23 stories by "Victoria Durham"
It’s no secret that writers are a typically emotional lot left to brood and philosophize about the human condition. But there’s more to writing than simply clacking away at…
Not unlike the present day, life in the early twentieth century was vastly different for the haves versus have-nots. In England, the Edwardian era (a time of flourishing technological pr…
To the uninitiated, the works of William Shakespeare are more confusing than nuclear physics. Back in high school, I venture that many of us survived Hamlet and Julius Caesar tha…
Even the world's toughest, meanest psychopath is not without some sort of moral code. For example, many deviants willingly spare the lives of women. For others, children are completely o…
Most teenagers don't know it, but absolutely everything and nothing changes when you become an adult. Sure, one's responsibilities increase tenfold, but adults are often no less insecure and…
Any grade school history book will tell you that the sociopolitical climate in the United States in the early twentieth century was rife with tension. Â Communities continually struggled t…
Death is mysterious. But according to Flying V Theatre, your soul, whether it ends up in heaven or hell, is in for a pretty hallucinatory eternity. In the company's new double feature, Unplu…
We've all been there. Whether it's an old college roommate or meddling in-laws, nearly everyone has had to endure a houseguest from hell. But according to the late playwright Larry Shue, all…
"The question is what side are you on?" Family matriarch Vera Joseph wants to know, but the truth is, the answer isn't always clear or easy. At least that's how the characters in playwright …
A recent article in the Washington Post about child brides states that nearly 14 million adolescent girls are forced into marriages with adult men every year. While the majority of the…
Fame is fleeting. Achieving even a modicum of success is a rarity for most singers and entertainers. Even rarer are second chances at stardom. But in Olney Theatre's revival of the sentiment…
While political pundits and evangelicals debate about same sex marriage and all other issues pertaining to homosexuality, director and playwright Natsu Onoda Power taps into the heart and hu…
There are many ways to learn to love one's self " therapy, meditation, prayer. But actress, dancer, and writer Brynn Tucker has another, perhaps revolutionary idea. In her one-woman show, A …
For better or for worse, social media has had a major impact on our lives. These days, it's nearly impossible not to share (or overshare) our every thought and every move via a well-crafted …
With tons of flamboyance and dramatic mood lighting in tow, resident raconteur, James Judd returns to the Capital Fringe stage with a new trio of stories sure to entertain and inspire. Â T…
Most families are a little bit complicated, dysfunctional even. If we're lucky, things eventually mellow out and folks manage a certain level of civility with one another. But sometimes …
Some people enter our lives and make ripples. Others make waves. But every so often someone comes crashing into our worlds like a monsoon " someone like Becky Shaw. In the Pulitzer Prize nom…
Blood may be thicker than water, but if anything can sever a family bond, years of inbreeding and brutal violence will certainly do the trick. In his play, Raising Cane, Stephen Cedars t…
It would seem that the worst possible outcome in any crisis would be the loss of a life. However near death experiences yield their own set of surprising complications, both physical and…
It may seem like a mere mesh of fibers, follicles and proteins attached to our heads, but according to playwrights Nileah Bell, Mary Nyingi and Michelle Whittaker hair is monumentally more t…
If ever a man knew how to turn lemons into an ice cold pitcher of delicious, thirst quenching, lemonade it's Reed Sandridge. The beginning of his story is familiar, cliché even " man lo…
Clearly named after the magnum opus of spoken word artist Gil Scott-Heron, one might assume Faruq Hussein Bey's, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised is a play based on the life of the legen…
Whatever the connection between wealth and happiness truly is, playwright Emily Daly reminds us that it's complicated. In her play, Barter (Or Stealing Other People's Credit Cards), the …
