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For this month’s The Wright Stuff, Sara Dabney Tisdale caught up with director/playwright Derek Goldman in the midst of his commute between Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre, whe…
In this month's Art of the Actor, Jonno Roberts faces the challenge of breathing life into the villainous Iago in the Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of Othel…
At the announcement of this year’s Helen Hayes Award nominations, three companies were honored with first-time, stand-alone recognition. Flying V and Pointless Theatre, both recipients…
When the Helen Hayes Awards nominations were announced on February 1, choreographer Rachel Leigh Dolan was recognized for her work on both Avenue Q at Constellation Theatre Company and …
Included among this year’s 2016 Helen Hayes Awards nominations are 11 world premiere plays and musicals in the original and adapted categories. For this month’s The Wright Stuff,…
Nominated for a 2016 Helen Hayes Award for her portrayal of the title character in Yerma, Luz Nicolás returns to GALA Hispanic Theatre to play Elizabeth Arden in Señorita …
When the Helen Hayes Award nominations were announced on February 1, three theatre companies were named as finalists for the John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company: Arts…
For this month's On That Note! playwright Norman Allen visits with writer/director Moisés Kaufman to explore the creative collaborations that brought the world premiere&…
This month’s installment of The Wright Stuff finds Stephen Gregory Smith and Matt Conner creating a new musical, commissioned by Creative Cauldron’s Bold New Works for Intimate S…
The recipient of four Helen Hayes Awards, actor Holly Twyford is crossing gender barriers to take on the role of Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Folger Theatre, Janu…
In this month's focus on emerging theatre companies and up-and-coming individual artists, At Rise finds Peter's Alley Theatre Productions preparing for its upcoming ru…
Each month On That Note! explores the myriad aspects of creating musical theatre, from performance to direction, choreography, design, and stage management. With the acclaimed A Gentleman…
Actor Taylor Robinson tackles the dream role of Rosalind in Synetic Theater's wordless As You Like It through January 17. In this week's Take Ten she shares her early theatre-making …
For this month’s The Wright Stuff, writer Jamila Reddy caught up with playwright Jeffrey Hatcher in the midst of rehearsals for his adaptation of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The …
In the latest addition to our Art of the Actor interview series, writer Jamila Reddy chats with Helen Hayes Award recipient Dawn Ursula about the challenges of uncovering a charact…
From her early work singing back-up for Roberta Flack to a career as one of Washington’s leading musical theatre actors, Helen Hayes Award recipient Nova Payton has always been an…
This week's Take Ten finds Erin Weaver - recipient of five Helen Hayes Awards - playing the title role in A Lump of Coal for Christmas at Adventure Theatre MTC, running through Dece…
Jennifer Nelson has been part of the Mosaic Theater Company team since its founding last year when Artistic Director Ari Roth invited her to serve as Resident Director. After long …
Adam Immerwahr arrives in Washington this week as Theater J’s new artistic director. We caught up with him in the final throes of packing for the move, and found him focused on the exc…
“We were just talking about this,” playwright Cheryl L. West tells me over the phone. “I’m one of the most produced contemporary playwrights at Arena Stage.” We…
For this month's The Art of the Actor, writer Jamila Reddy chatted with Rick Foucheux and Sarah Marshall from the cast of the Apple Family Cycle, a series of plays that has str…
Speaking with Aubri O’Connor and Angela Kay Pirko is like listening in on a conversation with two old friends. They finish each other’s sentences, agree on certain things as stro…
Constellation Theatre Company, now in its ninth year, is taking a bold new step with its first production of a Broadway musical. “AJ and I have always loved musicals,” explains A…
As part of The Women's Voices Theater Festival, The Keegan Theatre is presenting a repertory schedule of plays by two Irish playwrights - Rosemary Jenkinson's The Dealer of…
Born and bred in Washington, DC, Shayna Blass is an actor, singer and dancer who tries “to do it all, because why not, it feels really good.” She started performing at the age of…
