut on…
For Michele Shay, directing Seven Guitars is not simply directing another play; it's personal and a vivid part of her story. "We are addicted to 'story' and we become inspired by each others…
"We are addicted to 'story' and we become inspired by each others lives," says Michele Shay, the Director of No Rules Theatre Company's current production of August Wilson's Seven Guitars.Â…
Playing in repertory with Mozart’s The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo at Shakespeare Theatre Company is the season opener of their STC: Presentation Series – the passionate…
The South African Isango Ensemble makes a joyful noise with soaring, full of life signature flair performing catchy rhythms, and singing beautiful melodies fusing classical arias and ethnic …
Life is Beautiful is more than Academy Award-winning film title, that savored notion is a mantra generations of Americans are nurtured to hope, dream, and believe. The adventure and escape t…
The curtain closed yesterday, August 3, 2014, on the 24thseason of five plays at the Contemporary American Theater Festival, but the anticipation to next season's 25th anniversary has alr…
This Special Edition of The Playwright's Playground continues The Playmaker Series: CATF 2014. In a series of in depth conversations, I speak with the artistic teams and talent associated wi…
This Special Edition of The Playwright's Playground continues The Playmaker Series: CATF 2014. In a series of in depth conversations, I speak with the artistic teams associated with the play…