The mind is an unreliable storyteller in memorable ‘Incognito’ at Constellation
In nonlinear short scenes involving multiple characters, the play probes the vagaries and mysteries of the human brain.
A shop stocked with hurt and healing in ‘Diagnosed’ at Creative...
Playwright and Director Iyona Blake offers a vibrant, unvarnished view of the Black feminist experience with mental health.
‘Ghost/Writer’ at Rep Stage digs into racial and personal reckoning
Dane Figueroa Edidi's new play fearlessly explores the roles that justice, love, and joy play in a society where past ghosts continue to haunt us.
Two rewarding one-acts, ‘paper backs’ and ‘Life Jacket,’ from 4615 Theatre
Both works require the audience to dig deep, but promise a payoff for those who do.
Shakespeare in side-splitting nutshells at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
'The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] [Again]' is seriously funny business performed by a talented triumvirate of fools.
For Black girls who have considered tweet-hating, this powerful new play...
Jasmine Lee-Jones' provocatively titled 'seven methods of killing kylie jenner' comes to Woolly Mammoth Theatre from sold-out runs in London.
A must-see grows in ‘Native Gardens (Jardín salvaje)’ at GALA
GALA Hispanic Theatre's production captures all the heart and narrative soul of Karen Zacarías’ play and dials it up to an eleven.
A brothers’ bond heart-breaks in ‘Bars and Measures’ at Mosaic
Joel Ashur as Eric and Louis E. Davis as Bilal create a beautifully nuanced relationship that is mesmerizing from start to finish.
Unpacking Beckett’s ‘Endgame’ at Washington Stage Guild
An almost hypnotic humanizing of the melancholic and existentially bleak masterpiece.
DCTA 2022 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Creative Components (Professional)
These designers, directors, and playwrights made an indelible impression on our writers this year. Did we overlook a favorite of yours? Let us know in a comment!
‘Lifespan of a Fact’ at Keegan Theatre asks how to tell...
An explosive contest between a creative nonfiction writer and a zealous fact-checker at a time when fabrication is politics as usual.
‘Billy and George’ goes inside a bedroom with Washington and his...
Avant Bard's world premiere captures how two people in a staggeringly brutal institution can dwell in very different worlds even while close together.
‘Ride the Cyclone’ is a carnival of a cult musical at...
A fantasy-infused show with a catchy score that dips into everything from rap to glam rock in a dazzling pastiche of styles.
DCTA 2022 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Community Performances
These performances made an indelible impression on our writers this year. Did we overlook a favorite of yours? Let us know in a comment!
Vaudevillian schtick and existential chaos in ‘Two Jews Walk Into a...
The most satisfying aspect of this play is how deftly it navigates between two cantankerous men's funny, petty squabbling and overwhelming despair.
The cost of not being lost in translation, in ‘English’ at...
For four students in Iran, learning English as a foreign language is the key to their next step in life — and it comes at a price.
DCTA 2022 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Professional Performances
These performances made an indelible impression on our writers this year. Did we overlook a favorite of yours? Let us know in a comment!
DCTA 2022 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Community Productions
These community productions made an indelible impression on our writers this year. Did we overlook a favorite of yours? Let us know in a comment!
DCTA 2022 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Professional Productions
These professional productions made an indelible impression on our writers this year. Did we overlook a favorite of yours? Let us know in a comment!
Madcap ‘Jane Anger’ is screamingly funny at Shakespeare Theatre
This show is all about the yuks. Oh, and the blood.



















