Review: ‘The Lathe of Heaven’ at Spooky Action Theater (Women’s Voices...
Puppets, people, props, projections, and sci-fi pop up a lot on DC stages, but not often with the narrative verve, literary cred, and nonstop...
Dangereuse: The Two Noras: ‘Noura’ at the Shakespeare Theatre Company (Women’s...
Noura, the story of a Chaldean Christian refugee from Iraq, is a magnificent production. The acting is first-rate, the technical aspects flawless, the whole...
Review: ‘The Veils’ at Nu Sass Productions (Women’s Voices Theater Festival)
Written by Hope Villanueva, The Veils explores the dualities of identity and traverses the delicate terrain of PTSD. This show, produced by Nu Sass...
Interview: Julia Cho, ‘Aubergine’ Playwright (Women’s Voices Theater Festival)
In the world of #MeToo and the #TimesUp movement, how important is the playwright of color’s voice to theater and entertainment world? The Women’s...
Review: ‘No Word in Guyanese For Me’ by the Rainbow Theatre...
No Word In Guyanese For Me challenges our social conditioning around gender norms, identity, immigration, religion, and sexuality. Rainbow Theatre Project remounts this award-winning...
Review: ‘Noura’ at Shakespeare Theatre Company (Women’s Voices Theater Festival)
Imagine this: it is the night before Christmas. A silent snow blankets New York City, and inside a spare living room, a woman dozes...
Review: ‘Aubergine’ at Olney Theatre Center (Women’s Voices Theater Festival)
There are certain meals that stay with you forever.
It could be the pie that your mom makes every Christmas, the soup that you made...
Review: ‘Peepshow’ at dog & pony dc
"Who here is a feminist?" asked the Ring Announcer (Amelia Hensley). As she signed, wearing a bright red pantsuit and standing on a thick...
Review: ‘All She Must Possess’ at Rep Stage (Women’s Voices Theater...
An evening of wordplay on the meanings and messages of Modern art awaits audiences at All She Must Possess. This is another worthy world...
Review: ‘Familiar’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
When the 2018 Women's Voices Theater Festival comes to a close and the hits to emerge from it are tallied, Danai Gurira's comedy Familiar...
In the Moment: Interview with Patrick Lord, Projection Designer
For regular theater-goers, we have seen that projection design is not a fad or an eye-popping, one-time visual effect. Projection design has become an...
Review: ‘Handbagged’ by Round House Theatre (Women’s Voices Theater Festival)
Two powerful, verbally skilled women come together weekly for tea and talk for over a decade. They are locked in a power struggle about...
Review: ‘Digging Up Dessa’ at The Kennedy Center (Women’s Voices Theater...
Despite its off-putting (and overly-clever) title, Digging Up Dessa is a lively and often moving tale of two 12-year-olds who are lost in the...
Interview: ‘Noura’ Playwright Heather Raffo, (Women’s Voices Theater Festival) at STC
Have you ever met someone who left you feeling as though there is nothing you can’t do? I got that feeling each time I...
Review: ‘Skeleton Crew’ at Baltimore Center Stage (Women’s Voices Theater Festival)
As part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, to highlight the diversity and depth of new plays being written by women, Baltimore Center Stage...
Review: ‘The Trojan Women Project’ at Brave Spirits (Women’s Voices Theater...
Brave Spirits Theatre adds its distinctive style to the Women’s Voices Theatre Festival with The Trojan Women Project. It is a singular event. The Trojan...
Interview: Nataki Garrett, ‘Jefferson’s Garden’ Director (Women’s Voices Theater Festival)
Have you ever met someone who left you feeling as though there is nothing you can’t do? I got that feeling each time I...
In the Moment Part 2: Interviews with Playwrights Dominique Cieri, Wendy...
This is the second part of a two-part series of interviews with Women’s Voices Theatre Festival playwrights. In this series, I asked the same...
Magic Time!: Katie Kleiger on Bonding and Being a Warrior in...
The reason I asked to interview Katie Kleiger is that after I saw her in Sarah DeLappe's The Wolves at Studio Theatre, I realized I...
Magic Time!: Gloria Steinem Talks About ‘Sovereignty’ at Arena Stage (Women’s...
“What Mary Kathryn Nagle has given us on stage tonight is the history we don’t learn,” said renowned feminist author and activist Gloria Steinem...